Ainsleys

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 13 Nov, 2009 6:19 pm

Chrism wrote: According to their website they bought Thurstons out in '74. I can remember a trip to Manchester (don't ask!) in the late 90's and seeing a shop called "Greggs", that was identical in every respect (even down to the font used) to Thurstons apart from the name over the door, so the name change over here must have been after that.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Fri 13 Nov, 2009 7:01 pm

From Wikipedia... ...Greggs was founded by John Gregg as a Tyneside bakery in 1939. It opened its first shop in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951.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 and Manchester based Price's in 1976. In 1994 the Company acquired the Bakers Oven chain of bakers' shops from Allied Bakeries.In 1999 Greggs rebranded its 100 Braggs bakers shops as Greggs of the Midlands and its Leeds-based Thurston chain as Greggs of Yorkshire.In 2003 in an attempt to test the foreign market, Greggs opened four stores in Belgium; principally in Antwerp and Leuven.On 9 December 2008, Greggs announced that all of its 165 Bakers Oven branded shops would be re-branded into the Greggs brand, therefore the shops would benefit from the national advertising campaign in the hope to boost sales.

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 13 Nov, 2009 7:57 pm

Steve Jones wrote: it also struck me that the insidious spread of Subway shops was probably hitting Ainsleys badly. I have lost track of how many there are in Leeds now! If you pop subway Leeds into google Steve, looking for the kind we talk about, you are presented with the location of every sandwhich shop of that name instead.Porkpies - must be on the ;good' list and compare well with others we've mentioned.As for costs, do you realise how high Greggs prices hav crept in the last 12 months? Not least of their humble sausage roll, small rises at regular intervals maked by multi-buy offers tend to hide these. I suspect this is in line with the profits

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 13 Nov, 2009 7:59 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: Chrism wrote: raveydavey wrote: We should all go buy an Ainsleys sausage roll tomorrow to show our support. I'd love an Ainsleys sausage roll. To quot Paul Weller "the public get what the public want". The majority want Greggs and Subway. A truth of reality there Regi, after all, if Jo public prefers one concern to another, where else will the support for the remainder come from?

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Fri 13 Nov, 2009 8:00 pm

poped into Ainsleys for lunch and had my first mince pie of the season!also one of their pizza slices,these are quite nice when fresh.I was impressed how the staff kept their cool when some idiot in there was joking about them going bust.

Post by **cnosni** » Fri 13 Nov, 2009 10:21 pm

chameleon wrote: Steve Jones wrote: it also struck me that the insidious spread of Subway shops was probably hitting Ainsleys badly. I have lost track of how many there are in Leeds now! If you pop subway Leeds into google Steve, looking for the kind we talk about, you are presented with the location of every sandwhich shop of that name instead.Porkpies - must be on the ;good' list and compare well with others we've mentioned.As for costs, do you realise how high Greggs prices hav crept in the last 12 months? Not least of their humble sausage roll, small rises at regular intervals maked by multi-buy offers tend to hide these. I suspect this is in line with the profits Repeated from another threadWHERE HAVE YOU BEEN???

alanlad · Post by **alanlad** » Sun 15 Nov, 2009 9:14 pm

In spite of the recession and money being limited, have you seen the queues outside Betty's in York Northallerton and Harrogate? Ok, I know they cater for a different clientele to both Ainsleys and Greggs but its interesting...even if it isn't Leeds!

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 15 Nov, 2009 10:01 pm

alanlad wrote: In spite of the recession and money being limited, have you seen the queues outside Betty's in York Northallerton and Harrogate? Ok, I know they cater for a different clientele to both Ainsleys and Greggs but its interesting...even if it isn't Leeds! Used to be though.

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Sun 15 Nov, 2009 11:44 pm

I believe this used to be Bettys in LEEDS.Jnc. of Commercial St. and Lands Ln.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Mon 16 Nov, 2009 12:02 am

Brunel wrote: I believe this used to be Bettys in LEEDS.Jnc. of Commercial St. and Lands Ln. Yup I think you might be right.