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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Greggs launches menu shake-up with two new items TODAY
Scroll down to read about the changes rolled out by the bakery chain ROLL ON Greggs launches menu shake-up with two new items TODAY GREGGS has rolled out two brand-new menu items which fans can snap up at 20 locations across the UK. The popular British bakery chain introduced the £4 sandwiches today as part of a trial. Advertisement 2 Greggs has added two new pulled pork sandwiches to its menu Credit: Getty From today, fans can enjoy Greggs' new Pulled Pork Sandwiches and BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich with Slaw. The sandwiches, costing £4 each and currently available in 20 stores across the northeast, could be rolled out nationwide if they prove popular. The first option is a classic pulled pork with apple sauce and crispy onions, served in a soft corn-topped roll, containing 469 calories. The second is a BBQ pulled pork sandwich with slaw, slightly lighter at 430 calories. Advertisement The new sarnies are available to order at the counter as part of Greggs' hot sandwich deal. They can also be ordered through delivery via Just Eat and Uber Eats, or through Click + Collect on the Greggs App in participating trial shops. These 20 Greggs stores are trialling Pulled Pork Sandwiches: Sunderland, U1 Union Street Greggs @ Tesco Extra Kingston Park Gretna, U67B Caledonia Park, Glasgow Road Spennymoor U23 Festival Walk Workington, 19 Murray Road Kelso, 47 The Square Egremont, 50 Main Street Barnard Castle, 11 Horsemarket Gateshead, Metrocentre, Yellow Mall Ferryhill, 17 Market Street Catterick, Richmondshire Wlk Shopping Centre Jarrow, 17 Bede Precinct Felling, U5 Booth Street Durham, 1B Dryburn View Killingworth, U35 Killingworth Shopping Centre Seaham, Byron Pl Shopping Centre Darlington, 289 Yarm Road South Shields, 285 Prince Edward Road Team Valley, U4 Maingate Thornaby, U6 Fleck Wy, Teesside Industrial Estate This isn't the only change Greggs has made this month - the bakery chain has also shaken up its loyalty app. On Monday, Greggs launched a new month-long promotion offering double stamps on selected items bought between 11am and 2pm. Advertisement The offer runs in weekly phases, with a different product category featured each week. This week (June 2–8), all hot, cold and made-to-order sandwiches qualify for double stamps - like baguettes, wraps, flatbreads, burgers and rolls. Thief banned from every Greggs store in Britain after targeting one shop SEVEN times as cops launch crackdown Customers buying a meal deal during the promo window will also earn stamps on eligible items in their basket. From June 9 to 15, the offer shifts to "Hot Snacks", followed by Greggs' popular bakes from June 16 to 22 - though the famous Sausage Roll and Vegan Sausage Roll are excluded. Advertisement The final week, 23 to 29 June, will focus on iced drinks. Customers collect one stamp per eligible purchase in a category, and after nine stamps, can claim a free item in that category. During the promotion, purchases made within the time window earn two stamps, making it quicker to earn a free item. To take part, shoppers need to scan the Greggs App in-store or order via Click + Collect. Advertisement Full list of eligible items: Sandwiches (June 2–8) Baguettes Sliced bread sandwiches, stotties and made-to-order Oval Bites and Rolls Flatbreads Wraps Burgers (Excludes breakfast rolls/baguettes and sandwich platters) (Excludes breakfast rolls/baguettes and sandwich platters) Hot Snacks (June 9–15) Southern Fried Chicken Goujons Southern Fried Potato Wedges Spicy BBQ Chicken Bites BBQ Bites Meal Box Crispy Chicken Bites Mozzarella & Cheddar Bites Bakes (June 16–22) Steak Bake Cheese & Onion Bake Sausage, Bean and Cheese Melt Vegetable Bake Corned Beef Bake Chicken Bake Red Pepper, Feta and Spinach Bake Scotch Pie Haggis Pie Bacon & Cheese Wrap Savoury Mince Pie (Excludes Sausage Rolls and Vegan Sausage Rolls) (Excludes Sausage Rolls and Vegan Sausage Rolls) Iced Drinks (June 23–29) Iced Latte Iced Caramel Latte Iced Vanilla Latte Iced Caramelised Biscuit Latte Iced Americano Cloudy Lemonade Strawberry Lemonade Mint Lemonade Peach Iced Tea Mango & Strawberry Cooler
The Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Greggs launches menu shake-up with two new items TODAY
GREGGS has rolled out two brand-new menu items which fans can snap up at 20 locations across the UK. The popular British bakery chain introduced the £4 sandwiches today as part of a trial. 2 From today, fans can enjoy Greggs' new Pulled Pork Sandwiches and BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich with Slaw. The sandwiches, costing £4 each and currently available in 20 stores across the northeast, could be rolled out nationwide if they prove popular. The first option is a classic pulled pork with apple sauce and crispy onions, served in a soft corn-topped roll, containing 469 calories. The second is a BBQ pulled pork sandwich with slaw, slightly lighter at 430 calories. The new sarnies are available to order at the counter as part of Greggs' hot sandwich deal. They can also be ordered through delivery via Just Eat and Uber Eats, or through Click + Collect on the Greggs App in participating trial shops. These 20 Greggs stores are trialling Pulled Pork Sandwiches: Sunderland, U1 Union Street Greggs @ Tesco Extra Kingston Park Gretna, U67B Caledonia Park, Glasgow Road Spennymoor U23 Festival Walk Workington, 19 Murray Road Kelso, 47 The Square Egremont, 50 Main Street Barnard Castle, 11 Horsemarket Gateshead, Metrocentre, Yellow Mall Ferryhill, 17 Market Street Catterick, Richmondshire Wlk Shopping Centre Jarrow, 17 Bede Precinct Felling, U5 Booth Street Durham, 1B Dryburn View Killingworth, U35 Killingworth Shopping Centre Seaham, Byron Pl Shopping Centre Darlington, 289 Yarm Road South Shields, 285 Prince Edward Road Team Valley, U4 Maingate Thornaby, U6 Fleck Wy, Teesside Industrial Estate This isn't the only change Greggs has made this month - the bakery chain has also shaken up its loyalty app. On Monday, Greggs launched a new month-long promotion offering double stamps on selected items bought between 11am and 2pm. The offer runs in weekly phases, with a different product category featured each week. This week (June 2–8), all hot, cold and made-to-order sandwiches qualify for double stamps - like baguettes, wraps, flatbreads, burgers and rolls. Thief banned from every Greggs store in Britain after targeting one shop SEVEN times as cops launch crackdown Customers buying a meal deal during the promo window will also earn stamps on eligible items in their basket. From June 9 to 15, the offer shifts to "Hot Snacks", followed by Greggs' popular bakes from June 16 to 22 - though the famous Sausage Roll and Vegan Sausage Roll are excluded. The final week, 23 to 29 June, will focus on iced drinks. Customers collect one stamp per eligible purchase in a category, and after nine stamps, can claim a free item in that category. During the promotion, purchases made within the time window earn two stamps, making it quicker to earn a free item. To take part, shoppers need to scan the Greggs App in-store or order via Click + Collect. Full list of eligible items: Sandwiches (June 2–8) Baguettes Sliced bread sandwiches, stotties and made-to-order Oval Bites and Rolls Flatbreads Wraps Burgers (Excludes breakfast rolls/baguettes and sandwich platters) Hot Snacks (June 9–15) Southern Fried Chicken Goujons Southern Fried Potato Wedges Spicy BBQ Chicken Bites BBQ Bites Meal Box Crispy Chicken Bites Mozzarella & Cheddar Bites Bakes (June 16–22) Steak Bake Cheese & Onion Bake Sausage, Bean and Cheese Melt Vegetable Bake Corned Beef Bake Chicken Bake Red Pepper, Feta and Spinach Bake Scotch Pie Haggis Pie Bacon & Cheese Wrap Savoury Mince Pie (Excludes Sausage Rolls and Vegan Sausage Rolls) Iced Drinks (June 23–29) Iced Latte Iced Caramel Latte Iced Vanilla Latte Iced Caramelised Biscuit Latte Iced Americano Cloudy Lemonade Strawberry Lemonade Mint Lemonade Peach Iced Tea Mango & Strawberry Cooler 2
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
How Potbelly harnessed transformational growth
This story was originally published on Restaurant Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Restaurant Dive newsletter. Five years ago, when Bob Wright became CEO at Potbelly, the sandwich chain was struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. But after following a five-pillar strategy, which includes boosting franchised development and increasing digital brand awareness, Wright says Potbelly is now firmly in the growth category. 'The point is that … it was all pointed toward growth, topline growth, margin expansion, profitability growth and compound growth on growth,' Wright said, adding that much of this has been driven by the chain's pivot to open new units predominantly through franchising. Potbelly posted a company-owned same-store sales increase of 0.9% during Q1 2025, joining brands like Chili's that have used successful turnaround strategies to grow sales and traffic at a time when many restaurants are struggling. Potbelly now has 444 open units and more than 300 commitments following the signing of 40 additional units during the quarter, according to an earnings release. The chain opened four units during the quarter and is on track to add 38 units total by the end of the year, which would represent single-digit percentage growth. New unit growth is likely to accelerate next year as well, as franchisees build out committed units. Several ongoing initiatives that have helped drive both franchisee interest and customer engagement include menu innovation, like the permanent addition of a Prime Rib Steak Sandwich; digital growth through its app and loyalty program, Potbelly Perks; and investments in technology and store remodels. 'Our finish to the first quarter continued to showcase Potbelly as the growth company that we've become,' Wright said during the company's Q1 2025 earnings call. 'We delivered system-wide sales growth, positive same-store sales, growth in our franchising efforts as well as another quarter of strong profitability.' Within the past six months, Potbelly added a Pulled Pork sandwich, Prime Rib Steak sandwich, drinks from Tractor Beverage, a banana pudding shake and chili mac and cheese to its core menu. Potbelly spent nine months developing its steak sandwich in response to customer demand for the menu item. Creating that sandwich required sourcing steak that worked with Potbelly's method of cooking its sandwiches in a 500-degree oven. The sandwich, which includes melted Swiss cheese, carmelized onions and roasted garlic aioli, has already received strong customer reception, Wright said during the company's earnings call. While Potbelly has focused on its core menu over the last six to nine months, the brand continues to offer LTOs to test new flavors that could eventually join the permanent menu, Wright told Restaurant Dive. That happened with its Cubano, which was an LTO for three times before it moved to the core menu last year, Wright said. Potbelly also uses its Underground Menu, which features items only available to order through its Perks Loyalty program, to offer different flavors and innovation. Value remains of importance to the chain, especially in the current environment of consumer price sensitivity. Wright defines value by the following three levels: intrinsic value, everyday value and promotional value. Intrinsic value describes the customers' perception that they are getting what they pay for after visiting a restaurant, while everyday value relates to things like Potbelly's $7.99 combos. Those combos are a way to let customers know that there will be certain things on the menu that they can count on for value, instead of trying to catch a deal at a specific time. For promotional value, the chain uses digital channels, like its loyalty program, to offer deals for its most loyal customers. If Potbelly offers a cookie LTO, it will encourage customers to order via its digital app or website, for example. It also offers straight digital advertising to boost this channel by explaining how digital order pick up is easy to do via its website or app. Digital continues to be a strong area of growth for the chain and made up over 42% of sales last quarter — 200 basis points higher than the year-ago period, Wright said. 'Once we get you in those digital channels, especially when we get into the first loyalty program, then we can use that information to customize our communication with you and make it more valuable,' Wright said. Potbelly is also investing capital to improve three areas of technology infrastructure. Its digital assets, including its app, web and digital marketing tools, are over four years old and are at a point where it is easier to rebuild rather than update, Wright said. The new tech stack will allow the brand to create segmented campaigns to hit specific customers. Potbelly's data infrastructure and data engineering platform is also outdated and is being rebuilt to allow for faster insights and decision-making, he said. Both of these technologies are expected to be rolled out by mid-year. The chain is also rolling out a new point-of-sales system called Potbelly Digital Customer Experience, or PDCX, over the next two years, he said. That system will unlock additional capabilities for digitizing some elements of the shop experience, like letting employees take orders using handheld devices if the line is long. When asked if kiosks might be on the tech menu, Wright said 'never say never to technology,' but Potbelly won't deploy technology just for the sake of adding it. Kiosks work better in a QSR environment because customers can just put in their orders and wait for their food, he said. At Potbelly, diners go through the makeline with an employee to build their sandwiches according to preference. 'If you look at our technology decisions, you'll find that pattern underneath all of them. They are technology for the sake of advancing the customer experience, or the business in some way, or our employee experience,' Wright said. In addition to its technology investments, the fast casual chain is testing a remodel strategy at its company-owned locations. A remodel would follow the rollout of the chain's small prototype, a 1,800-square-foot unit, the first of which opened last year. Wright credits the small prototype, which offers a flexible store design, as one reason why franchisees are interested in the chain. While the prototype is designed for 1,800 square feet, franchisees have built prototypes as small as 1,650 and as large as 2,000 square feet, to fit the size of available real estate. The prototype elements like a new beverage station could be considered for a remodel as well. Remodel testing could lead to a three-tiered redesign initiative across its system, depending on what a restaurant needs. 'You can drive sales with remodels and you can drive very nice returns on that investment,' Wright said. 'We're excited to have that in test and to be testing our way towards a solution that we think could scale into the future.' That could mean a light touch by just refreshing the colors, signage and fixing the wear and tear on a building. Intermediate remodels could also include things like a new beverage station, furniture and equipment, he said, while more expensive options would cover a comprehensive overhaul. 'Even though it's more expensive doesn't mean it's a bad return,' Wright said. 'It could be an even better return if it gives you the kind of [sales] lift that we think we can get.' 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Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Northern New York Community Foundation opens doors to new education opportunities
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – To assist students and working professionals who are seeking to further their education and careers, the Northern New York Community Foundation has announced the opening of its Next Step Education Program. The NNYCF says the Next Step Education Program is designed to assist people in their pursuit of postsecondary education and training. Which dehumidifier is best for basements? The surprising brands behind 'American made' cars Northern New York Community Foundation opens doors to new education opportunities April 26: Three Mile Bay Fire Department Pulled Pork Dinner What's Going Around: 4-21-2025 'This builds upon the Community Foundation's history and heritage of supporting local students in whatever paths they choose and is an opportunity to be more responsive to diversification of career paths we are seeing,' Community Foundation Executive Director Rande S. Richardson said. 'At the same time, this allows us to provide greater options for donors who have an interest in inspiring those who are looking to better themselves and our communities in a variety of ways.' Students of all ages, including recent high school graduates, adult learners, and working professionals, can benefit from an extended educational program to obtain degrees, certifications, or technical credentials for their career goals. Residents in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties can apply for financial assistance through the Next Step Education Program. This program helps those who have postponed their education or need skill improvements for better jobs. Donors support this initiative to enable community members to access the necessary training to accomplish their objectives. The Next Step Education Program supports a wide range of educational and professional development pathways, including: Micro-credentials and professional certifications to strengthen skills or secure employment Courses or programs that lead to a degree Technical and trade school training for hands-on, high-demand careers Enhanced skills programs for career advancement or to help obtain new employment, such as Microsoft Office programs and more Programs at local BOCES campuses Professional licensing programs, including CDL and other industry-specific certifications Award amounts are up to $2,000, and may be used for tuition, books, and course-related expenses Applications for the Next Step Education Program are accepted throughout the year, with funding decisions made every 30 days. Apply HERE. For more inquiries, contact Tara Hess, scholarship and program associate, at tara@ or Mary Perrine, scholarship and program manager, at maryp@ or call 315-782-7110. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
