The convenience food retailer reported that total sales were up 12.4% for the 13 weeks to September 28, 2019, while like-for-like sales were up 7.4%.

Since the beginning of the year, Greggs said that total sales have soared 13.9%, while like-for-like sales across its network of 2,000 stores increased 9.4%.

Greggs said that “operational cost control has been good” and that its financial expectations for the rest of the financial year “remain unchanged”.