Greggs to open 100 new stores after lockdown despite falling to first loss in 37 years By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 01:16 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 01:16 GMT, 17 March 2021 Greggs sank to the first loss in its 37 years as a listed firm – but vowed to bounce … Read more
Greggs suffers first loss in 36 years: High street bakery chain reveals £13million loss during the coronavirus pandemic but still plans to open 100 stores in 2021 Bosses at the bakery chain announced a pre-tax loss of £13.7 million in 2020 Sales dropped from £1.17 billion to £811.3 million as stores closed their doors 9.6% … Read more
Two years ago Greggs was the darling of the stock market, but sales suffered as Covid kept shoppers and commuters away from High Street baker By Daily Mail City & Finance Published: 22:13 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 12 March 2021 Two years ago Greggs was the darling of the stock market. … Read more
‘How can something taste so bland yet so revolting?’: ‘Food snob’ Frenchman slams Greggs sausage roll as ‘mushy gelatine’ and ‘cardboard passed through a food blender’ in scathing review of Britain’s favourite bakery Nicholas Henry, 29, was forced by his friend to have a Greggs for breakfast Friend forced the French national into trying a … Read more
A pair of burglars were found hiding in the loft of a Greggs bakery after breaking in and trying to steal cash from the safe. Gavin Newton and Andrew Pickering were spotted by a neighbour going through the back door of the Sunderland store after 11pm on October 25, a court heard. The witness, whose … Read more
Greggs has announced plans to cut 820 jobs amid the pandemic after the boss has warned how ‘Covid trading conditions have forced this action onto the business’. Chief Executive Roger Whiteside warned that the bakery chain ‘will not be profitable as a business’ if sales continue at the rates they have been during lockdown. The Newcastle-based … Read more
Hard at work on his father’s chicken farm one day a young Peter Greig had an unsettling realisation. Though he respected what his father had built – a chicken farm with hundreds of thousands of birds – he suddenly knew he could no longer have anything to do with it. Appalled by the poor conditions … Read more
Hard at work on his father’s chicken farm one day a young Peter Greig had an unsettling realisation. Though he respected what his father had built – a chicken farm with hundreds of thousands of birds – he suddenly knew he could no longer have anything to do with it. Appalled by the poor conditions … Read more
SANDWICHES Pret’s Christmas Lunch ‘Thick slices of British turkey with port & orange cranberry sauce, herby pork stuffing and baby spinach leaves. Finished with a dab of free range mayo and crispy onions. (contains alcohol) Vegan Christmas Nut Roast Roasted butternut squash, peppery rocket and Christmas pesto made with pine nuts, chestnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower … Read more
The mile pie club! Greggs battles it out with Waitrose to supply British Airways’ in-flight meals after the airline’s deal with Marks & Spencer ended BA will not move to free meals on flights to try to distance itself from other firms It is expected to replace M&S with a ‘great British brand’ like Waitrose … Read more