Just wondering if the recent fall in Greggs has been overdone. Being based in the north-east,they still maintain market superiority. Some of the staff I have spoken to seem to be getting all the overime they can handle and one of the major local rivals, Peters (70 stores in the area), has been closed for the last few days due to a fire at their distribution centre.

Any thoughts welcome

I've sold half my holding @486

I bought about 7mths ago doing nicely now......will they keep going up ???????????

I bought about 7mths ago doing nicely now......will they keep going up ???????????

I bought about 7mths ago doing nicely now......will they keep going up ???????????

I bought about 7mths ago doing nicely now......will they keep going up ???????????

I bought about 7mths ago doing nicely now......will they keep going up ???????????

Interim Mangement Statement.

CONTINUED RESILIENT PERFORMANCE


The Chairman, Derek Netherton, will deliver the following Interim Management Statement to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting to be held in Newcastle upon Tyne later this morning.


"I am pleased with our year to date performance in a trading environment that remains challenging. For the 18 weeks to 8 May 2010, total sales increased by 2.6 per cent and like-for-like sales by 0.6 per cent, consistent with our expectations of marginally positive like-for-like sales growth over the year. This has been achieved against our strongest period of like-for-like sales in 2009. Overall costs to date are in line with our plans.

Hopefully this explains the large volume last week and should bring some upward movement. NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

INTERIM RESULTS - Expansion plans on track


RNS Number : 7980Q
Greggs PLC
10 August 2010

GREGGS plc
INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE 26 WEEKS ENDED 3 JULY 2010

Greggs is the leading bakery retailer in the UK,
with over 1,400 retail outlets throughout the country,
serving freshly baked products to six million customers each week

EXPANSION PLANS ON TRACK

� Sales up 2.9% to GBP321m (2009: GBP312m); like-for-like sales up 0.7%
� Operating profit up 13.1% to GBP18.5m (2009: GBP16.3m)
� Pre-tax profit up 12.3% to GBP18.6m (2009: GBP16.5m)
� Underlying operating profit up 4%
� Interim dividend increased 5.8% to record 5.5p per share
� Diluted earnings per share up 12.4% to 12.7p (2009: 11.3p)
� Net cash of GBP24.6m (2009: GBP14.9m) after GBP4.5m share buyback
� 26 new shops opened: net increase of 18 in half year

Interim Management Statement.

Greggs continues to make good progress and has delivered sales growth in the current financial year to date, despite an increasingly challenging trading environment. Total sales for the 39 weeks ended 2 October 2010 increased by 2.6 per cent, including like-for-like growth of 0.5 per cent. In the third quarter (13 weeks to 2 October 2010) total sales grew by 2.1 per cent, including a like-for-like sales increase of 0.2 per cent.

Quite a fall off since the start of the year - trading update on Wednesday!

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TRADING UPDATE


RECORD CHRISTMAS WEEK



Highlights

Christmas trading period* - total sales up 3.5%, like-for-like sales up 0.6%


Financial year 2010** - total sales up 2.2%, like-for-like sales up 0.2%


Record shop opening programme adding 68 net new shops during the year




* five weeks ending 8 January 2011 which includes the comparable bank holidays in 2009/10

** 52 weeks ending 1 January 2011 compared with the equivalent 52 weeks of the 53-week financial year in 2009

Preliminary Results.

ANOTHER YEAR OF GOOD PROGRESS



Record pre-tax profit: up 7.9% to 52.5m (2009: 48.8m)

Sales up 2.1%* to 662m: like-for-like sales up 0.2%

Record numbers of new shop openings and refits: net addition of 68 new shops

Diluted earnings per share up 9.7% to 37.3p (2009: 34.0p)

Dividend per share up 9.6% to 18.2p: 26th consecutive year of dividend growth

Maybe looking a bit topy? - 534 is the 12 month high.

GREGGS PLC - INTERIM RESULTS - SALES UP 4.2% - shares currently down 11%.

Interim Results.

Sales up 4.2% to 335m (2010: 321m)

Like-for-like sales up 0.4%

Operating profit excluding exceptional items down 1.2m to 17.3m (2010: 18.5m)

Underlying operating profit* up 0.8m to 19.3m before 2m impact of additional public holidays

39 net new shops opened, on track for net 80 during year

Construction of two new bakeries completed on time and on budget

Dividend per share up 5.5% to 5.8p: 27th consecutive year of dividend growth

someone left the buns in the oven too long, that's all

Interim Management Statement.


RESILIENT PERFORMANCE

Third quarter total sales up 5.4%, like-for-like sales up 0.8%

Year to date total sales up 4.6%, like-for-like sales up 0.6%

Net 53 new shops opened year to date; on track for record 80 net new openings

Two new bakeries operational following 21m investment

RNS Number : 3407V

Greggs PLC

11 January 2012

GREGGS plc

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TRADING UPDATE

Greggs is the leading bakery retailer in the UK,
with over 1,550 retail outlets throughout the country,
serving freshly baked products to six million customers each week

EXCELLENT CHRISTMAS DESPITE TOUGH TRADING CONDITIONS


-- Christmas and New Year trading period* total sales up 10.8%,
like-for-like sales up 5.1%
-- Financial year 2011** total sales up 5.8%, like-for-like
sales up 1.4%
-- Record shop opening programme, adding 84 net new shops during
2011
-- On track to deliver 2011 results in line with expectations
*

* five weeks ending 7 January 2012

** 52 weeks ending 31 December 2011

Chief Executive Ken McMeikan comments:

An excellent Christmas boosted our sales performance at the end of a tough year for high streets. For the five week Christmas and New Year trading period ending 7 January 2012, total sales grew by 10.8 per cent and like-for-like sales by 5.1 per cent.

Highlights during the Christmas period included record sales of our award-winning sweet mince pies with more than seven and a half million sold since the launch of our seasonal range, a 27 per cent increase in sales of Festive Bakes and coffee sales up 21 per cent.

For our financial year as a whole (52 weeks ending 31 December 2011) total sales grew by 5.8 per cent and like-for-like sales by 1.4 per cent.

The level of cost inflation in food ingredients began to ease towards the end of the year in line with our forecasts. Rising food and energy costs have been a feature of 2011 but to reduce the impact on customers we have continued to invest in promotional activity in order to maintain our value position in what has remained a very competitive market. Despite these pressures, we anticipate that we will report full year results in line with expectations when we make our preliminary announcement on 14 March 2012.

During the year we opened a record 98 new shops and delivered a net increase of 84, after 14 closures, to give us a total of 1,571 shops at 31 December 2011. We also completed 170 shop refurbishments. Our continued expansion created some 800 new jobs, lifting our total employee numbers above 20,000 for the first time.

We anticipate that the tough trading environment will continue during 2012, with consumers' disposable incomes remaining under pressure. We will therefore continue to focus on maximising our customer appeal through product innovation and strong promotional activity, building on Greggs' already excellent reputation for value.

We expect another year of marginally positive like-for-like sales growth in 2012 while total sales will benefit from the opening of around 90 net new shops, creating a further 800 new retail jobs and making Greggs even more accessible to customers across the UK.

Ding dong!