Greggs tops £2bn annual sales and serves up £20m to staff The bakery chain, which has more than 2,600 shops across the UK, saw sales rise by 11.3% from 2023. Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025
Fraudster posed as Greggs worker to con council out of £710,000 Aftab Baig, from Glasgow, had no links to the popular bakery chain The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025
Sadiq Khan: London's nightlife problems 'not a question of Nimbyism' amid concerns strict licensing harming venues The mayor claims venues closing at 10pm ‘can sometimes be good’, as Londoners’ ‘lifestyles have changed’ Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025
Why are so many young people giving up on being vegetarian or vegan? Expensive plant-based alternatives, a lack of choice and a planet that’s on fire — it’s not surprising that some young people are making a U-turn back to meat, says Jordan Page Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025
Greggs issues recall of supermarket steak bakes due to possible health risk Greggs have recalled one of their most popular items from supermarket chain Iceland The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025
Greggs set to open new store in Scottish city Plans for a new Greggs in Sauchiehall Street are moving forward as new signage has been approved. The National (Scotland) · Jan 14, 2025
Nonagenarians and the joy of senior sex Brief letters: Sex in later life | Greggs sausage roll | Musk moniker | Greenland | Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2025
Greggs padlocks drinks cabinet in bid to stop shoplifters targeting London store The budget bakery locked the section, leaving bottles of Coke and Lucozade inaccessible to customers Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2025
Prisoners could be serving you Greggs under new offender work scheme The new prisons minister has previously said that two-thirds of offenders should not be in prisons The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025
Greggs and Greene King among firms backing drive to get offenders into work Leaders from major employers will be among those to sit on new employment councils in regions across England and Wales. Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2025
Greggs says it was forced to increase price of menu favourites Greggs is among some of Britain’s biggest retailers to be facing a bigger tax bill this year The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2025
Greggs raises prices across menu after yearly sales top £2 billion The national price of its traditional sausage roll has risen by 5p to £1.30, although this will vary in locations across the country. Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025
Greggs boss defends price hikes amid anger over cost of sausage roll Roisin Currie blames wage, tax and food cost rises as price of bakery chain’s flagship product increases to £1.30 The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2025
M&S reports strong festive sales but says tax rises will lead to cost cuts Sales at food halls rise 8.9% over Christmas, with 23 December its biggest-ever day of food trading The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2025
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2025 Greggs customers to be hit by price rises after fresh warning over economy The bakery chain made £2 billion in annual sales for the first time last year, but warned of ‘lower consumer confidence’ in recent months.
Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025 Greggs warns of post-Budget price hikes as sales growth slows The bakery chain made £2 billion in annual sales for the first time last year, but warned of ‘lower consumer confidence’ in recent months.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2024 So Gloucester services is the best in Britain? Let a true pitstop connoisseur be the judge of that With its herb garden, deli counter and ‘living roof’, the M5 stop-off is definitely swish. But I’m a Monster Munch man at heart, says service station connoisseur Rich Pelley
The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2024 From bacon baubles to glitter gravy: a guide to this year’s must(n’t) try Christmas trends Back away from the celeb endorsements and viral posts. As my gift to you, dear readers, I tried this stuff – so you don’t have to, says freelance writer Rich Pelley
Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024 Who could replace Gregg Wallace on MasterChef? Names in the frame to be new judge Gregg Wallace is stepping back from television for the foreseeable future following allegations from former colleagues and contestants. But who might take his place?
The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2024 Meet the Rees-Moggs: a bluffer’s guide to the family’s weirdness Just in case you can’t bear to watch the former Tory MP’s new reality show, we equip you for it coming up in conversation
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2024 Fast food chains accused of ‘flooding’ areas near UK schools with unhealthy options Health secretary accuses fast food outlets such as KFC, Domino’s and Subway of ‘cruelly targeting kids’ near schools
Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024 Meet the Rees-Moggs on Discovery+ review: Set up for a hate-watch but the former Tory MP is just not that interesting 2/5 This new reality show follows Jacob Rees-Mogg and family as he loses his seat in Parliament and embarks on a new life... but there are no insights here
The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024 B&Q owner says budget uncertainty hit spending and tax rise will cost it £31m Kingfisher says it faced weak market in October, as Greggs also complains of cost of national insurance increase
The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2024 Packaged UK current accounts: are the perks worth the money? For a monthly fee, banks offer everyday banking with all kinds of enticing extras. We examine how the ‘freebies’ stack up
Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024 FTSE 100 Live 08 November: British Airways owner IAG soars on results beat, retail stocks struggle IAG shares soared in the FTSE 100 index today after the British Airways owner reported a bumper summer.