Greggs abruptly shutters branch on busy high street leaving customers gutted

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GREGGS has abruptly shuttered one of its busy high street stores, leaving customers of the bakery giant gutted.
The popular pastry and sandwich chain has permanently closed its store on High Road, Ilford, in East London.
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Greggs has abruptly shuttered one of its busy high street stores
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Greggs on High Road, Ilford is the bakery giant's latest branch to shut
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One local resident posted a picture to a Facebook group on June 10 showing a metal shutter being pulled down across the shopfront, according to the Ilford Recorder.
The photo also showed the Greggs branding being removed from the top of the store.
The reason for the branch closing is because it had reached the end of its lease, according to local news reports.
All employees have reportedly been relocated to other nearby Greggs stores.
News of the Ilford store's closure has been met with devastation by some customers.
Replying to the Facebook post, one said: "Plz tell me this is temporary or are they closed for good", with another saying they "loved" the bakery's sausage rolls.
However, it's not all bad news for Greggs fans in the area.
As some users pointed out, another branch of the bakery can be found just a short walk away from the shuttered store.
"There is a new Greggs on front of Ilford Station, in the same place where some months ago was a homeware shop," one wrote.
The Ilford branch is not the first Greggs branch to shut this year.
Greggs permanently closed its Lytham store in Lancashire on March 28, 2025.
A store on Fitzroy Street in Cambridge closed in March, while another location in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, closed for good in January.
Another Greggs on Foleshill Road in Coventry also shut at the start of this year.
A Greggs store in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, also shut.
The branch, on Sycamore Road, will bid farewell to its shoppers on Saturday, January 18.
Greggs was approached by the Sun for comment.
Other Greggs news
Despite these closures, the bakery giant, which currently has just over 2,600 stores, has plans to expand.
It's set to open between 140 and 150 shops in the UK this year.
Greggs boss Roisin Currie said earlier this year that despite financial pressures, she was "confident in the continuing growth of Greggs'.
Meanwhile, the chain this month revealed a major change to its loyalty scheme, allowing fans to get freebies faster.
The month-long promotion, which began on June 2, offers customers double stamps on selected menu items when buying between 11am and 2pm.
There will be a different product category each week in June, so customers who buy these items can boost their points.
From 9 to 15 June, the spotlight turns to "Hot Snacks", while between 16 and 22 June, it's the turn of the bakery's popular range of bakes, though the famous Sausage Roll and Vegan Sausage Roll are excluded.
The final week, 23 to 29 June, will feature double stamps on all iced drinks.
Greggs is also ditching its self-serve fridges to try to tackle soaring shoplifting rates.
Items such as sandwiches and bottled drinks have been moved behind the counter in at least five of its branches.
Greggs in numbers
Did you know Greggs sausage rolls have 96 layers of pastry?
The first Greggs opened in 1951 on Gosforth High Street.
There are also 2,473 shops around the country — a thousand more than McDonald's.
Greggs is now valued at £2.6billion thanks to its budget deals.
Nearly £2 in every £100 spent in UK hospitality is done in a Greggs.
Newcastle still remains the sausage roll capital of the UK, with Geordies scoffing 17.9 million of them a year.
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