This scandalous move to change the recipe of the legendary pasty came to my attention last week. As I bit into my favourite savoury, expecting the heavenly taste and cheesy goodness of the great pasty, I was shocked to discover extra pastry and an extremely weird filling. I thought ok, maybe this is a one off occurrence, maybe there was a mix up with the order and Greggs received a batch of horrible Hampsons pasties. To my deepest disappointment- I was wrong!
On my next trip to Greggs everything started to make sense, “new and improved cheese and onion pasty” posters were proudly plastered all over Greggs. All my fears were confirmed, Greggs had changed the recipe - the classic pasty was no more. Following this bombshell, I quizzed the staff and found out that I wasn’t the only person to be affected by the change – other people had registered their disgust and the staff weren’t happy either. Something had to be done!
As soon as I got back to work I was straight on the phone to Greggs Head Office letting my thoughts be known about this apparent “cost cutting measure.” But, as is usually the case with customer complaints, I felt my protest fell on deaf ears and I was consoled with promise of some Greggs vouchers – although I didn’t see the point in sending them to me, I couldn’t buy my favourite pasty.
Even though I was slightly disheartened by the pasty apathy I’d experienced from Head Office I wasn’t going to give up, I couldn’t face going through life never tasting the delight that is a classic Gregg’s cheese and onion pasty - It was time to enlist the help of my pasty loving friends.
Register your disgust here
As soon as I informed the pasty lovers at work and at home about the terrible and shocking recipe rethink I had a whole host of people bombarding the Greggs website (follow the link above for complaints in the North West). This of course was brilliant, but the Save the Pasty campaign must not lose precious momentum at this make or break time. Tell you friends, tell you family, tell the man at the bus stop you see everyday but never speak to, shout it from the roof tops, sing it from the hills – stop this savoury stupidity now and BRING BACK THE PASTY
3 comments:
Hey, I came across your blog on google when i was searching for a cheese savoury recipe! I've worked in Greggs for 2 years in Edinburgh and remember when the cheese and onion recipe changed, I'm sure you already know they changed it back though :D
I dont suppose by any chance you know what they put in their cheese savoury sandwiches. i have tried every recipie going and can never get it to taste anywhere near greggs. it is the best.
just to make you aware that Greggs makes their own pasties in factories around the UK we dont buy anything in and btw dont complain please!
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