Global Industry: Greggs PLC closes 2’050 bakery cafés

Bremerhaven. (bm) Acting quickly to follow the UK Government guidelines, British Greggs PLC, the leading bakery food-on-the-go retailer in the UK closes its 2’050 retail outlets throughout the country. The company employs over 25’000 people and now welcomes the Government’s swift action in suspending business rates for a year and the support for continued employment through the job retention scheme. Other topics:

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