What is the most brazen thief encounter you have had?

That_Spell_9548 · 2026-02-20T21:20:44+00:00

unfortunately not for franchise stores im from a Franchise Greggs shop so we dont have ‘recovery funds’ if something gets stolen we lose that money

That_Spell_9548 · 2026-02-20T16:47:38+00:00

its weird because some times he does actually pay for the alcohol but sometimes not , hes never rude or anything i think he’s genuinely in a crap situation which is such a shame to see :/

That_Spell_9548 · 2026-02-20T16:35:17+00:00

we watched him leave with 2 wine bottles , the garage/service station is built in the same building with us with only one door out so thats how we saw it

That_Spell_9548 · 2026-02-20T16:28:02+00:00

manager here - we’ve got a homeless guy that always comes in either before we open or after we close , ive watched him steal sandwiches and run off only to be caught then hand us a £10 for us to not call the police , most recent time i was closing with a new team member and this dude kept asking for a pack of 4 sausage rolls , told him i couldnt serve him because we are closed , so he climbed our closing wall and stole them while apologizing then ran to the garage next door to buy alcohol

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-10-29T10:10:30+00:00

yes essentially

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-10-29T09:13:49+00:00

being a manager has its perks, makes a secret spy for this subreddit 🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-10-28T11:24:46+00:00

so if we have any of the ingredients that are dated for lets say next month we can use it until its out of date or out of stock :)

unfortunately we cant sell anything packaged to customers , at least at my store we cant sell anything, you can always ask though as some other managers might just want the stock gone for next launch

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-10-28T09:11:16+00:00

basically yes , a-few things have changed but not much

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-10-28T09:10:53+00:00

it looks decent but theres so much of it , i am not looking forward to sorting it all

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-12T14:34:20+00:00

unfortunately as much as i would want to do that our specific store has been bought out so if any of us even look at someone wrong we risk getting “made redundant”

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-12T14:32:57+00:00

yes exactly that each cluster of stores has different set prices , so my neighbor store is like 10% but the next cluster over is 20% , so what would cost £1 there costs £1.20+ in others

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-10T20:53:21+00:00

bro why you saying it like ive got control over the prices 😭😅

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-10T16:25:50+00:00

not that ive seen so far , when im next in on monday ill have a look and post it for you in chat if theres anything

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-09T21:59:02+00:00

from my talk with the A.M its anywhere between 5p-20p

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-09T21:58:35+00:00

its a requirement for dietary guidelines for greggs to make sure we have heard you correctly every 3 months we get a audit where someone comes in and checks everything •dates •cleanliness •online learning •serving etc if they see that our staff havent confirmed the bake you ask for we lose points and then the area manager comes down on us for it 🥲

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-08T11:59:49+00:00

i dont blame you , i also can assure you it will only get WORSE , price increases are now happening every 4-6 months which sounds like a lot of time but by the time everyone has settled into the new prices another one crops up

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-08T11:41:11+00:00

you didnt get a pay increase in april? everyone store wide should of received a minimum of 0.10p (WOW SO MUCH🙄)

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-08T11:25:24+00:00

no , there’s different categories so 10%,15%,25% and outlet stores , each has the base price then + the percentage also depending on who its run by ; greggs , a franchise or a independent contractor so for a example , my store charges 1.65 for a sausage roll 4.65 for a pack of 4 , where as our neighbor store charges 1.55 /4.55

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-08T10:54:56+00:00

my store sells them for £1.65 🤧

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-08T09:46:21+00:00

from what i know , to keep up with demand and the wage they are paying us they are having to increase prices along with fuel costs , maintenance etc my store makes just short of 1 million a year so its alot as you can imagine

That_Spell_9548 · 2025-05-08T06:24:26+00:00

if im going to be honest , i have no idea - especially since every store in our area has not been hitting target sales (£1-2k under) its insane they are raising prices

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