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a Britney Spears thread that Dauntless didn't post in

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=91018
mtb0minime
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I feel sorry for you guys who don't have Togo's. Subway is absolute trash and doesn't even compare.
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
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Togo's is pretty good, Jimmy John's is nice since they deliver quickly
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
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good god


what happened last night
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Cheez
Herman is a warmaphrodite
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What kind of shit holes do you guys go to where a handmade sandwich is subpar?
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
his sammich maker only had 3 fingers, that's what.
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
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Cheez wrote:

What kind of shit holes do you guys go to where a handmade sandwich is subpar?
Subway
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Frank Reynolds
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Finray wrote:



Lads on tour
lol
What are you looking at dicknose
Macbeth
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Buying an eighth later today. One of my favorite fighters won last night. Got a new car yesterday. Meeting up with a girl tonight. Another fine weekend in the life of Macbeth
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5946|College Park, MD
i think i lasted a record amount of time last night jerking it. Another fine weekend in the life of Hurricane.
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Toilet Sex
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hey teds. went to Greggs today, 2x cheese & onion, 3x sausage roll and a vanilla slice

eating at the moment: 2x sausage, chips & gravy, huge back of prawn crackers. afterwards white giant buttons
FatherTed
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i might go tomorrow

or i might get a boots meal deal

i just don't know!!!
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Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Toilet Sex
one love, one pig
+1,775|6816

wtf, no contest Greggs
FatherTed
xD
+3,936|6745|so randum
yeah i thought that but i've been going to greggs lots recently and i want to keep it special you know?

i just dont know what to do!!
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+1,775|6816

get something you don't normally get, like something nice for a change!!!!
FatherTed
xD
+3,936|6745|so randum
thats not a nice thing to say, everything from greggs is nice

and i like the sausage rolls, just the flakes go everywhere and i dont want to get them all over my suit!!
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don't wear a suit lol1!!
FatherTed
xD
+3,936|6745|so randum
i have to ):

but its ok really because i like wearing suits hehe
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stand up while eating them

get it together teds
tuckergustav
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Buy an apron to use as a bib.   No...really.
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eleven bravo
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Greggs plc (LSE: GRG) is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but as of May 2011 has approximately 1,500 outlets.[3] It is based in Newcastle upon Tyne and is listed on the London Stock Exchange where it is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. It also holds the key to the city of Newcastle.[4]





Contents
  [hide]  1 History
2 Operations
3 Marketing
4 Pasty Tax
5 References
6 External links


[edit] History

Greggs was founded by John Gregg as a Tyneside bakery in 1939.[5] It opened its first shop in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951.[6]

Major expansion began soon after it was taken over by his son, Ian, on John's death in 1964: this included the acquisitions of other bakeries such as Glasgow based Rutherglen in 1972, Leeds based Thurstons in 1974, Broomfields the Bakers, London, Bowketts the Bakers Kent, Tooks the Bakers (East Anglia) and Manchester based Price's in 1976.[7]

In 1994, the company acquired the Bakers Oven chain of bakers' shops from Allied Bakeries.[7]

In 1999, Greggs rebranded its 100 Braggs bakers shops as Greggs of the Midlands and its Leeds-based Thurston chain as Greggs of Yorkshire.[8]

Starting in 2003, in an attempt to test the foreign market, Greggs opened a total of ten stores in Belgium; principally in Antwerp and Leuven.[8] These have all since closed as Greggs concentrates on the UK market.

On 9 December 2008, Greggs announced that all of its 165 Bakers Oven branded shops would be re-branded into the Greggs brand so that all the shops could benefit from the Greggs national advertising campaign.[9]

In March 2011, the company opened its 1,500th shop, in York.[3]

In May 2012, frozen food chain Iceland began selling Greggs pasties.

[edit] Operations

The company has grown steadily over the years and now has over 1,500 outlets, with many town and city centres having several stores. In 2009, Greggs announced plans for another 600 stores, and has become bigger than fast food chain McDonalds, within the UK. [10] It has a divisional structure with central bakeries around the country supplying the shops in their surrounding areas.

As well as selling British freshly baked savouries such as sausage rolls and Cornish pasties, local items are also available. Traditional Tyneside and, more generally, North East foods are usually available, for example pease pudding and Stotties. The available products are frequently updated and change according to the time of year. For example at Hallowe'en various themed products are available.

In October 2007, Greggs pioneered a late night store in the entertainment quarter of Birmingham. This branch is the first of its kind putting it in direct competition with more traditional late-night eateries. A store in Sheffield (Division Street) and Leeds (Albion Street) both open late from Wednesdays to Saturdays, with two stores in Glasgow (Gordon Street, Sauchiehall Street) open late Friday-Saturday.

[edit] Marketing

Actress and model Milla Jovovich, a fan of the store and its pasties,[11] said in 2002 that she would be willing to become the "face of Greggs" in a new marketing campaign if the firm approached her, though no such approach was made.[12] Jovovich's spouse Paul W S Anderson shares his Gosforth roots with Greggs and introduced Jovovich to the brand.[13] The latest advertising slogan for Greggs is "The Home of Fresh Baking",[14] and recently the face of Greggs has been British comedian Patrick McGuinness.[15]

[edit] Pasty Tax

When George Osbourne announced in the 2012 Budget that he was going to charge VAT on hot food, Greggs started a campaign to reverse this decision. This became known as the Pasty Tax or Pasty Gate. The campaign was a success and the decision was reversed in May 2012.

[edit] References

1.^ a b c Preliminary Results 2011
2.^ Greggs: Looking after our staff
3.^ a b "GREGGS plc INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT" (PDF). Greggs plc. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
4.^ "Greggs awarded freedom of the city of newcastle". 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
5.^ "Takeaway market holds key to Greggs' future". The Northern Echo. 2003-11-18. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
6.^ "Earning a crust; How famous bakery rose from pushbike yeast deliveries Remember When a blast from the past. (News)". Entrepreneur.com. 2008-03-19. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
7.^ a b "history". Greggs. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
8.^ a b "Greggs". Ukbusinesspark.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
9.^ "Chief Executive's Review and Trading Update". Greggs plc. 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
10.^ "How did Greggs conquer the High Street?". BBC News. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
11.^ "Milla munches Geordie fare". BBC News. 2002-07-09. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
12.^ "Slav to love". Daily Telegraph. 2007-04-08. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
13.^ "Milla Jovovich and hubby
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Milla Jovovich is a cutie
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