Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Wales Online
Wales Online
Entertainment
Christie Bannon

A Greggs drive-thru could be coming to Wales

A drive-thru Greggs could soon be opening in Swansea .

Plans have been put forward to create the bakery on land adjoining McDonalds and Starbucks along Fabian Way near Port Tennant .

If given the green light, the application would be the first drive-thru Greggs in Wales and one of only a handful in the UK.

At this stage it is thought it could be open 24 hours a day and would create between 20 and 30 jobs.

It comes after a 24-hour Greggs drive-thru was announced in Leicestershire in June 2018, to join the UK's first Greggs drive-thru in Greater Manchester.

A planning and retail statement for the Swansea application, submitted by agents Asbri Planning Limited, explains how the proposed site "sits in a wider area that is dominated by commercial uses" and that it is accessible by a "range of transportation options".

We tried Greggs' vegan steak bake and compared it to the meat version

It says: "Greggs currently operate three units within Swansea city centre. Another unit is located at New Cut Road.

"It is clear by way of this that each unit serves a small area and multiple units in close proximity can operate successfully in close proximity to each other.

"Existing Greggs units which serve Swansea will not be closed as a result of this proposal.

"It is a positive for Swansea that the city has attracted such a proposal from a national retailer."

A spokeswoman for Greggs confirmed that the company is in the "early stages of planning a new shop in Swansea" but was unable to confirm any more details.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.