| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.08.2026 | Starling plans to ‘come out swinging’ in diversification bid | Bernadette Smith has a spring in her step as she sits down in Starling’s headquarters to discuss her new role. The fintech’s new banking boss is buzzing with energy that she wants to pass onto customers and investors.
“I want everyone to be... |
| 05.08.2026 | Peak chicken? Domino’s hatches plan to swoop into fried chicken market | Months after parting ways with the chief executive whose bet on chicken caused a flutter, Domino’s Pizza has led a charge back into the henhouse.
Andrew Rennie, the pizza delivery giant’s former boss, caused a flap last November when he def... |
| 30.07.2026 | Greggs eyes 3,500 sites – but its plans could prove to be flaky | Sausage roll titan Greggs is already a fixture of almost every British high street, but it’s not done yet. Felix Armstrong chews through its latest expansion plans
As Brits jet off to Spain for their summer holidays this year, they will be ... |
| 29.07.2026 | On a roll: Greggs shares soar as it doubles down on aggressive expansion | Shares in Greggs soared on Wednesday as the bakery chain said it plans to reach at least 3,500 stores in the UK after a jump in profit in the first half of the year.
The sausage roll purveyor reported a 20 per cent boost in pre-tax profit t... |
| 29.07.2026 | As it happened: Stocks reach all-time high; US fires back at ‘surprise’ Iran attacks | Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog.
It’s Wednesday and the UK’s blue-chip index surged in early trading to reach an all-time high, brushing off the latest outbreak of attacks in the Middle East.
The FTSE 100 hit 10,945 on the mar... |
| 06.07.2026 | 'It's going to be mental' - atmosphere sizzles ahead of Mexico v England | Previous
A Sky Sports reporter is surrounded by Mexico fans near the Angel de la Independencia before the Mexico vs England FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match in Mexico City, Mexico, July 5, 2026. REUTERS/Victor Medina
England fan Thomas Dars... |
| 19.05.2026 | Cranswick: Pig farmer pivots to bite-sized falafels as Brits embrace weight loss trend | A food conglomerate founded by pig farmers has been rewarded by its expansion into share-sized Mediterranean foods as weight-loss jabs and health kicks surge in popularity.
Cranswick was established by a group of Yorkshire pig farmers in 19... |
| 12.05.2026 | Chicken roll boosts sales but Greggs warns of food inflation | Brits’ warm embrace of the new chicken sausage roll has helped boost turnover at Greggs, but the company warned it could be burnt by food inflation if the Iran war persists.
Greggs’ share price jumped more than six per cent on Tuesday’s mar... |
| 01.04.2026 | Matcha mayhem: Blank Street eyes $100m expansion | Blank Street coffee is reportedly in early talks to raise at least $100m in new funding as it eyes further expansion.
The cafe chain, which has more than 50 shops in the UK, is known for its matcha drinks and has grown rapidly since it was ... |
| 27.03.2026 | Tesco beats Clubcard copycats to claim loyalty scheme crown | Tesco’s beloved Clubcard has triumphed against rivals Sainsbury’s and Greggs to be named the country’s most valued loyalty scheme.
The supermarket giant’s Clubcard is the UK’s most effective, according to an index by software firm HyperFini... |
| 13.03.2026 | Nine in ten hospitality job switchers quit the sector | Nine in ten workers in hospitality and tourism quit the sector altogether when they switch jobs, as the hiring “churn” drives costs and dampens the industry’s productivity.
As many as 87 per cent of hospitality and tourism workers who quit ... |
| 11.03.2026 | Wizz Air pounced on by short sellers as Iran war knocks profits | Budget airline Wizz Air has been hit by a flurry of short-selling after it issued a profit warning over disruption caused by the Iran war, making it the UK’s most shorted company.
The Hungarian airline, which is listed on the FTSE 250, had ... |
| 05.03.2026 | Estate agency Foxtons says ‘government-driven’ costs harming bottom line | Leading estate agency Foxtons has hit out at the “strain” caused by national insurance and minimum wage hikes as it contends with a “challenging” market.
The firm said “government-driven” pressures are harming its bottom line, as revenue gr... |
| 04.03.2026 | Asda boss: Government ‘more and more difficult’ to deal with | The boss of supermarket chain Asda has said the government has become “more and more difficult” to deal with, claiming the pressures on business posed by policy have ballooned since he began his career.
Allan Leighton, Asda’s chair, said bu... |
| 03.03.2026 | Greggs profit flakes as baker faces lukewarm start to year | Profit at Greggs is flaking away as the chain bakery faces a lukewarm 2026, with sales slowing already this year.
The chain’s underlying profit before tax fell nine per cent to £171.9m in the financial year to December 2025, though total sa... |
| 03.03.2026 | Greggs ‘working hard’ to stop investors betting against Britain’s most-shorted stock | Battling to convince investors to stop shorting her bakery chain, Greggs boss Roisin Currie insisted “evolution” away from the steak bake purveyor’s key offering is the path to ever higher growth.
But it is this rampant expansion which has ... |
| 25.02.2026 | Weight-loss drugs to slow supermarket sales | Weight-loss drugs are set to slim down supermarket sales in the UK as more Brits opt for diet-conscious shopping, a City broker has warned.
The growth rate of supermarket sales is expected to slow this year due to the increasing popularity ... |
| 11.02.2026 | Greggs deals help Gerald Ronson’s forecourt business post £100m profit | The petrol forecourt empire owned by City veteran Gerald Ronson has turned a profit just shy of £100m after an expansion in the firm’s partnership with Greggs.
GMR Capital, the parent company behind forecourt firm Rontec, posted pre-tax pro... |
| 16.01.2026 | Coca-Cola Shelves Costa Coffee Sale Amid Market Woes | Coca-Cola abandoned its Costa Coffee sale. Bids from private equity firms, including TDR Capital, fell below expectations. Coke sought £2 billion, a steep discount from its £3.9 billion 2018 purchase. Costa faces significant losses, increas... |
| 15.01.2026 | Why does no one want to buy Costa Coffee? | The coffee’s gone cold and the milk has soured for the once dominant high street staple Costa, as owner Coca-Cola struggles to find a buyer to take the chain off its hands.
The US beverage giant suspended talks with remaining bidders earlie... |
| 14.01.2026 | Coca-Cola abandons Costa Coffee sale plans as Asda owner bids low | US beverage giant Coca-Cola has reportedly scrapped plans to sell the world’s second-largest coffee chain after offers from private equity firms came in below expectations.
The company brought talks with remaining bidders for Costa Coffee t... |
| 09.01.2026 | FTSE 100 Live: Sainsbury’s and Unite dish shareholders cash; Mining merger talks | Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog.
It was Britain’s retail sector taking centre stage yesterday amid a fresh influx of corporate updates that gave a snapshot of the industry’s December performance.
Tesco came out swingin... |
| 08.01.2026 | FTSE 100 Live: M&S to be ‘back on track’ in Spring; House prices to rise in 2026 | Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog.
The FTSE 100’s rally came crashing down yesterday as steep losses across commodities dragged the index into the red.
Whilst one shouldn’t fret too much with the index still holding firm... |
| 08.01.2026 | Greggs shares tumble as baker gets burnt by flaky economy | Shares in Greggs took a tumble on Thursday morning after “disappointing” sales growth from a subdued economy left investors with little to cheer for.
The chain’s total sales in the golden quarter rose 7.4 per cent as it opened 207 new shops... |
| 05.01.2026 | FTSE 100 Live: Shell and BP lead index near 10,000 amid oil tensions | Good morning and welcome back to the City AM morning liveblog.
The FTSE 100 kicked off the new year on the front foot marking an intraday high of 10,046.25p on Friday in the first trading session of 2026.
Whilst it slipped back in later tra... |
| 17.12.2025 | CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: When growth got stuck in the chimney: A look back at the UK in 2025 | A major surprise of 2025 was the fact that the Bank of England did not cut interest rates by as much as expected — as inflation remained stubbornly high.
Pressure on consumers has also weighed on quarters of the U.K. stock market this year ... |
| 01.10.2025 | Research Says Greggs Could Double Vegan Sausage Roll Sales by Adding a Protein Label | A new study led by Dr Chris Macdonald, a University of Cambridge scientist and the Director of the Better Protein Institute, has uncovered a simple way for UK bakery chain Greggs to double its sales of vegan sausage rolls.
The research foun... |
| 09.09.2025 | Pret A Manger writes down value by a third amid £525m losses | Pret A Manger has written off a third of the value it was handed after its 2018 acquisition by European investment group JAB as an uncertain UK economy puts pressure on the sandwich chain.
The group made a £553m non-cash impairment to the £... |
| 01.09.2025 | Business rates reform set to give boost to Greggs, B&M and Halfords | The government’s proposed reform of business next year is set to give a boost to companies with a large number of small stores like Halfords, Curry’s and Dunelm, according to analysts.
Despite significant backlash against the reform from la... |
| 28.08.2025 | UK Bakery Chain Greggs Relaunches Popular Vegan Steak Bake | British bakery chain Greggs has relaunched its much-loved vegan steak bake under a new name, the Vegan Lattice (Steak-Free).
The product is a vegan-friendly version of the chain’s traditional steak bake. It is made with Quorn™ mycoprotein p... |
| 29.07.2025 | Greggs shuts 56 stores amid ‘challenging start’ to the year | Greggs has shut more than 50 stores in the first half of 2025 after reporting a “challenging start” to the year.
The number of closures without relocation is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year, while the number of net new ... |
| 02.07.2025 | The Rollercoaster of Retail: A Tale of Two Companies | In the world of retail, fortunes can shift like sand. Two companies, Greggs and Bytes Technology Group, recently found themselves on opposite ends of the spectrum. One is a beloved bakery, the other a tech firm. Both faced challenges that s... |
| 02.07.2025 | UK’s popular sausage roll seller plunges 15% as heatwave hurts sales | Bakery chain Greggs said unseasonably hot weather had hit customer footfall and dented sales in June.
Greggs shares were trading 15% lower after the trading update.
The high street baker is popular with its sausage rolls a big hit with Brit... |
| 02.07.2025 | Greggs: Have we finally reached ‘peak sausage roll’? | Greggs share price took a battering this morning as investors shied away from the high street bakery after a disappointing sales update.
While Greggs blamed the slowdown on hot weather reducing demand for steak bakes and sausage rolls, anal... |
| 02.07.2025 | Greggs: Sweltering June set to hit profit | Greggs has said it expects to report lower annual profit than last year as scorching temperatures in June impacted sales.
The company told markets this morning that total sales in the first half of the year grew 6.9 per cent to £1.3bn, alth... |
| 14.06.2025 | Nationwide to Greggs: King’s honours list champions UK business leaders | Entrepreneurs and company chiefs in tech, recruitment and banking have been recognised for their contributions to UK business in the King’s birthday honours.
Microsoft UK boss Clare Barclay and ceramics founder Emma Bridgewater, dubbed the ... |
| 13.06.2025 | Chime's IPO: A Test of Fintech's Resilience in a Shifting Market | Chime is stepping into the spotlight. The online banking service is set to launch its IPO, a move that could signal the health of the fintech sector. But the landscape has changed. The days of sky-high valuations are fading. Chime’s IPO pri... |
| 12.06.2025 | Will Pret a Manger’s IPO be a tasty treat for the City? | There are few better ways to start the morning than with a bacon sandwich. Outside City AM‘s offices on Cheapside, a coterie of cafes and sandwich shops open at 6am to sate City workers’ cravings for the greasy, umami-rich bap.
There is oft... |
| 06.06.2025 | Pret owners in discussions for IPO or possible sale | Pret’s parent company JAB Holding has engaged advisors to explore options for the sandwich chain, which include a potential sale or stock market float.
Luxembourg-based JAB, which bought Pret for £1.5bn in 2018, told the Financial Times tha... |
| 02.06.2025 | Mighty Hoopla 2025 review: a community event in the truest sense | Mighty Hoopla 2025 review ★★★★★: Go for the vibe, which is unmatched
It’s ironic that Mighty Hoopla 2025 was almost closed down for being a nuisance to the local area. While it irked some residents, inside the walls it is one of the truest ... |
| 22.05.2025 | The Resilience of British Brands: Greggs and Greene King Navigate Turbulent Waters | In the ever-shifting landscape of the UK food and beverage industry, two brands stand tall: Greggs and Greene King. Both are iconic, yet they face distinct challenges and opportunities. Greggs, the beloved bakery chain, has found its footin... |
| 20.05.2025 | Greggs gains momentum after lacklustre start to the year | Greggs has reported an uptick in sales boosted by its expanded food and drink offering.
Its share price rose six per cent as investors cheered the return to strong trading.
The FTSE 250 company reported a 2.9 per cent increase in sales in t... |
| 19.05.2025 | UK government borrowing costs jump, sterling rallies as Britain and EU agree to reset relations | This was CNBC’s live blog covering European markets.
European stock markets have ended the trading day unchanged.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 provisionally ended flat, with the FTSE 100 up by 0.17%. Germany’s DAX hits another record high, ri... |
| 06.05.2025 | Why shrimp deserve compassion too | They may be ugly and unappealing, but shrimp – farmed in vast quantities in squalid conditions – deserve ethical consideration, says Phoebe Arslanagic-Little
I can buy a box of supermarket eggs for 15p an egg. Instead, I have a crate of egg... |
| 05.04.2025 | The Four-Day Workweek Dilemma: WPP's Struggle for Space and Compliance | The advertising world is in a whirlwind. WPP, a titan in the industry, has rolled out a bold return-to-office mandate. Employees must now work four days a week in the office. But there’s a catch. Not all agencies are ready. Ogilvy and Grey,... |
| 03.04.2025 | Rory Sutherland: ‘I now understand how teenage celebrities feel like’ | Spend enough time scrolling through on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram these days and it’s won’t take long for you to come across the most unlikely social media sensation of the last couple of years – Rory Sutherland.
This 59-year-old Cambridg... |
| 04.03.2025 | ‘Sell’ Greggs shares analysts say after poor results | - |
| 26.02.2025 | A sandwich revolution and the City of London | - |
| 09.01.2025 | Greggs: Sausage roll-maker passes two milestones despite ‘subdued’ footfall | - |
| 09.01.2025 | M&S, Greggs and Sainsbury’s shares slide on shaky outlook for UK economy | - |
| 08.01.2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Veganuary Launches, Hospital Caps & A Ted Talk | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a host of launches for Veganuary, several plant-based brand c... |
| 21.11.2024 | The Future of Food: Innovations and Trends in Plant-Based Products | The food landscape is shifting. A wave of innovation is sweeping through the industry, driven by sustainability and health. Plant-based products are no longer a niche market; they are becoming mainstream. Companies are racing to capture the... |
| 20.11.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Greggs x Nigella, Tyson vs Paul & A Whole Lotta AI | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers new vegan parmesan products, an oat milk cocktail listing, an... |
| 04.10.2024 | Valdera: The Future of Manufacturing Sourcing | In a world where speed and sustainability reign supreme, Valdera emerges as a beacon for manufacturers. This AI-driven sourcing platform has just secured $15 million in Series A funding, signaling a significant leap forward in the manufactu... |
| 03.10.2024 | Ordú to add 10 jobs after agreeing €1.5m Lazenby Group partnership | Galway-based Ordú, which provides advanced online ordering systems to the food service, will create 10 product development jobs in the next year after securing €1.5m from global kiosk manufacturer Lazenby Group.
The companies expect their p... |
| 01.10.2024 | The Shifting Landscape of Health and Food: A Tale of Two Industries | In the world of food and health, change is the only constant. Two recent developments highlight this truth: the struggles of Marlow Foods, the parent company of Quorn, and the bold new initiative by the General Medical Council (GMC) in the ... |
| 27.09.2024 | Amid NHS Blended Meat Deal, Sales Hit 6-Year Low for Quorn Maker Marlow Foods | 4 Mins Read Marlow Foods, the parent company of Quorn and Cauldron Foods, saw pre-tax losses surpass £60M in 2023, four times higher than the year before.
As the wider meat analogue category struggles, the company behind the UK’s leading me... |
| 26.04.2024 | 93% of Global Food Companies Receive Low Ratings for Animal Welfare Improvements | A new version of the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) has found that the vast majority of global food companies are making poor progress towards improving animal welfare.
While 95% of the benchmarked companies recognize far... |
| 20.03.2024 | Greggs Stores Hit by Payment Glitch, Customers Left Hungry Across UK Cities | John Lopez, Tech Times 20 March 2024, 10:03 am
Greggs, the bakery chain famous for its sausage rolls, faced a major hiccup this week as technical issues disrupted payment processing, leading to temporary closures of stores across several UK... |
| 20.03.2024 | Greggs Shut Down after IT Outage | Greggs, the baked goods purveyor made famous for their sausage rolls, have reportedly shut down across the country due to an ongoing IT issue.
After facing card payment issues, stores across the UK were forced to shut down or to go cash onl... |
| 20.03.2024 | Greggs IT glitch knocked 13 million sausage rolls-worth off its value today | An IT glitch that stopped Greggs from using its card machines wiped more than half-a-per cent off the company’s value today, equivalent to the cost of 13 million sausage rolls.
Chaos unfolded across Greggs chains this morning after a paymen... |
| 11.03.2024 | London is not a 24-hour city – and Khan needs to change that | Sadiq Khan managed to unite people of all political persuasions last week, but not in a way that he might have hoped for.
Khan came out to defend London’s under fire ‘Night Czar’ Amy Lame, who has been criticised for her international jet-s... |
| 23.07.2023 | Costco's UK food courts are pretty different from their US counterparts — I'm not sure I'm a fan, even as a Brit | Food Costco's UK food courts are pretty different from their US counterparts — I'm not sure I'm a fan, even as a Brit
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| 01.02.2023 | Beware Greggs Fans: Free Sausage Roll Offers on Facebook Reported as Fake | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 01 February 2023, 03:02 pm
Greggs fans have bad news to hear at the start of the month. Apparently, the free sausage roll offers circulating on Facebook are just made-up stories.
The UK-based bakery currently has no... |
| 08.07.2022 | UK Bakery Chain Greggs Opens Eco-Shop to Trial Sustainability Initiatives | British high-street bakery chain Greggs has opened an Eco-Shop in Great Billing, Northampton, to test out new sustainability solutions.
Technologies currently being trialled at the store include environmentally friendly ovens, air-assisted ... |
| 07.01.2022 | From McDonald’s to Greggs, here are some of the fast-food chains that you can get vegan food from in the UK this Veganuary | Greggs has been selling its vegan sausage roll since January 2019. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
More and more fast-food chains in the UK are selling plant-based dishes, from burgers to pizzas.
This includes a lot of new product launches... |
| 03.08.2021 | Greggs : Interim Results for the 26 Weeks ended 3 July 2021 03/08/21 | 3 August 2021
INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE 26 WEEKS ENDED 3 JULY 2021
Greggs is a leading UK food-on-the-go retailer,
with more than 2,100 retail outlets throughout the country
A strong first half recovery
First half financial highlights
H1 2021... |
| 26.04.2021 | UK: Greggs to Trial Vegan Sausage Breakfast Roll and Ham & Cheeze Baguette | British bakery chain Greggs has announced the launch of two new vegan products — a sausage breakfast roll and a ham and cheeze baguette. Both are made with Quorn‘s mycoprotein-based meat alternatives.
The baguette contains Quorn ham with ch... |
| 10.06.2020 | Which cafes and restaurants are reopening as the coronavirus lockdown lifts? | After two months of coronavirus lockdown, Britain’s high streets are waking up again. |
| 07.01.2020 | Hooters Launches Quorn-Based “Unreal Wings” Across the USA | In what Hooters is calling the “first time on the casual-dining stage,” 318 of its locations across the US are introducing a Quorn based chicken wing product called the Unreal Wings. This sees a phenomenal start to 2020 for Quorn which has ... |
| 19.02.2019 | Greggs Shares at All-Time High During Veganuary | The UK’s largest bakery chain launched its Vegan Sausage Roll this Veganuary, to huge media coverage, which has helped to propel its shares to an all-time high. Now Greggs have revealed that the trial was so successful that they plan to rol... |
| - | How clever marketing made Gen Z love Greggs sausage rolls and Percy Pigs | Let’s look at the winners and losers of today’s hostile high street. In the red corner are Ted Baker and The Body Shop, both of which have gone into administration. In green are Greggs and M&S, which have reported strong profits even in... |
| - | From McDonald's to Greggs, here are some of the fast-food chains that you can get vegan food from in the UK this Veganuary | Greggs has been selling its vegan sausage roll since January 2019. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
More and more fast-food chains in the UK are selling plant-based dishes, from burgers to pizzas.
This includes a lot of new product launches... |
