All Greggs articles – Page 18
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Analysis & InsightGreggs tops food to go brands for visit share
M&C Allegra Foodservice’s latest Food To Go Tracker has shown Greggs topping the list of brands for share of visits.
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Analysis & InsightFood to go market to be worth £7.8bn
The food-to-go mission value to the UK’s convenience store sector is set to be grow from £4.8bn this year to £7.8bn by 2020
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Analysis & InsightDerby is the UK’s fast food capital
An investigation into the prominence of fast food outlets in UK towns and cities as a whole has found that Derby has highest concentration of sites
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Analysis & InsightEmployees rank Greggs as best employer
Bakery chain Greggs came top of an online poll of the best high street eateries to work for, according to feedback from its employees that put McDonald’s at the bottom
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Greggs H1 lfls up 5.9%
Greggs has reported own shop like-for-like sales up 5.9% for the 26 weeks to 4 July with total sales up 6.4% to £398m. The company recorded a pre-tax profit of £25.6m for the period, in which 118 refits and 12 café conversions completed Chief executive Roger Whiteside said: “We have ...
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Greggs backs Healthy High Streets campaign
High street bakery Greggs has joined the business-led programme Healthy High Streets to help regenerate the UK’s town centres
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Petrol forecourt retailer Applegreen to launch IPO
Petrol forecourt retailer Applegreen has announced its intention to raise £50m through an initial public offering in June.
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Consumers demand eco-friendly packaging
The majority of UK consumers (85%) want hot beverage outlets to use compostable takeaway cups and 57% of them would be willing to pay 2% more for their drinks to be served in them
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Analysis & Insight
Survey reveals demand for healthier sandwiches
Consumers want a greater variety sandwiches that do not include meat, cheese or fish as more people opt for healthier lifestyles, a survey has revealed
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Analysis & InsightFood-to-go sector heats up
When M&C Allegra Foodservice recently held its Food Strategy Forum Quarterly Debrief , with a specific focus on the food to go market, the key headlines were around a mixed bag of trading for the total foodservice/eating out market, but that food to go was outpacing other sectors, executive director Simon Stenning
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NewsGreggs lfl up 5.9%, completes capital structure review
Greggs has this morning reported a 5.9% increase in like-for-like sales in the 16 weeks to 25 April
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Spar launches new foodservice concept
Spar, one of the UK’s leading convenience store operators, is trialling a new foodservice concept, Daily Deli
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 28-29 March
Restaurants, fast food and takeaways Domino’s tech-loving boss likes humble pie with his pizzas Patrick Doyle did not pull any punches. “It sickens me,” he told the hundreds of thousands of viewers who watched his online apology. It was just after Easter 2009 and as the boss of Domino’s in ...
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NewsConsumers rate favourite coffee shops, pubs and fast-casual brands
Greggs and Pret a Manger have topped a consumer poll for providing the best customer experience for coffee shops, with Toby Carvery being named favourite in the pub restaurant space
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Coffee brands mobile apps need greater promotion
Coffee shop brands that have created a mobile app are failing to market the service to the majority (60%) of people as the respondents of a recent survey show that that number of people are unaware whether or not companies offered an app
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Greggs grows lfl sales 4.5% for FY14
Greggs saw like-for-like sales in its own shops rise 4.5% for the year to 3 January 2015, compared to a 0.8% decline in 2013, and increase 6.3% for the eight weeks to 28 February.
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Analysis & Insight
Worst-case scenario guidebook
When an unbranded pub-restaurant was at the centre of a food-poisoning outbreak in which 30 customers were taken ill, and one sadly died, the words “there but” and “for the grace of God” would have been front of mind for many pub and restaurant group CEOs, says Mark Stretton.
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Analysis & InsightByron and Browns named most satisfying brands
Byron and Browns have been named the most satisfying eating-out brands and Five Guys the best quality in CGA Peach’s BrandTrack survey.
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OpinionUnderground movement
Greg Madigan, head of Subway UK & Ireland, talks expansion, healthy options, store evolution and hospitals with Mark Wingett.
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NewsMcDonald's outperforms on animal welfare
McDonald’s has been rated the highest in a benchmarking of global restaurant brands for implementing farm animal welfare practices in its policies, while M&B, Burger King, SSP and Whitbread are among the worst