date:Jan 10, 2014
s in the five week festive period up 3.1 percent, the company said on Thursday. The last time Greggs posted quarterly growth in like-for-like sales was in the third quarter of 2011.
Shares in Greggs jumped 8.6 percent in morning trade to their highest level for 9 months. Analysts at Panmure Gordon and UBS said the company had beaten their forecasts on a quarterly and a full year basis respectively.
Today's update is further vindication of the strategy being implemented by the new CEO to revive