Greggs opens 30th outlet store today, in Newham, east London. Must admit I didn't know they had any, but they've existed since 1972 'to support socially deprived areas and redistribute unsold food items'. In 2021, they sold 1.1m sweet products, 1.1m sarnies and 1m savoury items.
@GeorgeMacD Greggs $GRG has hugely expanded their footprint in past decade (FT article below has timelapse map), including in more affluent Southeast formerly seen as too high-rent for them. I like Greggs, but this is also a sign of headwinds UK High Street has faced ft.com/content/5d81b9…
@GeorgeMacD Greggs outlet?!? Isn’t Greggs cheap enough already?
@GeorgeMacD They have one on the West Road in Newcastle which has queues at the door every day.
@GeorgeMacD Alot of their stuff is poor quality anyway... will still be over priced
@GeorgeMacD Don’t Greggs sell pork products? That won’t go down well in the third world east Londonistan
@GeorgeMacD A hefty bag of millionaire shortbread offcuts is a thing of beauty.