Greggs has a new rival as fans claims it’s 10x better (Image: Getty)
A rival bakery chain has been popping up across England as its fan base is growing.
The 87-year-old bakery Coughlans has launched multiple stores since gaining traction over the past few years, spreading 31 stores out across London, Surrey, Kent and East Sussex.
Last year, Coughlans secured a huge investment from TV presenter Romesh Ranganathan, who purchased a stake in the business. The cash injection and media coverage from Mr Ranganathan could mean the Greggs rival is the next big bakery chain.
Converted Greggs fans have expressed their love for Coughlans on social media, as one person claims it is “10x better”.
Greggs face losing fan to new bakery (Image: Getty)
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“Don’t know who needs to hear this but Coughlans Bakery is 10x better than Greggs,” they posted on X.
Another keen pastry lover wrote: “Finally had a Coughlans bakery sausage roll and they are definitely better than Greggs.” A third user replied to this saying: “Totally agree! They’re delicious.”
Despite Coughlans doubling its size of production space in just a few years, the bakery is not yet running 24-hour shifts, unlike its rival. Going from 19 to 31 stores in just four years, the bakery is looking at franchising further as the TV presenter seeks to elevate the brand.
Greggs previously launched its famous vegan sausage roll in 2019, a product which Coughlans launched at the same time. Soon after both businesses were back competing when they introduced vegan steak bakes.
Bakery lovers took matters into their own hands to decide which one is the best, with a journalist from MyLDN taste testing the two.
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Writing about Greggs, they said: “It wasn’t chunky like a steak bake should be. I would call it more of a mince pasty. I’m glad I tried it. I’m also glad I didn’t queue for hours to wait for one,” and rated it a 3 out of 5.
However, when trying Coughlans vegan bake, they said: “It tasted, smelled and felt like I was eating real chunky beef when I bit into it. The seitan steak was chubby and juicy, the hot gravy rich and silky and the mushrooms were a fantastic extra,” rating it the superior 4 out of 5.
Where’s my nearest Coughlans Bakery?
- ADDISCOMBE, 299 Lower Addiscombe Rd, Croydon CR0 6RD
- BANSTEAD, 92 High Street, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 2NN
- BECKENHAM, 188 High Street, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1EN
- CATERHAM, 2 Chaldon Road, Caterham on the Hill, CR3 5PE
- CATERHAM 17, Croydon Road, Caterham CR3 6PA
- CHESSINGTON, Unit 8, Barwell Bus. Park, Leatherhead Road, Chessington KT9 2NY
- CHIPSTEAD, 223 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, CR5 3BR
- COULSDON, 130 Brighton Road, Coulsdon, CR5 2 ND
- CRAWLEY, 4 Maidenbower Square, Crawley RH10 7QH
- CROYDON, 259 Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6EL
- CROYDON, 502 London Road, Croydon, CR7 7HQ
- CROYDON, 220 High Street, Croydon, CR0 1NE
- DORKING, 136 High Street, Dorking, RH4 1BG
- EPSOM, 3 Horton Retail Centre, Pelman Way, Epsom KT19 8HJ
- FORESTDALE, 9 Forestdale Centre, Featherbed Lane, Croydon, CR0 9AS
- GODSTONE, 77 High Street, Godstone, RH9 8DT
- HORLEY, 78 Victoria Road, Horley RH6 7PZ
- LINGFIELD, 21 High Street, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6AA
- KINGSWOOD, 9 Waterhouse Lane, Kingswood, Surrey, KT20 6EB
- NORK, 33 Nork Way, Banstead, Surrey SM7 1PB
- COULSDON, 1a Lacey Green, Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon CR5 1EN
- OXTED, 76 Station Road East, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 OPG
- PURLEY, 913 Brighton Rd, Purley, Surrey, CR8 2BP
- REIGATE,14 High Street, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9AY
- SELSDON, 222 Addington Road, Selsdon CR2 8LD
- STONELEIGH, 32 The Broadway, Stoneleigh , Surrey KT17 2HU
- WALLINGTON, 5 The Parade, Stafford Rd, Wallington SM6 8ND
- WALLINGTON, 58 Woodcote Road, Wallington, SM6 OLY
- WARLINGHAM, 401 Limpsfield Road, Warlingham, CR6 9HA
- WESTERHAM, 15 High Street, Westerham TN16 1RA
- WEST WICKHAM, 99 Station Road, West Wickham, BR4 0PX