On eco-shops and vegan sausage rolls: How Greggs bakes sustainability into its business

Cecilia Keating
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On eco-shops and vegan sausage rolls: How Greggs bakes sustainability into its business

Greggs' CEO Roisin Currie sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss how the firm is working towards net zero

If there ever was a seminal moment in the rise of plant-based food in the UK, the launch of Greggs' vegan sausage roll in January 2019 might be it. Helped by Piers Morgan's outcry that that the bakery...

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