Greggs to pay £7m to workers after 'exceptional' year

[arista]

[Greggs to pay £7m to workers after 'exceptional'
year boosted by vegan ranges
Greggs announced the bonus of
up to £300 each for staff as
latest sales figures showed "a strong
finish to an exceptional year".]


[Greggs, which has more than 2,000
shops across the UK and employs
about 25,000 people,
said like-for-like sales in
company-managed stores
rose by 9.2% in the year to 28 December.]


https://news.sky.com/story/greggs-to-pay-7m-to-workers-after-exceptional-year-boosted-by-vegan-ranges-11903502


Sign Of The Times

[Livia]

I read there are more Greggs shops in the UK now than there are McDonalds. Good to see them doing well. If I go into Greggs I'm always struck by how nice and friendly the staff are.

[Niamh.]

Good on them

[Marsh.]

Make the most of it Greggs. Carina is coming! :smug:

[Morgan.]

Make the most of it Greggs. Carina is coming! :smug:

With her 5,000 stores :flutter:

[Kizzy]

Very nice if them to share the wealth, not a great lover of greggs or this vegan bandwagon jump but meh..

[Liam-]

Good bloke that Gregg

Piers to fume on GMB tomorrow?

[Niamh.]

Good bloke that Gregg

Piers to fume on GMB tomorrow?

Was just coming in to say that :hehe:

[Marsh.]

Piers Morgan probably gave them so much publicity and they didn't have to spend a single penny on it. :clap1:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Piers Morgan probably gave them so much publicity and they didn't have to spend a single penny on it. :clap1:

That is why his show is so popular and he is so successful

:clap1:

[Niamh.]

That is why his show is so popular and he is so successful

:clap1:

Piers the Vegan King :flutter:

[user104658]

Piers Morgan probably gave them so much publicity and they didn't have to spend a single penny on it. :clap1:

Piers Morgan: "Vegan sausage rolls at greggs??? RAAGEE"

*people at home*
"Oh weird, I'll have to try that lol!"
*off to Greggs*
"One vegan sausage roll please!"
*nom n...*
"YUCK! Blergh! This is disgusting! I'll need a real sausage roll to take the taste and memory away! One sausage roll, please!"
*nom nom nom*

Thus, doubling their sausage roll profits :omgno:

[Beso]

Well it can't be down to the sales of its festive bake...minging.

[Cherie]

I really dislike Greggs, my local independant bakery is far superior, but great they are sharing the profits with staff

[arista]

I really dislike Greggs, my local independant bakery is far superior, but great they are sharing the profits with staff



That's good
nothing wrong with independant bakery stores.

[bots]

It's always good to have a master baker in the high street

[Crimson Dynamo]

Me and the lad go to Baynes, we only go to Greggs if we are in Glasgow at the footy

you cant get this in Greggs :drool:

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/60336539_877631949253787_7695452530997723136_o.jpg ?w=620

[Amy Jade]

The Gregg's vegan sausage rolls are really nice. Sayers do a nice Vegetarian Roll too

[Jigs]

Honestly nowt better than a Greggs sausage roll. £300 is a great bonus too!

[Beso]

Greggs don't heat up the stuff that's gone cold, percy ingles does.:dance:

Not sure they are supposed to, but they dI'd with my cheese n onion bake today..


Wish it was a salt n vinegar bake though.

[user104658]

Greggs don't heat up the stuff that's gone cold, percy ingles does.:dance:

Not sure they are supposed to, but they dI'd with my cheese n onion bake today..


Wish it was a salt n vinegar bake though.

Pretend you got food poisoning and sue them - you can't reheat and sell food after hot-holding it (the things they keep them under to keep them hot the first time).

I got SO much free food when I worked in a kitchen because things that are still in hot-hold at the end of the night have to get binned :hehe:.

[Cherie]

Pretend you got food poisoning and sue them - you can't reheat and sell food after hot-holding it (the things they keep them under to keep them hot the first time).

I got SO much free food when I worked in a kitchen because things that are still in hot-hold at the end of the night have to get binned :hehe:.

M21?

[Jessica.]

I'm really happy for the workers, it's nice that they're being rewarded!

[Beso]

I'm really happy for the workers, it's nice that they're being rewarded!

They deserve every penny Jessica.

[Oliver_W]

Good for them, it's not like the managers knead the dough.

[Beso]

If the workers are on universal credits they recieve the bonus at the end of january but then it's taken out of the uc payment for March. ..so basically Greggs have just paid the government 7 million. ...is this correct?

[Livia]

Greggs don't heat up the stuff that's gone cold, percy ingles does.:dance:

Not sure they are supposed to, but they dI'd with my cheese n onion bake today..


Wish it was a salt n vinegar bake though.

Percy Ingles. Awww I'm homesick now.

Are they still alive??

I miss them. Their iced nut ring was to die for.

[Beso]

Percy Ingles. Awww I'm homesick now.

Are they still alive??

I miss them. Their iced nut ring was to die for.

Yes they have a good few shops all over east London....grumpy looking staff though

[Livia]

Yes they have a good few shops all over east London....grumpy looking staff though

I remember it was all elderly, stern-looking women in overalls LOL.... I do need a visit to the old place.

[Shaun]

If the workers are on universal credits they recieve the bonus at the end of january but then it's taken out of the uc payment for March. ..so basically Greggs have just paid the government 7 million. ...is this correct?

This is what I'd read on the subject, too. Workers aren't really getting anything out of it. Might even screw their budgets up for March, too.

[Beso]

I remember it was all elderly, stern-looking women in overalls LOL.... I do need a visit to the old place.

Its not changed :joker:

[Cherie]

If the workers are on universal credits they recieve the bonus at the end of january but then it's taken out of the uc payment for March. ..so basically Greggs have just paid the government 7 million. ...is this correct?

Not every Greggs employee is on Universal credit surely

[user104658]

If the workers are on universal credits they recieve the bonus at the end of january but then it's taken out of the uc payment for March. ..so basically Greggs have just paid the government 7 million. ...is this correct?

Yes, pretty much.

This is what I'd read on the subject, too. Workers aren't really getting anything out of it. Might even screw their budgets up for March, too.

They'll need to bank the money in January and keep it to cover the shortfall in March and even then, depending on various technicalities, they might actually end up worse off.

Not every Greggs employee is on Universal credit surely

It's minimum wage retail so any with kids will be, unless they have a partner who is on much more than they are. I doubt it's all of them but I'd guess at least half.

[Oliver_W]

How does UC work? Is it something like ... You're entitled to £X per month, and if you're in work you still get money, but they take off what you earn? so surely that wouldn't mean they're worse off, but they're just getting the money from Greggs instead of UC?

[Marsh.]

How does UC work? Is it something like ... You're entitled to £X per month, and if you're in work you still get money, but they take off what you earn? so surely that wouldn't mean they're worse off, but they're just getting the money from Greggs instead of UC?

Entirely depends on circumstances as it encompasses all of the various different benefits. Certain parts of it will cap the number of hours you work to still receive full payments and then any extra you earn is then deducted.