41-417: Yankee Group was an independent technology research and consulting firm, founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. The firm "was one of the analyst industry’s most prestigious boutiques through the dot.com boom, with 70 analysts on the payroll in 2006." In 1996, Yankee was sold to Primark , then to Reuters in 2000 for $ 72.5 million. In May 2004, Yankee was bought by Decision Matrix Group for around $ 30 million. It
82-455: A 104-seater coffee shop, in its home town of Newcastle on Northumberland Street . This store was then followed by one in the nearby MetroCentre in August 2012, with five outlets in operation by February 2013. In August 2013, the company announced that it would discontinue its attempt to enter the coffee market, and instead focus on selling coffee from its existing stores. Greggs also has
123-550: A day. In 2023, Greggs was involved in a dispute over operating 24 hours in Leicester Square after the location was refused an overnight license by Westminster Council. Greggs appealed and was granted permission for late-night opening, but not 24 hours. In July 2023 the company applied for licenses for 24 hour opening at sites in Canterbury and Liverpool. In September 2011, Greggs opened its first Greggs Moment,
164-418: A few wears and then come back for another batch of new outfits." In 2020, Primark launched their Wellness collection which includes 80 eco-conscious products. All of the products are made of organic, sustainable or recycled materials. This is part of the retailer's commitment to be more responsible for its footprint. In early 2024, RTÉ broadcast a six-part documentary, entitled Inside Penneys , exploring
205-666: A new brand identity, revealing a more curved and bold logo based on its 2005 logo, along with changing the colour slightly. On 28 May 2024, Primark opened its first Hungarian shop in the Arena Mall in Budapest . On 20 June 2024, it was announced that the business intended to invest more than €40 million on its Portuguese business, including opening four further shops in Portugal, as part of its plan to have 530 shops internationally by 2026. The key trends for Primark are (as of
246-716: A redeveloped Dublin building, Arthur Ryan House, formerly Chapel House. In 2015, Primark opened its first United States shop in Boston , later expanding into New York City , Philadelphia , Danbury and Chicago . Having built a chain of around 40 shops in Spain , Primark opened a second outlet in Madrid in October 2015, its second-biggest in the world. The largest Primark shop opened in Birmingham on 11 April 2019, occupying
287-591: A reduced menu will be in place until further notice. Greggs opened all shops with the new measures near the end of July 2020. Some food items were reintroduced to the menu in September 2020. In November 2020, the company announced it would be cutting 820 jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic that affected the company's sales. This post was formerly known as Managing Director. In 2019, the chain had over 2,000 outlets, nine regional bakeries that make products local to
328-626: A shop in Derby in 1973. By 1974, the business had 24 shops, including three in Scotland and two in England, all operating under the Penneys brand. The American company, JC Penney, opposed the use of Penneys as a business name. JC Penney registered the various business names of Penneys's parent company in countries throughout Europe in order to put pressure on it to relinquish its registration of
369-736: A small number of outlet shops in Northern and Central England, Scotland and two in Wales, selling unsold stock, mis-shapes and factory rejects at a discounted price, under the name Greggs Outlet. They were started in 1972 in Arthur's Hill , Newcastle under the name of the Greggs 'Seconds' shop. Products include sausage rolls , vegan sausage rolls , meat-free steak bakes, bacon rolls, croissants , pains au chocolat , sandwiches , and soups. In Channel 4's Tricks Of The Restaurant Trade , it
410-607: A store in Swansea, Wales. Primark argued the supply chain showed these label messages were a hoax. Also in June 2014, a customer from Ireland allegedly found an SOS note wrapped in a prison ID card in the pocket of trousers purchased from a Primark store several years earlier. The letter was written in Chinese and said to report that prisoners were forced to work "like oxen" making fashion clothes for export for 15 hours per day and that
451-524: A tweet sent to Google's official Twitter account offering doughnuts in exchange for fixing the problem, was noted as a "lesson in Twitter crisis management". In 2016, Greggs moved their head office from Jesmond , Newcastle upon Tyne to Quorum Business Park , Longbenton , North Tyneside . In that same year, Colin Gregg was accused of preying upon children, partly using his philanthropic role within
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#1732801731982492-656: Is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne , England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange , and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index . Originally a high street chain, it has since entered the convenience and drive-thru markets. Greggs was founded by John Gregg as a Tyneside bakery in 1939. It opened its first shop at 69/71 High Street in Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951. When Gregg died in 1964,
533-595: The Penneys brand in the Republic of Ireland , with its shops elsewhere, including in Northern Ireland , to be rebranded as Primark . In exchange, JC Penney agreed to relinquish its registration of the various business names of Primark's parent companies throughout Europe, and agreed not to trade under the Penneys brand in the Republic of Ireland. Since that date, the business has been known as Penneys in
574-621: The Penneys brand, and issued proceedings disputing the use of the brand. Following an injunction granted by the High Court of England in June 1974, the two shops in England were rebranded as Primark . However, the Penneys brand continued to be used in Ireland and Scotland, and in 1975–1976, four more Penneys -branded shops were opened in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Eventually, the two companies settled their dispute. Penneys/Primark agreed that from 27 August 1976 onward, it would only use
615-919: The Bakers, London, Bowketts the Bakers in Kent , Tooks the Bakers (East Anglia) and Price's ( Manchester ) in 1976. In 1994, the company acquired the Bakers Oven chain of bakers' shops from Allied Bakeries . In 1999, Greggs rebranded its one hundred Braggs shops as Greggs of the Midlands, and its Leeds-based Thurston chain as Greggs of Yorkshire. In 2008, Greggs rebranded its 165 Bakers Oven shops as Greggs so they could benefit from its national advertising campaign. The company opened its 1,500th premises, in York , in 2011. In 2013, Greggs replaced its CEO Ken McMeikan with Punch Taverns CEO Roger Whiteside. McMeikan left
656-718: The COVID-19 outbreak. Its 153 shops in England re-opened on 15 June 2020. As a result of the lockdown, the company reported a sales loss of £430 million. On 10 August 2020, Primark opened the first shop in Poland in the Galeria Młociny shopping center in Warsaw , later expanding into Poznań , Kraków , Katowice , Wrocław and Łódź . In June 2021, Primark opened the first shop in the Czech Republic in Prague , occupying
697-614: The Exchequer George Osborne proposed to simplify the taxing of takeaway food. In the United Kingdom, most food intended to be cooked and eaten at home is zero rated, meaning that businesses do not have to charge their customers the standard VAT on those products. With the pasty tax, any food besides freshly baked bread which is sold while above room temperature would be subject to the 20% VAT charge with no exception for intended serving temperature. Chairman of
738-774: The Indian supplier, the ESC concluded that footage in the programme was 'more likely than not' to have been fabricated. The ESC directed the BBC to make an on-air apology and to ensure that the programme was not repeated or sold to other broadcasters. Primark created a specific website to deal with the issues around the programme. In 2011 and 2012, Primark achieved 'Leader' status in the Ethical Trading Initiative. In June 2013, two labels both stitched with alleged SOS messages were separately found in garments purchased from
779-604: The Republic of Ireland and as Primark elsewhere. In 2005, Primark bought UK retailer Littlewoods 's retail stores for £409 million, retaining 40 of the 119 shops and selling the rest. In May 2006, the first Primark shop in mainland Europe opened in Madrid , Spain. In December 2008, Primark opened in the Netherlands, followed by Portugal, Germany and Belgium in 2009, Austria in 2012, France in 2013, and Italy in 2014. Primark opened its current headquarters in 2015 in
820-524: The UK charity War on Want launched a new report, Fashion Victims II, that showed conditions had not improved in Bangladeshi factories supplying Primark, two years after the charity first visited them. On 9 January 2009, a supplier was forced by ETI to remove its branding from Primark stores and websites following a BBC / The Observer investigation into the employment practices. The investigation alleged
861-646: The area of 50,590 sq ft (4,700 m ) and serving as a flagship for the region of Central and Eastern Europe. In 2021, Primark unveiled a sustainability strategy that sets targets to reduce textile waste, halving CO 2 emissions and improving the life of Primark workers. On 15 December 2022, Primark opened its first shop in Romania , in Bucharest . On 20 June 2023, Primark opened its second store in Bucharest. In November 2022, Primark announced it
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#1732801731982902-492: The area, like Scotch Pie in Scotland, and also employed 22,000 staff. Some items are only sold in particular regions. The company also sells some of its products – such as bakes, melts and pasties – through the supermarket chain Iceland . In October 2016, Greggs announced that it would be launching a delivery service on a trial basis, with plans to implement it nationwide if the trial proved to be successful. The initial trial
943-539: The bakery was taken over by his son, Ian, assisted by his brother Colin (who in 2017 was convicted and jailed for the sexual abuse of children ). As Greggs of Gosforth, the first main factory on Christon Road on the Gosforth Industrial Estate opened on 30 April 1968. Major expansion took place at Greggs in the 1970s, including the acquisitions of other bakeries such as Glasgow -based Rutherglen in 1972, Leeds -based Thurston's in 1974, Broomfields
984-466: The barriers as they were opened. A collaborative clothing range, "Greggs X Primark", was also released. In response to the ongoing disruption, Greggs was forced to close all stores on 24 March 2020, furloughing most of its employees. On 24 April 2020, it was decided Greggs were carrying out a controlled trial of 20 stores in Newcastle with regard to safety measures taken in response to COVID-19 . This
1025-510: The company, Derek Netherton warned that such a tax would lead to "further unemployment, high street closures and reduced investment". Greggs participated in a campaign to reverse this decision, which became known as the " pasty tax " or "Pasty Gate". An eight part documentary series, called Greggs: More Than Meats The Pie , which goes behind the scenes of the bakery and all its areas, was broadcast on Sky1 and Sky1 HD in April 2013. Sky revealed
1066-506: The company. Eventually, he was convicted in March 2017 on nine counts of indecent assault and was sentenced to imprisonment until at least 2030. In 2020, all shops closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic . In 2022, Greggs opened its largest location in a Primark store in Birmingham . A queue formed outside the shop 30 minutes before the grand opening, with some people running under
1107-468: The day of launch of the new service, the company's website crashed, causing the issues for people trying to access it. In 8 February 2024, as part of expansion plans, Primark announced a major scheme in which five shops would open and 15 (including its shop on Oxford Street ) would be renovated. Primark also opened a distribution centre in Jacksonville, Florida . In 21 May 2024, Primark unveiled
1148-478: The financial year ending 17 September): Primark offers a diverse range of products, including: baby, children's, women's and men's clothing, accessories and footwear; beauty products; housewares and confectionery. The chain sells clothing at prices below those typically charged by other retailers. From 2014, Primark began selling makeup products. Primark started selling vegan snacks from January 2018. Laura O' Sullivan, co-founder of Primark, expressed her support of
1189-458: The firm for Brake Bros . In 2013, Greggs began to transition out of the bakery market, reasoning that it couldn't compete with supermarkets on that front. Instead, the company switched to focusing solely on "food on the go" after discovering that 80% of its business was in that market. Many of its stores now open earlier and close later, in order to target those going to and coming back from work, expanding its breakfast menu, and discontinuing
1230-490: The food they were given would not be fit for animals. A year and a half later an alleged SOS note from a Chinese torture victim was found in socks purchased from Primark. In December 2018, a bone was found by a customer in a sock purchased in the shop's Colchester branch. Greggs Greggs plc is a British bakery chain. It specialises in savoury products such as baked goods, sausage rolls , sandwiches and sweet items including doughnuts and vanilla slices . It
1271-543: The former Pavilions Shopping Centre of 161,000 sq ft (15,000 m ), with five floors including a beauty salon, Disney -themed café and a barbershop, and adding the largest Greggs fast-food outlet in the world in February 2022. On 13 June 2019, Primark expanded to Slovenia with a shop in Ljubljana . On 23 March 2020, Primark temporarily closed its 189 UK shops, as a result of government restrictions during
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1312-476: The new snacks. Along with retailers such as Zara and H&M , Primark contributes to the contemporary fast fashion trend. According to an article about Primark in The Economist , "For many shoppers, Primark has an irresistible offer: trendy clothes at astonishingly low prices. The result is a new and even faster kind of fast fashion, which encourages consumers to buy heaps of items, discard them after
1353-472: The sale of bread and scones in many of its stores. In 2014, the company requested help from Google when an image of the Greggs logo, altered to include a parodic fake slogan referring to the firm's customers as "scum", was presented in Google search results as the actual company logo – falling afoul of imperfections in the " Google algorithm ". The firm's lighthearted social media response, which included
1394-579: The use of illegal immigrant labour and argued that the workers were paid less than the UK legal minimum wage. On 16 June 2011, the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee (ESC) published its findings into a Panorama programme "Primark: On the Rack", broadcast in June 2008. The programme was an undercover investigative documentary examining poor working conditions in Indian factories supplying Primark. Although Primark subsequently stopped doing business with
1435-576: The workings of the business. In 2006, Primark joined the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), a collaborative organisation bringing together businesses, trades unions and NGOs to work on labour rights issues in their supply chains. ETI members commit to working towards the implementation of a code of conduct based on the International Labour Organization 's core conventions. In December 2008,
1476-672: Was acquired by 451 Research on January 3, 2013. Primark Primark Stores Limited ( / ˈ p r aɪ m ɑːr k / ; trading as Penneys in Ireland ) is an Irish multinational fashion retailer with headquarters in Dublin , Ireland, with outlets across Europe and in the United States. The original Penneys brand is not used outside of Ireland because it is owned elsewhere by American retailer JCPenney . The company's first shop, named Penneys and still in operation today,
1517-508: Was discovered that Greggs' cream of tomato soup contained much more sugar than was disclosed in its nutritional information. In July 2002, American actress and model Milla Jovovich , a fan of the store and its pasties, said that she would be willing to become the "face of Greggs" in a new marketing campaign if the firm approached her. However, no such approach was made. In February 2014, Greggs launched an electronic loyalty scheme app called "Greggs Rewards" . In March 2012, Chancellor of
1558-478: Was established by Arthur Ryan in June 1969 on behalf of the Weston family (who in 1935 founded Allied Bakeries Limited, later renamed Associated British Foods ) at 47 Mary Street in Dublin . The first major shops outside of Dublin were opened in the cities of Cork and Belfast in 1971, both under the name of Penneys . The company subsequently expanded outside of Ireland and into Great Britain , opening
1599-489: Was going online with a new click-and-collect service. This announcement came after the company lost more than £1 billion in sales during the Covid-19 pandemic, when its shops had to be closed, while the competitors with online shops had smaller or no financial losses. The click-and-collect service was launched as a trial in 25 stores in north-west England, Yorkshire and north Wales for children's products only. However, on
1640-666: Was held in Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside, and the next trial phase encompassed the city's other 29 Greggs stores. In June 2017, Greggs opened their first Drive-through , at Irlam Gateway Service Station in Salford . Subsequent drive-through outlets opened in Ashby-de-la-Zouch , Bradford , Blackburn , and Newcastle . Greggs are trialling certain drive-thru stores being open 24 hours
1681-424: Was later called off; due to the amount of press coverage it was deemed dangerous and trials were carried out behind closed doors at undisclosed locations throughout the UK. After a successful trial Greggs announced it was opening 800 shops around 15 June 2020, with all the new measures in place which include perspex screens, social distancing markers and door staff. The company has also said reduced trading hours and