Sainsbury's

You wouldn't expect much from a supermarket bakery, but walking past the fresh bread section here actually makes you pause. The smell of proper baking hits you the moment you step through those automatic doors on Lewes Road, just up from the Vogue Gyratory chaos. What sets this place apart from your average Sainsbury's is the genuine effort they put into their bakery counter. The croissants aren't the usual cardboard affairs – they're actually flaky. Their sourdough has proper tang, and the afternoon markdown on fresh bread makes it brilliant value for skint students from the nearby terraces. Sure, it's still a supermarket, but when you need decent bread at 9pm on a Tuesday, this beats trudging down to the city centre.