It Turns Out This Humble Bakery Is Now The UK's Biggest Coffee Chain

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

It’s official: Greggs, purveyors of sausage rolls and steak bakes, have overtaken Costa Coffee as the biggest coffee shop chain in Britain.

You read that correctly.

After adding 34 new outlets to high streets earlier this year, the retailer – known for its sausage rolls and other baked goods to-go – now has a whopping 2,737 UK stores, overtaking Costa’s footprint.

Costa Coffee, meanwhile, has 2,700 stores, according to the Allegra World Coffee Portal’s Project Cafe UK 2026 report.

Greggs was first opened 85........

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