Greggs shrugs off high street gloom as sales top £1bn
Greggs has reported annual sales of more than £1bn for the first time as it shrugged off the gloom surrounding the high street and celebrated the success of its vegan sausage roll.
The bakery chain, which has also been boosted by the growth of its breakfast offering, is now taking on the market for hot food later in the day with potato wedges and goujons.The results come after Greggsthat it had seen a strong start to 2019, with like-for-like sales up 9.6% in the first seven weeks of the year.
But he added:"Greggs has started 2019 in great form, helped in part by the publicity surrounding the launch of our vegan-friendly sausage roll.
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