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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Greggs puts up price of sausage roll by 5p to £1.35 amid rising costs

An employee holds a tray of freshly baked Vegan sausage rolls at a Greggs
An employee holds a tray of freshly baked Vegan sausage rolls at a Greggs. The CEO also said the firm would see how inflation evolves as it negotiates a pay rise for workers this year. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Greggs has added 5p to the price of a sausage roll and 10p to a latte coffee as it leans on some of its bestsellers to soak up rising wage, energy and packaging costs.

The UK’s largest bakery chain said it had no plans for further price increases at present and it expected inflation to ease this year as it admitted it had sold fewer items in the run-up to Christmas amid a “very tough, challenging market”.

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