The forecourt and fast food empire owned by Mohsin and Zuber Issa has scooped up Cooplands, adding the UK’s second largest bakery chain to its growing portfolio of brands that includes Greggs, Starbucks, KFC and Subway.
Leading UK bakery chain Greggs has announced that it has committed to using 100% Fairtrade chocolate across its supply chain and in all chocolate products sold through its shops.
Greggs has shelved plans to build a £30M frozen food factory, which had previously been hailed as key to expanding its business with supermarkets, as it targets a food to go strategy.
British bakery group Greggs posted a small rise in underlying sales and said a focus on the breakfast market has left it well placed for growth this year.
UK bakery chain Greggs climbed back after a disappointing
performance in 2006 with its three-year plan helping it offset the
impact of rising raw material and energy costs.
The UK wide bakery chain Greggs is set to push its
already-established brand further into the domestic market and get
a jump on competitors with plans for a renewed focus on marketing,
advertising and internal restructuring.
Greggs Plc, the UK bakery business that has stood out as a growth
success story in a sector cramped by obesity concerns, last week
unveiled first-half results that suggest it may be running out of
steam in selling ever more bread...
Takeaway sandwich and pastry ranges for on-the-go consumers drove
up profits and sales for UK bakery retailer Greggs, but the company
is working hard to compete in this increasingly crowded sector by
developing both healthier products...
The UK's leading retailer of bakery-related products, Greggs, has
announced better-than-expected sales for the 18 weeks to 16
October, helping the company to hold off rising costs.
With all the new health consciousness and fast lifestyles, a
significant portion of UK consumers still find a slot for a good
sandwich bite or cake indulgence to the satisfaction of high street
bakery chain, Greggs.
Greggs, the specialist baked goods retailer, said last week that
growth in the booming British sandwich market was showing some
signs of slowing down and that it expected to see increasing
competition in this high added value sector.
Sales of pastries and baked goods suffered last summer because of
the exceptionally hot weather, but an excellent performance during
the colder winter months helped UK baked goods and sandwich
retailer Greggs to end the year on a...
Greggs, the UK's leading sandwich and savouries manufacturer, has
announcedsix monthly results to 18 October that show an improvement
in sales andgrowth.
Greggs, the UK sandwich and baked goods manufacturer and retailer,
has reported record pre-tax profits for 2002. The company expects
growth to continue in 2003, helped by new store openings.
Baked goods producer and retailer Greggs expects to show
'satisfactory' growth in full-year sales when it reports in March
after preliminary figures for the second half showed a 5.4 per cent
improvement.
