Greggs staff to share £17.6m bonus as chain overtakes McDonald’s to become UK’s top breakfast take-out

Bakery group says it plans no further price rises this year as it reports record annual profit

Thousands of Greggs workers will share a 17.6m bonus pot this month after the bakery chain famous for its sausage rolls and steak bakes said it had made a record annual profit and overtaken McDonald's to become the UK's most popular breakfast spot.

Britain's biggest bakery chain said 25,000 employees - out of a total of 32,000 across the UK - would receive a bonus in their pay packets at the end of March, as it reported a 27% jump in profits to 188m.