Trading Statement

Greggs PLC
12 January 2006

                                                                 12 January 2006


                                   GREGGS plc
                                 TRADING UPDATE

 Greggs is the UK's leading retailer specialising in sandwiches, savouries and
 other bakery products, with a particular focus on takeaway food and catering.
It has over 1,300 retail outlets throughout the UK, trading under the Greggs and
                              Bakers Oven brands.

Group Managing Director Sir Michael Darrington reports: 'Group like-for-like
sales in our second half, comprising the 28 weeks to 31 December 2005, increased
by 3.0 per cent.  Underlying like-for-like sales growth was approximately 2 per
cent, after adjusting for the benefit of additional trading days over the
Christmas period compared with 2004.

Like-for-like sales over the Christmas and New Year trading period, comprising
the five weeks to 7 January 2006, showed an improvement of 5.4 per cent.
However, comparisons are again distorted by the inclusion of additional trading
days in 2005/06, and underlying like-for-like sales progress during this period
was negligible.

During the year we opened 72 new shops and closed 16, giving us a net addition
of 56 units and a total of 1,319 at 31 December.  This was ahead of the target
stated in our interim report.

Despite substantial cost pressures during the year, notably in energy, we have
made some progress in controlling our costs in what is undoubtedly a more
challenging trading environment.  We therefore expect to report modest progress,
in line with market expectations, when we make our preliminary results
announcement, scheduled for Friday, 10 March 2006.'

ENQUIRIES:
Greggs plc                                             Hudson Sandler
Sir Michael Darrington, Managing Director              Wendy Baker / James Hill
Malcolm Simpson, Financial Director                    Tel:  [phone]
Tel:   [phone]                                   keithhann.communications
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