DAILY STAR, Thursday, March 21, 2024 9 ARMAGREGGON!

Published date21 March 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Pastry lovers had to go hungry after the tech cock-up closed stores in cities including London, Cardiff, Manchester and Newcastle

It came days after similar issues at McDonald's, Argos, Sainsbury's and Tesco.

One Greggs fan joked on X the IT issues affecting other brands were serious, but an outage at the sausage roll chain was a step too far.

Bal Bansal posted: "Just heard Greggs are having an IT issue and having to close shops.

"This is bordering a national emergency! Can all IT folk go and help Greggs. Potentially, steak bakes as a reward!"

Cash flow In a statement yesterday, the baking firm said: "We are currently experiencing issues accepting payments in our shops. We are working to resolve this as soon as possible."

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