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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Greggs wins right to late-night opening for Leicester Square bakery store

The drag queen Pasty Kween at the opening of the Greggs shop in Leicester Square, London, last year.
The drag queen Pasty Kween at the opening of the Greggs shop in Leicester Square, London, last year. Photograph: Matt Alexander/PA

A heated debate over Greggs’ right to trade into the early hours in central London, amid warnings it could cause a wave of crime and disorder, has been resolved.

Greggs said it could now open its Leicester Square flagship store until 2am from Thursday to Saturday and until midnight through the rest of the week after Westminster council allowed it to sell hot drinks, such as tea and coffee, as well as its sausage rolls, pizza slices and steak bakes, after an 11pm curfew.

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