Greggs: Evening sales and travel hubs send baker’s sales soaring August 1, 2023 Greggs recorded total sales of £844m in its interim results, up from £694m compared to the same period last year.
Greggs on track to roll out 150 new stores across UK – and could accelerate plans June 10, 2023 The boss of Greggs has said the bakery chain is on track with plans to open 150 new shops across the UK. The sausage roll seller said it will open new stores in Cornwall and other areas where it currently has fewer sites as part the group’s rapid expansion plan. Greggs currently runs around 2,300 [...]
Greggs fights for its right to sell late night sausage rolls at flagship London Leicester Square store April 18, 2023 Greggs is gearing up for a court battle against its ban on selling late night sausage rolls and steak bakes at its flagship site in Leicester Square. As first reported in the Evening Standard, Greggs was prohibited from serving its baked goods 24hrs a day after the police feared the extended opening times could lead [...]
Greggs on a roll: Baker will boost its UK sites to 3,000 as later opening proves a hit with steak bake lovers March 7, 2023 Steak bake favourite Greggs said it expected to become a “significantly larger” business as it announced plans to grow its presence to 3000 sites following stellar sales figures. The budget bakery chain saw total sales up 23 per cent to £1.5bn in 2022, compared to £1.2bn the previous year, as consumers craved the brand’s new [...]
Greggs: Baker on a sausage roll as it plots further expansion across UK January 5, 2023 Greggs has said it is on track for 150 net new stores this year as its value-proposition protects it from a wider consumer down-turn. In a fourth quarter trading update, the sausage-roll seller said its sales stood at £1.5bn, as the firm bounced back after experiencing pandemic-related disruption last Christmas. Sales had surged 23 per [...]
Greggs opens new café in Primark’s Oxford Street store October 26, 2022 Greggs has opened a new café on the top floor of Primark’s flagship Oxford Street store, following the launch of their collaboration earlier this year. The new 110-seater London café will offer a menu of all Greggs’ customer favourites following the success of the first ‘Tasty by Greggs’ eatery in Primark’s Birmingham shop in February. [...]
Greggs: Sausage roll sales rise as consumers look for cheaper eats October 4, 2022 Greggs has reported surging sales this autumn while making no changes to its cost inflation outlook for the year. The sausage roll specialist said on Tuesday that total sales were up 14.6 per cent for the 13 weeks to 1 October 2022, compared to the same period in 2021. Price increases of around five pence [...]
Flat profit for Greggs as bakery chain vows not to shrink size of sausage rolls August 2, 2022 Sausage roll maker Greggs has posted flat profit after the return of pre-pandemic tax rates and heightened costs. In half-year results, the bakery chain posted pre-tax profit of £55.8m, up just slightly from the £55.5m posted in the first half of 2021. The London-listed chain said this was reflective of the re-introduction of business rates, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]