{"id":1076,"date":"2025-04-17T11:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merlinscove.com\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2025-04-20T08:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T08:06:50","slug":"gails-is-lowering-its-posh-prices-after-pressure-from-12000-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merlinscove.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/gails-is-lowering-its-posh-prices-after-pressure-from-12000-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gail\u2019s is lowering its posh prices after pressure from 12,000 customers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gail’s<\/a>, dubbed a ‘Greggs<\/a> for posh people’, is the pricey but popular bakery chain<\/a> where one is welcomed by the smell of sourdough<\/a> and an air of superiority.<\/p>\n

Adored by the middle-class and made de rigueur by Molly-Mae<\/a>, it’s set itself apart from the likes of Pret<\/a> and Caffe Nero<\/a> by refusing to provide diary-alternatives for free.<\/p>\n

But in perhaps shocking news, Gail’s is set to make a big change to its pricing after a campaign by PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bakery chain<\/a> will scrap its soya milk<\/a> surcharge, which saw customers pay an extra 40p if they wanted a hot drink with the cows milk alternative.<\/p>\n

It comes after the animal rights charity<\/a> claimed the fee ‘unfairly discriminated’ against customers, and was backed by 12,000 supporters earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Gail’s will now offer soya milk for free from May 21, but it will still charge between 40p to 60p if you want oat milk<\/a> in your beverage.<\/p>\n

About a third of Brits now drink plant-based milk – up 25% from 2020 – a change adopted by nearly half of 25 to 44-year-olds, according to Mintel research.<\/p>\n

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Trying @Molly-Mae favourite iced latte from Gail\u2019s \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc #mollymaehague<\/a> #mollymae<\/a> #gails<\/a> #gailsbakery<\/a> #icedlatte<\/a> #thingstodoinchester<\/a> #chester<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Dawn Carr, PETAs VP of vegan corporate projects, said: ‘Charging more for plant milk leaves a bad taste in customers\u2019 mouths, particularly when it is a choice they make for their health, to be kind to cows, or for the planet.’<\/p>\n

He claimed the move would ‘spare cows from harm’ and reduce methane emissions, but called for the oat milk charge to be scrapped, too.<\/p>\n

Gail’s is actually one of the few high street coffee chains left that does charge for non-dairy milk, seemingly on brand with its reputation as a gentrification signifier. Pret a Manger<\/a> hasn’t charged for oat, almond, soya and rice-coconut milk in the UK since 2020.<\/p>\n

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