http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/2010/05/16/how-greggs-is-taking-over/ <h2>A words-based weblog by Manchester journalist David Quinn</h2> Sun, 15 May 2011 15:42:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/2010/05/16/how-greggs-is-taking-over/comment-page-1/#comment-260076 Robin Brown Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:44:53 +0000 http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/?p=699#comment-260076 Some of my best friends are pastie-eaters. Some of my best friends are pastie-eaters.

]]> http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/2010/05/16/how-greggs-is-taking-over/comment-page-1/#comment-240628 David Quinn Sun, 16 May 2010 21:24:02 +0000 http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/?p=699#comment-240628 To save clicking the above link, it's a cliché-stuffed Guardian piece about... the joy of Greggs. Excerpt: "The capacity for warm, baked goods to put smiles on people's faces never ceases to amaze me. It was like a social club with better pies. Queues were always at their biggest on Saturdays, for obvious reasons: the money was in and the family wanted rewarding for their week's toil with a nice big sandwich heaving with ham." To save clicking the above link, it’s a cliché-stuffed Guardian piece about… the joy of Greggs. Excerpt: “The capacity for warm, baked goods to put smiles on people’s faces never ceases to amaze me. It was like a social club with better pies. Queues were always at their biggest on Saturdays, for obvious reasons: the money was in and the family wanted rewarding for their week’s toil with a nice big sandwich heaving with ham.”

]]> http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/2010/05/16/how-greggs-is-taking-over/comment-page-1/#comment-240576 ladyromford Sun, 16 May 2010 20:26:28 +0000 http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/?p=699#comment-240576 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/17/warm-baked-food-sausage-rools http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/17/warm-baked-food-sausage-rools

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