date:May 05, 2014
British baker Greggs posted a second consecutive quarter of sales growth, crediting its renewed focus on takeaway food and longer trading hours, and said that it expects to deliver a good first-half outcome.
The firm, which has close to 1,700 shops in Britain, said on Wednesday that like-for-like sales in the first 17 weeks to April 26 were up 3.7 percent, compared to a decline of 4.4 percent in the first quarter last year.
In January, the company posted its first sales growth for 2 years in t