SALAD SELLING LIKE HOT CAKES

Sausage rolls are still flying out of the door at bakery chain Greggs, but the firm says salads and breakfasts have helped boost its sales this year.

They climbed 7% in the last six months to £453million.

Greggs has opened 61 shops and closed 19 since January, and it said it plans more drive-through restaurants after the first in Irlam, Greater Manchester, proved to be a hit.

But Elissa Bayer of Investec Wealth said Greggs’ rise is not a bellwether for the rest of the high street, where online competition is fiercer.