Bakery giant Greggs has opened its latest store in the area inside Newcastle Central Station, creating 15 new jobs.
The company opened the new store at Unit 9 of the station, making it the 33rd Greggs in the Newcastle area since the company’s very first store opened in Gosforth in 1951.
There are currently over 2,000 Greggs across the country, with Newcastle being one of the top spots with the most pitches per capita in the UK.
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The stores will open seven days a week and serve everything from breakfasts and sausages to corned beef pastries, sandwiches and treats.
Greggs customers will be able to buy in store or order through Greggs’ new Click + Collect.
Store Manager Joanne Wilson said, “We look forward to welcoming both Greggs fans and new customers to our brand new store. We have an incredible range of tasty pastries, hot drinks, sweet and savory treats available to take out or click and collect.
Roisin Currie, Director of Retail and Human Resources for Greggs, said: “Our new store at Newcastle Central Station has created 15 new jobs in the area, while providing customers with a new, modern and convenient location to discover their favorite Greggs food. “
The Newcastle boutique opens with an outdoor seating area, allowing for socially distant dining.
The store is one of 100 new stores that Tyneside Bakery turned into a take-out chain will open during 2021, despite the pandemic hit.
The company had suspended its expansion program at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, which also resulted in the temporary closure of all of its stores, but is now ramping up store openings across the UK.
Last week he opened a new store in Prudhoe’s new Tyneview retail park, creating 16 new jobs.
The opening hours of the new boutique are Monday to Saturday from 6.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 7.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more details on vacancies at Greggs, visit https://www.greggsfamily.co.uk/.