All Greggs articles – Page 5
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News
Last few tickets available for MCA’s Food to Go Conference
There is one week to go until the event on Wednesday 9 March at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho, featuring itsu, Pret, Leon, Caffè Nero UK, Greggs, Tortilla and many more
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Greggs to open concept cafe at Primark
Described as the “world’s most Instagrammable Greggs”, the 130-seater cafe will open in Primark’s Birmingham store at the weekend
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Greggs named most admired company
The brand was hailed for its quality of management, inspirational leadership and effective corporate governance, at the Britain’s Most Admired Companies awards
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Analysis & Insight
Roger Whiteside’s stewardship of Greggs hailed as ‘transformational’
Commentators speak to MCA about how the former Punch Taverns CEO turned Greggs into a national brand and worthy competitor of McDonald’s
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News
Businesses on ‘a knife edge’ as numbers self-isolating rise
Absences by staff in self-isolation have been rocketing in recent weeks with operators losing tens of thousands of pounds in revenue.
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News
Greggs: ‘There are lots of opportunities for forecourt openings’
Despite the impact of the pandemic on commuting, Greggs has faith in the recovery of the public transport network and travel hubs.
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News
Greggs sees like-for-like sales up on 2019 levels
The food to go retailer said it was in a strong financial position coming into 2022 and well placed for the opportunities that lay ahead
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Greggs CEO to step down at AGM
Roger Whiteside is to step down from his role as chief executive of Greggs in May 2022, with current retail and property director Roisin Currie to succeed him.
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Analysis & Insight
Greggs achieves highest share of food to go
The retailer has overtaken McDonald’s to become the dominant player in the food to go sector, increasing its share of occasions in the 12 weeks to 28 November 2021, according to Lumina Intelligence.
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News
Greggs’ vegan sausage rolls hit by supply issues
Supply issues have hit Greggs in the run-up to Christmas with its popular vegan sausage rolls among the products hardest hit.
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Weekend Press
Greggs sues Zurich for £100m over unpaid Covid claim
The food to go chain has claimed it is owed the payout as compensation for when its stores had to close due to government-enforced lockdowns
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Opinion
What can Greggs’ marketing teach us about surviving the Covid storm?
The top 75 UK brands are currently growing faster than the FTSE 100, indicating the power of strong brand equity to drive business performance, writes Kantar’s Dom Boyd.
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Analysis & Insight
The future of breakfast on the go
With the number of workers returning to offices unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels we explore what impact this will have on the food to go breakfast market as well as the opportunities it could create
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News
Greggs sees huge growth opportunity from delivery
Greggs estimates it could achieve an additional £170m from delivery, as it targets £2.4bn turnover in the next five years.
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Greggs: ‘Our multichannel approach is opening up greater site opportunities’
The development of Greggs into a truly multichannel brand is resulting in far greater site opportunities to aid its new target of opening around 150 net new shops a year from 2022.
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News
Greggs: Trading ahead of expectations, plans to double revenue in five years
Greggs Q3 results benefited from staycations as it aims to double turnover by 2026 and target a network of 3,000 sites.
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Greggs affected by supply issues
Greggs is the latest operator to be affected by supply issues, with the availability of certain products being impacted. A spokesperson for Greggs told MCA that the operator was suffering some short-term disruption to “a small number of product lines”, and the products affected may change from day to day, with the spokesperson denying media reports of a specific availability issue around its chicken bake product.
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Interviews
Greggs: ‘We see delivery sales going north for a long time yet’
Greggs is confident that it can keep growing its delivery business and is expecting to see “sales going north for a long time yet”, chief executive Roger Whiteside told MCA.
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News
Greggs recovery ‘stronger than anticipated’
Greggs’ half year sales for 2021 were narrowly shy of those of 2019, reaching £546.2m.
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Greggs experiencing stronger sales recovery than expected
Greggs has seen like-for-like sales growth of between one and three percent in its company-managed shops against the same period in 2019, since restrictions were eased earlier this year.