Bakery giant with over 2,500 branches across the UK to shut store for good
BAKERY lovers must get ready to wave goodbye to a fan favourite chain as it is set to close one of its spots for good.
The bargain pastry and sandwich chain - with over 2,500 locations across the UK - has confirmed it will draw its shutters for the last time today.
A Greggs store in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, has had to break the sad news to its local fans.
The branch, on Sycamore Road, will bid farewell to its shoppers on Saturday 18 January.
This location will reportedly close due to a dispute over rent, according to the .
The Amersham store's original lease will also come to an end after this month.
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An employee at the doomed location reportedly claimed the high rent requested would make the spot profitless.
The worker revealed the store made some desperate changes in an attempt to keep it running.
They said: “We did try a few things, we used to be open until 6 o’clock.
“We changed that opening time to seven to see if we could get some trade in the evening, that didn’t really work out."
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This employee also praised their customers and the local community.
“They’re so nice, they make you feel like you’re part of the family. It’s just a really nice place to work."
One fan revealed their anger at this closure and said they would ditch shopping in Amersham because of this.
The furious Greggs lover wrote: "As Gregg's is now closing there is no point in us going there to do our shopping we have decided to go to chesham on Saturday instead."
CLOSING TIME
This Greggs location has not been the only store to shut in recent weeks.
A branch in Coventry closed for good on January 4, The Sun has previously reported.
The Foleshill closure was confirmed to The Sun by Greggs.
This nationwide chain added that it was not part of any wider plans to cut branches.
It had hoped to redeploy the existing staff to nearby stores.
