Greggs to open a trial store here...

motorguy

Greggs are to open a store here on a 12 month trial basis

http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/greggs-open-first-northern-irish-8973169

You would have thought a city centre location would have made more sense for a trial rather than a service station on the far side of belfast?

stephenni1971

Greggs is on the whole disgusting. The further out of towns they go the better.

kyral

strange place for a service station in the first place. Cant ever see it being too busy in any respect to be honest.

Ticked

I could live off Greggs. Absolutely love it. Sooner they are here, the better! Would have thought Botanic would be a better site for a trial.

Generali

I suspect that they've chosen the site for 2 reasons:

1. Cheap so if it all goes wrong they don't lose much cash
2. The servo will let them sign a short lease

You don't end up with 1500+ shops by accident!

mezza101

would be good to see greggs here but crazy to for them to do a trial in that location, bizarre

JulieElizabeth

OMG OMG

Gregg's YUM

suki1964

Gregs are attached to most of the service stations on the road up from London to Scotland. They offer a cheaper alternative to the over priced food usually on offer.

Mistral001

Is that the shop that is famous for healthy food like sausage rolls? I suppose because it is a national brand and it gets lots of free advertising on national comedy and news shows on TV so it will probably do well. I feel sorry for the local shops which cannot get such a high profile.

motorguy

suki1964 wrote: »

Gregs are attached to most of the service stations on the road up from London to Scotland. They offer a cheaper alternative to the over priced food usually on offer.

Interesting. Didnt know that.

I would more normally associate them with city centre locations on the mainland, but i guess thats because its more because of where i've been

motorguy

stephenni1971 wrote: »

Greggs is on the whole disgusting. The further out of towns they go the better.

Its comfort food. Tasty enough though a little "over processed" at times.

I've no issues with it. Love their sausage rolls - which Iceland do here among other stuff.