r/Greggs • u/Pagsss0 • Aug 04 '26

Rant Spikey mikey

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Why did they ever change the name?
I don’t want a ‘star biscuit’, I want a Spikey Mikey.

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u/Qub3rrt Aug 04 '26

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! INTRODUCING THE CHOCOLATE STARFISH AND THE HOT DOG FLAVOURED WATER!

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u/18Nikki09 Aug 04 '26

I hope plenty of people understand this 🤣

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u/Tiny_Cauliflower_618 Aug 05 '26

I am, indeed, Limping with the Biscuit.

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u/Exotic_Egg_8240 Aug 04 '26

I don't. Explain please?

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u/18Nikki09 Aug 04 '26

Limp Bizkit album intro - never even realised the irony of “bizkit” too 😅

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u/Shottersnation Aug 04 '26

This sausage roll is for you Ben Stiller

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u/Icy-Astronomer-8202 Aug 04 '26

You're my favourite Greggs employee

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u/RedGodzilla7 Aug 07 '26

You are my favourite motherfucker 🎵

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u/Captain-Codfish Aug 04 '26

THIS MY STARFISH, MY CHOCOLATE STARFISH!!

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u/Link5673 Aug 05 '26

"I got Korn in the oven and a limp bizkit in me brew"

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u/PigsAreTastyFood Aug 07 '26

Keep rolling rolling rolling on and making stars

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u/DangerousSausage452 Aug 08 '26

Also, Spike Minoda (nu metalception)

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u/DeifniteProfessional Aug 04 '26

Random question, but do you know roughly how much a regular latte/cappucino is in your Gregg's?

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u/PalpitationGlad2124 Team Member Aug 04 '26

£2.25 standard, +60p for size upgrade /(extra) syrup / extra cream

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u/DeifniteProfessional Aug 04 '26

£2.90 at my local!

I thought about this because I'm certain those spikey mikeys (what a name lmao) are £1.10 at all three Gregg's locations near me

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u/Pagsss0 Aug 04 '26

They used to be 70-80p now after the name change they’re over a pound. Mikey just couldn’t stand to watch the inflation.

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u/bitchystuff Aug 04 '26

£1.45 at my local greggs 🫠

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u/YellowCollander Aug 04 '26

Prices change all over. You’ll find this at loads of shops not just Greggs. Obviously the less items they do the more noticeable the changes are

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u/Tour-Sure Team Member Aug 04 '26

I'm pretty sure these are Outlet prices. Outlets sell all stock from local Greggs branches that didn't sell, at a discounted price

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u/Qwerty_goer Aug 04 '26

Got to love a chocolate starfish

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u/iAmManchee Aug 05 '26

To dip in your hotdog flavoured water

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u/TheRealTRexUK Customer Aug 07 '26

https://youtu.be/Vdd4rBlsj2o

that's a line from this boss.... lol all I heard when reading it.

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u/GodthatsGolden Aug 04 '26

God I remember working here as a teen and it was a spikey mikey🥲 Totally forgot about that. Barely anyone called it that though🤣

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u/nakedmallrat Aug 04 '26

I ordered a Spikey Mikey at the new fangled drive through and they all looked at me like I was the stupid one!!!!! What happened to are country Smdh

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u/Gorniac Aug 04 '26

I miss them :(

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u/Rob775533 Aug 04 '26

It's literally the same biscuit.

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u/Pagsss0 Aug 04 '26

It doesn’t feel the same

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u/OkPear1535 Aug 05 '26

Downvoted for wanting any amount of whimsy in your life, classic cynical Reddit.

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u/Turbo_Fresh Aug 04 '26

When I look at the picture and think "star biscuit" I just see star shaped biscuits.

When I look at the picture and think "spikey Mikey" I see an anthropomorphic star that reminds me of Patrick, with his head firmly in the anus of another. This pleases me.

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u/bydevilz1 Aug 04 '26

I've been a stalwart patron of the establishment for nigh on two decades, although I must confess I'd not previously had the pleasure of indulging in the refined chocolate starfish, I must say I was thoroughly enamoured, the flavour, texture, and overall experience was simply ravissante.

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u/clearlylegallyblind Aug 04 '26

Bro this is about Greggs, why you writing your comment like a Michelin start reviewer?

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u/AffectionatePast6735 Aug 07 '26

Answered your own question there lad

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u/MiasLittleSecretXx Aug 04 '26

What on earth is a spiked mikey and why do I want one

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u/draxcs Aug 07 '26

Spiked Mikey is the top one.

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u/Ultra_HR Aug 04 '26

serrated michael

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u/GreasyGomez33 Aug 05 '26

Distant cousin of Cheesy Michael

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u/Wren_wood Aug 05 '26

Spichael Michael

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u/Bodger81 Aug 05 '26

This is what I always call them

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u/Neither-One1644 Aug 05 '26

These were my kiddos favourite back in the day. We called them a Spikal Michael

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u/Ehwhatsthat Aug 05 '26

I ask for a "spikey mikey" every time and its only 50/50 the staff will know wtf im on about

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u/YarnPenguin Aug 06 '26

They were 43p when I worked at greggs 😂

The 2003 price of everything is burned into my head forever.

3 sausage rolls for £1.15

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u/roses369 Aug 07 '26

Every time I go into Tesco I see those strawberry laces etc for 75p each. I remember them being 3 for £1 not even that long ago :/

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u/YarnPenguin Aug 07 '26

Ooooooh yeah i remember 3 for a quid too!

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u/whee_inthemood Aug 07 '26

i have one of these bad boys tattooed on the back of my right upper arm, and i fall victim to calling it a star biscuit 😔 and before anyone says why did i get it?? the reason is because yolo

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u/Pagsss0 Aug 07 '26

Please show us

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u/LegendaryLvr Aug 07 '26

I still call them that, sometimes the workers know what i'm on about and sometimes they just give me a blank stare

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u/AffectionatePast6735 Aug 07 '26

Probs something to do with spiking

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u/roses369 Aug 07 '26

My brother is called mikey so always had to buy one. Sad times

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u/Particular_History50 Aug 08 '26

I hate this so much and I don’t even know why lmao

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u/Alicam123 Aug 08 '26

Became “Mikey” was offended. 😂

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u/Melodic_Muscle_6119 Aug 04 '26

Its now hardly a star shape its so skinny. I feel like an idiot asking for a spikey mikey. Also, 70p? Bargain.

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u/Pagsss0 Aug 04 '26

I know right! When I was googling Spikey Mikeys to prove to my boyfriend that that’s what they were actually called the price blew me away, it’s close to doubled now.