The Greggs Adventure
I made this!
I wanted to share a project I've been working on for the last few months. Basically I'm attempting to eat and review every product sold at Greggs.
At first I thought they only sold a handful of products. Turns out there's a lot more than that. 32 products reviewed so far, with plenty more to come.
More than one person has said that I'm well on course for a heart attack before I hit 30. I say that if forcing my body to consume fatty or otherwise unhealthy food just to write a blog is wrong then I don't want to be right.
(, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 21:13, Reply)
ha ha ha good project :D
But I sadly due to "recent events" on links, I don't doubt that someone will shortly accuse you of actually working for / being employed by an agency paid to promote Greggs. *narrows eyes* you aren't are you? see Spammers spoil it for everyone... Back on topic, while at college, Greggs Egg & Bacon stottie's saved my life / sanity on several next-morning-post-beer occasions.
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 21:22,
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I can state beyond a shadow of a doubt that I do not work for either Greggs or their marketing people. Their PR agency have, however, been in touch in recent weeks. They told me to take their logo off the page.
I'm sorry to say that this blog is just a good old fashioned waste of time for no financial gain.
(, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 21:35, Reply)
ha ha, no worries fella, good on you for the effort
You really should have got a friendly GP to give you a general cholesterol test before you started, and then the same test the day you finished reviewing the last item on offer! :) While you would have made no FINANCIAL gain, I suspect you still might gain in other areas!
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 21:40,
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Can I be a tiny bit cynical here and say BOLLOCKS! loudly?
This is your first and only post anywhere on B3ta despite joining 6 months ago. It just happens to be a blog that prominently features the brand name of a national company, precisely the sort that would go for this kind of viral marketing bollocks ( tinyurl.com/6go79sz ). If Gregg's were so unhappy with your site that they asked you to stop using their logo, chances are they would also have asked you not to feature their brand name at all.
Your blog is eesentially a long list of all the products Greggs do. The "reviews" of the products are with the exception of one, all positive.
The whole thing reads like a massive advert for Greggs, which it is.
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 0:29,
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You are not the first person to accuse me of viral scumduggery.
As I said above, this blog is nothing more than a personal project.
I am somewhat amused, however, that anyone would seriously consider when you're proposing.
I like to imagine that somewhere in the North of England, a boardroom full of Greggs executives is deciding that the best way to advertise online isn't a Facebook page, isn't giving away vouchers, isn't street advertising or in-store promotions... No, the answer is to throw together a crudely designed blog in Wordpress and post a link on b3ta.
Never mind the fact that I quite often post negative reviews of their offerings (look past the front page). Never mind the message on the About page saying "I don't work for Greggs". Never mind the fact that a blog full of references to heart attacks and other pastry-induced health problems probably isn't something a company based around the sale of stodgy pies and cakes would want to be associated with.
So why am I still allowed to run my silly little blog? Why have Greggs' marketing people not told me to take the whole site down? My guess is that they're either media-savvy enough to know about things like the Streisand Effect, or they just find it mildly amusing that someone would do it in the first place.
Cynicism is healthy and something to be encouraged. But you're wrong.
(, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 9:38, Reply)
Not convinced myself
If I'm suspicous, its because things have got this far:
www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/16/945768/-UPDATED:-The-HB-Gary-Email-That-Should-Concern-Us-All
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 11:40,
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I wasn't that interested in this topic at first
but now that you are drawing attention to it, I have taken a look.
I wonder mradrist, do YOU work for Greggs or their agents?
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Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 14 Mar 2011, 11:59,
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No I DO NOT work for Greggs
but Paddy Power have a new and very clever ad, have you seen it?
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 17:23,
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Everyone's a bit trigger happy on the spam front these days IMHO
Just because something could constitute promoting a product, doesn't necessarily mean that it directly is, or that the perpetrator is a spammer.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 10:57,
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if greggs pick up your adventure
please can you pitch my idea for a product: "PastaBake".
Greggs call everything a bake. It's basically spagbol (or penne in sauce etc) in a pastry casing.
ta.
(, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 23:17, Reply)
There was a local bakers in Bristol that did a tomato pasta pasty
I wish I could remember where it was.
*embraces the new fat me*
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 10:08,
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I haven't lived in the UK for a few years, so when I went back to visit I quite fancied a Greggs.
So I got a cheese/ham slice at the train station. It was greasy disgusting shit. Could only eat a quarter of it and had to throw the rest away. :-(
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JamTallons, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 11:00,
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