Greggs workers get 10% pay increase amid ‘material cost inflation’

Bakery chain to pay shop staff at least £10.60 an hour after price of sausage rolls went up to £1.20

Greggs has handed a 10% pay rise to workers as it warned of “material cost inflation” that prompted a third rise in the price of its sausage rolls in a year.

The bakery chain said its shop workers would be paid at least £10.60 an hour from 1 January up from £9.62 brought in last year.