Greggs has decided to make its planned re-opening trial next week behind closed doors and nolonger open to the public over fears of attracting too many crowds.
The bakery chain had earlier announced it would be re-opening 20 stores for takeaway and delivery from Tuesday May 4th on a ‘trial basis’ which if successful would be rolled out nationwide in June.
However, a Greggs spokeswoman has confirmed that: “Due to significant interest in our 20-shop trial, and the risk that excessive numbers of customers may plan to visit Greggs, we will now initially operate these trials behind closed doors in order to effectively test our new operational safety measures.
“We will continue to review this and will invite walk-in customers into our shops only when we can be confident of doing so in the controlled manner we intended.”
Chief executive Roger Whitehouse previously confirmed that the bakery hoped to open around 700 stores, including 150 franchise shops, with new operational measures in place from June 8th.
