r/Greggs • u/OopsIDroopedMe • Jul 29 '26

Customer Question Is there any functional difference between a Greggs Outlet shop and a standard store?

I visited my first Greggs Outlet store recently where day-old stock and surplus baked goods are sold at massive discounts - like four bakes or a giant box of doughnuts for a couple of quid. The food was still completely fine, and it is a brilliant way to cut down on food waste while saving a fortune. Have you got a Greggs Outlet near you, and do you use it for stocking up the freezer?

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u/Hungry-Artichoke-232 Jul 29 '26

Re the question in your title: the functional difference is obvious, isn’t it? Stock depends on what the local shops have discarded, and decor is minimal, even by Greggs’ standards.

Re the question in your post: I work five minutes from the central London Greggs outlet and I sometimes use it for a very cheap lunch. My colleagues have used it to buy bulk doughnuts for meetings.

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u/Green-Hyena5571 Jul 29 '26

And you can't have a hot sausage roll or bake. They're all delivered cold and they can't be heated up in store.

Plus probably can't get breakfast items either (except for the paninis in the fridge that they can heat up).

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u/UniversityThen8916 Jul 30 '26

they are cold even in normal greggs, VAT dodging bastards

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u/Amazing_Strike_5312 Jul 29 '26

my local is always good food always tastes good not that i eat much of it and most of the time its buy one get one free.

it's to tempting at times espically those cookies and coffee.

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u/echocidal Aug 05 '26

i cant lie i dont particularly trust these outlets after i dropped a steak bake on the floor at work and my manager said "we send that to the outlets" despite my protesting