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Our history. Over eighty years ago, John Gregg started out with one goal, to deliver (by pushbike) fresh eggs and yeast to the families of Newcastle. Greggs on legs, if you will…. Ten years later, he chained up his bike and opened Greggs of Gosforth. Making, baking and selling fresh bread and tasty treats from his very own shop on Gosforth ...
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About Greggs. Over eighty years ago, John Gregg started out...
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Greggs was founded by John Gregg as a Tyneside bakery in 1939. [6] It opened its first shop at 69/71 High Street in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951. [7] When Gregg died in 1964, the bakery was taken over by his son, Ian, assisted by his brother Colin (who in 2017 was convicted and jailed for the sexual abuse of children [8]).
About Greggs. Over eighty years ago, John Gregg started out with one goal, to deliver (by pushbike) fresh eggs and yeast to the families of Newcastle. Greggs on legs, if you will…. Ten years later, he chained up his bike and opened Greggs of Gosforth. Making, baking and selling fresh bread and tasty treats from his very own shop on Gosforth ...
1984: Greggs begins trading on the London Stock Exchange. 1994: Greggs acquires the retail baking interests of Allied Bakeries Limited, giving the company 424 Bakers Oven shops. 2003: Greggs opens two stores in Belgium, its first stores outside the United Kingdom. Company History: Greggs PLC is the operator of the largest bakery chain in the ...
Mar 9, 2019 · Greggs now has 1953 stores across the UK, with expansion plans afoot. Pre-tax profit last year rose 15 per cent to £82.6million, marking the fifth year in a row profits have increased.
Jun 2, 2018 · Greggs was founded by John Gregg as a Tyneside bakery in 1939. It opened its first shop in Gosforth in 1951. There now more than 1,800 outlets, as far south as Plymouth, although there is one ...
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Nov 9, 2009 · Greggs' origins stretch back to the 1930s, when John Gregg started a business delivering yeast and eggs in the north-east of England. In 1951 the first shop opened on Gosforth High Street in Newcastle. Over the next 30 years the firm grew steadily, numbering 261 shops by 1984 when it floated on the stock market.
