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Glasgow's Piece to sell £1 sandwiches to celebrate birthday

Glasgow's Piece to sell £1 sandwiches to celebrate birthday

Glasgow Times22-07-2025
The Glasgow chain's Byres Road café will be selling all of their pieces for just £1 from 12pm on Wednesday, July 23.
All proceeds will be donated to charity the Simon Community, who work support those at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
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In a post shared on Instagram, bosses wrote: "To celebrate our 17th birthday, on July 23 from noon till we sell out/have a mild breakdown, we are flinging open our shutters at Byres Road and selling all our pieces for one pound."
They added: "If yer no fast yer last, if yer no there yer square etc."
The event will only take place at Piece on Byres Road, and there will be no delivery or click and collect from the store.
Other shops will be open as usual.
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