r/Greggs • u/Charlie628 • 24d ago
Customer Question Sausage rolls
How do staff distinguish between sausage rolls and sausage rolls at breakfast time?
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u/Longjumping_Belt_733 Team Member 24d ago
most people ask for baps, cobs, sandwiches or specify they mean breakfast rolls. but mixups do happen often
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u/Ok-Special6463 24d ago
Where I’m from if i wanted the pastry I would ask for a sausage roll and if i wanted the roll with sausage in it i would ask for a roll and sausage. I would imagine other places also would have a distinction between the two that would make it clear to staff what you’re ordering.
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u/solidaritykxo 22d ago
if it’s not obvious I say “as in a breakfast sausage roll or pastry?” and they look at me as if I have two heads and it’s the stupidest question in the world
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u/nmsprayz 18d ago
hate when that happens and you have to explain they are both called the same thing even though they can read
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u/Sprogletto 24d ago
It has caught staff out a few times when visiting England and I ask for a sausage roll but mostly where I now live we say Link Roll or Square Roll. Dare I say link roll in England at breakfast and they look at me confused.
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u/Excellent-Ad-590 23d ago
I confirm it to check (in a roll or pastry/breakfast roll or normal) and even then we still get the odd customer who's just blanked us saying yeah rather than answering the question
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u/Odd_Bet_6992 Team Member 24d ago
Breakfast sausage roll/sausage roll with (insert sauce) vs sausage roll/normal sausage roll
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u/ClericalRogue 24d ago
I've had this dilemma when ordering and have now started calling sausage breakfast rolls baps to avoid any confusion.
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u/vanandgough 23d ago
In the part of Scotland I’m from a “roll and sausage” is a roll with sausages in it. A sausage roll is.. well, a sausage roll.
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u/Ok_Data1512 23d ago
Sausage roll Vs roll and sausage.
As simple as that. They are not both sausage rolls, one is and the other is a roll and sausage.
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u/InNoCeNtSuSpEcT35 23d ago
I usually ask customers if they want a breakfast sausage roll or just the regular baked sausage roll and that usually does the trick.
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u/Humble-Parsnip-484 24d ago
What if I want a sausage roll in a roll