A Greggs superfan is heading to Scotland to go to all 230 shops as a part of a 'sausage-roll' tour.
Megan Topping, 27, claims to have eaten greater than 10,000 Greggs sausage rolls, and will probably be touring the entire of the UK to buy on in every of its 2,078 bakeries.
To go to the furthest north Greggs in Scotland at Inverness she must journey a 766-mile spherical journey from her house in Middleton, Higher Manchester, The Each day Categorical experiences.
The bartender says that the lengthy journeys up and right down to Scotland imply the problem might take years to finish.
She describes herself as “fully and totally Greggs mad” and instructed Hull Each day Mail: “I'm going [to Greggs] nearly each day and have carried out for years.
“Folks assume this can be a little bit of a joke, however genuinely Greggs has been necessary all through my life and I’m so grateful it exists. It sounds loopy, however even when I’m travelling, the very first thing I search for is a Greggs.
“I hope to hit each single one and I’ve booked a while off work later this 12 months, so I hope to start out making actual progress in direction of finishing my objective.”
Ms Topping saved as much as purchase a £1,000 Hyundai i10 automobile in late 2021 and has known as it the “Greggsmobile” which she plans to make use of for her tour.
In 2016, Greggs had 239 shops in Scotland, however that quantity is greater now resulting from new bakeries opening as far north as Inverness for the primary time final 12 months.
Thus far, Ms Topping has visited each outlet in Higher Manchester, checking off a dozen retailers since lockdown ended final summer season.
She stated: “I simply saved up for the automobile so I might make this epic sausage roll trek.
“I couldn’t be extra excited. I work so much and I needed to do one thing enjoyable with my life, so I believed, ‘Sod it, why not?’. I feel it is going to take a number of years at the very least, however I’m recreation.”
She spends about £300 a month in Greggs a month however regardless of this, she has a physique mass index (BMI) of 18.6 - inside the NHS 18.5 to 24.9 wholesome vary. She stated she does squats to remain match, albeit whereas consuming a cheese and onion bake.
Her typical pre-work order consists of two scorching sausage rolls, a vegan sausage roll, a field of stuffed doughnuts and a steak bake. And, if she is feeling like treating herself, she may additionally get a ham and cheese baguette.
She stated: “The sausage roll is the very best factor Greggs does, arms down. I like it contemporary out of the oven.
“It’s nonetheless my favorite factor and going robust in any case these years. They created top-of-the-line recipes on this planet.
“I’ve been consuming sausage rolls since 2005. I've eaten round 10,000 in whole – if no more.”
And now she can't wait to get began on her tour of the UK. Ms Topping, who has even created a spreadsheet to maintain monitor of her progress, stated: “I’m trying ahead to getting within the automobile and beginning my street journey. I like it as a result of I can see a lot of the UK, which I’d by no means have seen in any other case.”
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