Greggs plc announced that it will close its 79 remaining in-store bakeries as it increasingly focuses on customers buying sandwiches, snacks and coffee rather than freshly baked bread. The company announced that 300 jobs would be lost due to closing the last in-house ones. As part of an efficiency drive, it also expects to make 110 regional and national management staff redundant.

Fewer than 50 jobs will go at the Newcastle head office.