Greggs forced to close stores due to IT glitch

Some stores unable to process payments

Penny Horwood
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Greggs bakeries the length and breadth of the UK have been forced to close this morning after an IT issue left some stores unable to process payments.

The UK's premier bakery chain, famed for its sausage rolls and the steak bake couldn't take card payments in some of its stores this morning, meaning those stores had to revert to cash only payment...

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