Greggs’ plans to sell hot food into early hours at Leicester Sq flagship thwarted by council August 1, 2022 Greggs’ plans to sell hot food into the early hours of the morning at its Leicester Square flagship site have been knocked back. Westminster City Council blocked an application for the West End store to sell hot food – such as its chicken goujons – and hot drinks until 5am, citing concerns of the Met [...]
Greggs opens 49 new shops after sales of chicken goujons soar May 16, 2022 Sausage roll seller Greggs has seen shares dip after admitting city sales still lag behind the rest of its sites. Although the bakery chain said it had had a “good” start to 2022 on Monday, shares were down some 2.8 per cent in the afternoon. The firm has been reshaping its portfolio of stores to [...]
Sausage roll-ing in to town: Greggs and Primark launch new fashion range with ‘snackfest’ tour July 25, 2022 Greggs and Primark are teaming up for a new clothing range, which will be launched on a ‘snackfest’ UK bus tour. The kings of sausage rolls and low cost clothes announced the new range on social media this morning. Gregs and Primark, which collaborated on a similar project earlier in the year, announced the range [...]
High street names including Tesco and Greggs call on Tory leadership candidates to slash ‘shop tax’ August 9, 2022 A coalition of retailers including Morrisons, Greggs and Tesco, have called on the Conservative party leader candidates to slash business rates. The Retail Jobs Alliance has called on both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to pledge to cut business rates, which it said were “killing our high streets”. The group, consisting of Co-op, Greggs, Kingfisher, [...]
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Greggs join forces to lobby Sunak to slash business rates May 3, 2022 Supermarket giants have reiterated calls for a cut in business rates as firms endeavour to keep prices competitive for shoppers amid rising inflation. Big names including Morrisons and Co-op have come together under a new Cut the Shops Tax campaign, organised by the Retail Jobs Alliance. In a joint letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, bosses [...]
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Greggs full-year sales surpass pre-Covid levels as analysts caution price rises March 8, 2022 Greggs full-year sales have surpassed pre-pandemic levels, as the bakery chain restarts its colleague profit-sharing scheme, which will see £16.6m shared with staff. Total sales rose 5.3 per cent to £1.2bn, in comparison with 2019’s figure of £1.1bn, preliminary results for the year to 1 January revealed this morning. It comes as the bakery chain rewards [...]
Shortage warning: Greggs stores ‘may not have’ vegan sausage rolls November 17, 2021 Fast food chain Greggs has warned its popular vegan sausage roll is among products to have experienced “temporary interruptions” in supply. “Some shops may not have them or may not have them throughout the day. It varies,” a Greggs’ spokesperson told news agency Reuters. The vegan alternative has become a beloved staple of the bakery [...]
Menu items unavailable as Greggs affected by supply chain disruption August 25, 2021 Bakery chain Greggs is the latest operation to be hit by supply issues after it confirmed shortages of popular products. The food outlet has been affected by shortages of chicken-based products, bakery staff told PoliticsHome. Greggs told City.AM a number of products had been affected but these changed day to day so it would not [...]
Greggs bakes in recovery as chain plots high street expansion August 3, 2021 Greggs appears well set for expansion after a sustained recovery in sales as coronavirus restrictions have eased. The British bakery and fast-food chain made £55.5m in pre-tax profit in the first half of 2021, compared to a pre-tax loss of £64.5m in the same period last year. Total sales amounted to £546.2m. The increase in [...]