GREGGS

Nutritional infomation

From freshly baked savouries to handmade sandwiches and delicious sweet treats, Greggs offers a variety of fresh, great quality products. Our range of tasty bakery food is often irresistible and, as a company that cares, we have a responsibility to help our customers make choices about the food they eat. For several years we have been actively working on our approach to healthier products and, in particular, we have concentrated on offering a diverse range of sandwiches including those with mayonnaise, those with reduced fat mayonnaise and those with no mayonnaise at all.

To make it easy for our customers, we have a nutritional information leaflet available for our core range of sandwiches, savouries and drinks, which you can pick up in any of our shops. All of our national, packaged sandwiches carry labels stating the calorie and fat content. And, at any time you can request nutritional information on any of our products from our customer contact team.

We are proud of the food we make, which includes meat free options, sweet treats to suit all tastes, and both refreshing

cold and warming hot drinks. We respond to the needs of our customers and are continually striving to reduce the salt and fat content of our products, without compromising on the great Greggs taste we all know and love.

How greggs began

In 1951, after delivering yeast and eggs to families by bicycle for more than 10 years, John Gregg opened a small bakery in Newcastle upon Tyne and Greggs was born. With a single shop and bakery at the rear, Greggs began to bake superb quality bread, using flour milled from specially selected wheat for that distinctive Greggs taste and texture.

Following the death of his father, Ian Gregg took over the family business in 1964. Under Ian's leadership, Greggs developed a reputation for good quality and great value. Greggs also began to grow by acquiring regional bakery retailers across the UK and by the 1970s there were shops in Scotland, Yorkshire and the North West.

The expansion of the company was well underway by 1984, when we had more than 260 shops in four main areas of the country. For the first time ever, Greggs was on the Stock Exchange and we continued to expand, opening shops in the Midlands, Wales and North London.

By the 1990s competition was strong as supermarkets began to make their mark in the bakery market. But we continued to focus on our strengths, developing fresh, quality food-on-the-go at great value prices.

During the 2000s Greggs continued to grow rapidly. Investment in a large Technical Centre allowed us to focus on developing exciting new recipes and improving old favourites - making the quality and choice of freshly baked food in our shops even better than ever.

Today, Greggs has over 1,400 shops, but we're not stopping there. We plan to open 600 new shops over the next few years. And, although we're a national business, we're rooted in our local communities. That means, as well as our national range, we also enjoy selling much loved regional specialities.

We still bake our delicious bread every day in our own local bakeries. Our bakers are meticulous and they understand that baking a great loaf is all about precision, timing and experience.

Quality is a priority and the people with the friendly faces you see behind the counter at Greggs, expertly make our tasty sandwiches in store every day, using our freshly baked bread. And our legendary delicious golden sausage rolls and pasties are all baked on the premises in small amounts, throughout the day, for maximum freshness - just one reason they call us the home of fresh baking.

Greggs is constantly growing but each and every shop stays true to its origins and remains as good as it was the day it opened.

ABakers day.

Preparation begins to mix the dough from some of the best ingredients available

12:30 am

When we're happy with the consistency of the dough, it's quickly onto the next step

1:00 am

All our bread is given time to rise - about an hour in fact - and we keep a watchful eye on this important part of the baking process

1:30 am

No time to waste... straight into the oven they go

2:30 am

Fresh from the oven - our seeded rolls are given time to cool

3:00 am

You can almost smell the freshly baked beauty of these rolls...

3:30 am

Once they've cooled, we quickly pack them up in preparation for delivery

4:00 am

The next delivery of fresh baked bread is carefully loaded ready to be delivered to your local Greggs shop

Did you know??

Bread

At Greggs, the home of fresh baking, all of our bread is freshly baked every day, for maximum taste, texture and quality.

Sandwiches

Our hand made sandwiches are made in our shops every day using only the best quality, freshly baked bread. What else would you expect from the home of fresh baking!

Flour

We use only the best quality flour, milled from specially selected wheat to give our products that distinctive Greggs taste and texture.

Savouries

All of our savouries are baked in our ovens throughout the day, ensuring maximum freshness and flavour.

Chicken

We use 100% chicken breast for maximum taste and quality.

Steak

We use only prime cuts of beef.

Belgian chocolate

Our Triple Chocolate Muffins, Chocolate Chip Cookies and Caramel Shortbread are made with real Belgian milk and white chocolate.

Coffee

Every coffee bean we use is 100% Fairtrade. Each cup of coffee is made with our blend of high-grown Arabica beans and rich-tasting Robusta beans, which are slow-roasted to create a delicious full flavour.

Tea

We use 100% Fairtrade Imporient Premium Leaf Tea which produces a strong, bright golden tea full of flavour. Grown 2000 metres above sea level, the tea grows at a slower rate allowing more time for it to absorb nutrients from soil, sunlight and rain.

Yum Yum

Our attention to detail means that our mouth-watering Yum Yums are hand-twisted to create a scrumptious treat.

Cheese and Onion Pasty

Our legendary Cheese and Onion Pasty is made using a delicious cheddar cheese and mozarella recipe.

Breakfast bacon

The bacon we use in our Breakfast Bacon Rolls is freshly cooked in our in store ovens every morning.

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