British Army To Dine On Greggs Pasties

British Army To Dine On Greggs Pasties, The British army could soon be marching on a stomach filled by Greggs if a trial works out. Greggs hopes British Army will march on savouries, The British army could soon be marching on a stomach filled by Greggs if a trial for the country’s biggest baker to supply savouries like Cornish pasties and sausage rolls works out, offering the company important new income in the downturn.

Greggs, based in Newcastle, northeast England, said on Monday it had launched a trial with the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI), the armed forces caterer, that will see it supply frozen savouries to the British military base in Gutersloh, Germany.

NAAFI currently serves Britain’s military in Afghanistan, Ascension, Brunei, Germany, Gibraltar, The Falkland Islands and Northern Ireland, as well as on board Royal Navy ships.

Greggs, which sells sandwiches, savouries, bread, cakes and pastries to over 6 million customers a week, currently trades from about 1,600 UK stores, more than McDonald’s.

But with Britain in recession it is seeking other ways of making money and has had success wholesaling frozen savouries through the Iceland chain of supermarkets, as well as opening franchise stores in motorway service stations and branching out into cafes.

Greggs will supply a range of seven frozen savouries to troops in Gutersloh. These will be baked throughout the day by Greggs-trained NAAFI personnel and displayed in a Greggs branded savoury counter.