Food-on-the-go retailer Greggs (GRG) has been expanding in the breakfast and, increasingly, post-4pm time slots. It has also been finding new ways to reach customers, with promising experiments in click-and-collect ordering and delivery.
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The shares are up 62 per cent over the last 12 months, despite falling after the group’s third-quarter trading statement on 1 October showed total sales growth of 13.9 per cent for the calendar year so far. Chief executive Roger Whiteside had previously said he expects growth to slow in the second half of the year.
On 7 October, Mr Whiteside sold a net 92,703 shares, totalling £1.67m. It is understood that the sale was made to free up cash for a property purchase.
| Buys | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Altitude | Keith Edelman | 4 Oct 19 | 40,000 | 46.14 | 18,456 | 187,059 | 0.270 |
| Altitude | Keith Edelman | 7 Oct 19 | 40,000 | 47 | 18,800 | 227,059 | 0.330 |
| Altitude | Graeme Couturier (cfo) | 9 Oct 19 | 41,176 | 51 | 21,000 | 144,156 | 0.210 |
| BATM Advanced Communications | Gideon Chitayat (ch) | 7 Oct 19 | 159,000 | 38.3 | 60,897 | 3,159,000 | 0.717 |
| BATM Advanced Communications | Zvi Marom (ceo) | 7 Oct 19 | 100,000 | 38.3 | 38,300 | 96,794,500 | 21.985 |
| Blancco Technology | Adam Moloney (cfo) | 9 Oct 19 | 10,000 | 126.5 | 12,650 | 28,000 | 0.038 |
| Blancco Technology | Matthew Jones (ceo) | 9 Oct 19 | 10,000 | 126.5 | 12,650 | 28,000 | 0.038 |
| Chaarat Gold♥† | Martin Andersson (ch) | 8 Oct 19 | 152,000 | 34.8 | 52,952 | 145,282,886 | 32.916 |
| Chaarat Gold♥† | Martin Andersson (ch) | 9 Oct 19 | 186,116 | 36.4 | 67,779 | 145,469,002 | 32.960 |
| Chaarat Gold | Robert Benbow | 9 Oct 19 | 100,000 | 37 | 37,000 | 235,000 | 0.053 |
| Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas | Peter Nicol | 8 Oct 19 | 40,000 | 141.35 | 56,540 | 1,542,600 | 0.840 |
| EnQuest♥ | Amjad Bseisu (ceo) | 4 Oct 19 | 405,725 | 18.2 | 73,842 | na | na |
| EnQuest♥ | Amjad Bseisu (ceo) | 9 Oct 19 | 763,835 | 18.2 | 139,018 | 174,804,427 | 10.300 |
| Greggs | Roger Whiteside (ceo) | 7 Oct 19 | 4,952 | 1,840 | 91,116 | 247,961 | 0.245 |
| ICG Enterprise Trust | Alastair Bruce | 8 Oct 19 | 2,000 | 913.8 | 18,276 | 15,000 | 0.022 |
| Indus Gas | Peter Cockburn (ch) | 4 Oct 19 | 40,000 | 280 | 112,000 | 40,000 | 0.022 |
| Keras Resources | David Reeves | 3 Oct 19 | 19,157,093 | 0.4 | 76,628 | 489,557,584 | 19.650 |
| McBride | Neil Harrington | 7 Oct 19 | 17,463 | 56.91 | 9,938 | 47,463 | 0.026 |
| McBride♥ | Igor Kuzniar | 7 Oct 19 | 293,900 | 57 | 167,523 | 42,534,814 | 23.263 |
| McBride | Jeff Nodland (ch elect) | 7 Oct 19 | 20,000 | 57.4 | 11,480 | 20,000 | 0.011 |
| McBride | Christopher Smith (interim ceo) | 7 Oct 19 | 26,115 | 57.44 | 15,000 | 352,829 | 0.193 |
| MJ Gleeson | James Thomson (interim ceo) | 4 Oct 19 | 1,535 | 784 | 12,034 | 1,607 | 0.003 |
| MJ Gleeson | James Thomson (interim ceo) | 8 Oct 19 | 2,465 | 800 | 19,720 | 4,072 | 0.007 |
| Next Fifteen Communications | Penny Ladkin-Brand | 3 Oct 19 | 20,118 | 486 | 99,797 | 20,118 | 0.024 |
| Next Fifteen Communications | Richard Eyre (ch) | 3 Oct 19 | 15,000 | 490 | 73,500 | 115,000 | 0.135 |
| Polarean Imaging | Jonathan Allis | 8 Oct 19 | 1,540,000 | 13.06 | 201,124 | 1,540,000 | 1.350 |
| Prudential | Fields Wicker-Miurin | 4 Oct 19 | 1,000 | 1,380.50 | 13,805 | 3,500 | 0.000 |
| Prudential | James Turner | 8 Oct 19 | 25,000 | 1,388.75 | 347,187 | 77,332 | 0.003 |
| Restore | Neil Ritchie (cfo) | 3 Oct 19 | 6,000 | 410 | 24,600 | 6,000 | 0.005 |
| Revolution Bars | Rob Pitcher (ceo) | 4 Oct 19 | 50,000 | 65 | 32,500 | 150,000 | 0.300 |
| SIG | Andrew Allner (ch) | 8 Oct 19 | 6,000 | 99.6 | 5,976 | 49,954 | 0.008 |
| SIG | Andrew Allner (ch) | 8 Oct 19 | 10,000 | 99.8975 | 9,990 | 59,954 | 0.010 |
| SIG | Nicholas Maddock (fd) | 9 Oct 19 | 13,000 | 102.1 | 13,273 | 92,735 | 0.016 |
| SIG♥ | Nicholas Maddock (fd) | 9 Oct 19 | 61,000 | 102.5 | 62,525 | 153,735 | 0.026 |
| Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust | Elisabeth Airey | 7 Oct 19 | 40,000 | 479 | 191,600 | 40,000 | 0.040 |
| Supermarket Income Reit | Vincent Prior | 7 Oct 19 | 20,588 | 102 | 21,000 | 76,019 | 0.022 |
| Supermarket Income Reit | Jonathan Austen | 7 Oct 19 | 21,000 | 102 | 21,420 | 120,000 | 0.036 |
| Supermarket Income Reit | Nick Hewson (ch) | 7 Oct 19 | 19,600 | 102 | 19,992 | 399,600 | 0.118 |
| Tesco | Mikael Olsson | 4 Oct 19 | 15,000 | 235.404 | 35,311 | 45,765 | 0.000 |
| Tungsten | Tony Bromovsky (ch) | 8 Oct 19 | 474,765 | 42 | 199,401 | 694,104 | 0.550 |
| Volex | Nat Rothschild (ch) | 9 Oct 19 | 100,000 | 86.825 | 86,825 | 36,276,078 | 24.205 |
| Wilmington | Mark Milner (ceo) | 3 Oct 19 | 20,000 | 229 | 45,800 | 20,000 | 0.023 |
| XLMedia | Ory Weihs | 3 Oct 19 | 25,000 | 58 | 14,500 | 6,346,633 | 3.392 |
| XLMedia | Ory Weihs | 4 Oct 19 | 265,811 | 58.35 | 155,101 | 6,612,444 | 3.534 |
| Sells | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| AssetCo♥†† | Christopher Mills | 7 Oct 19 | 45,000 | 310 | 139,500 | 5,860,769 | 47.995 |
| Billington | John Gordon | 9 Oct 19 | 20,000 | 310 | 62,000 | 287,270 | 2.221 |
| Churchill China | Andrew Roper | 4 Oct 19 | 259,000 | 1,560 | 4,040,400 | 378,430 | 3.454 |
| Close Brothers | Preben Prebensen (ceo) | 9 Oct 19 | 42,940 | 1,314.50 | 564,446 | 439,795 | 0.290 |
| Close Brothers | Preben Prebensen (ceo) | 8 Oct 19 | 20,401 | 1,322.60 | 269,824 | 482,735 | 0.319 |
| CVS | Simon Innes (ceo) | 8 Oct 19 | 105,000 | 1,002.66 | 1,052,795 | 160,334 | 0.227 |
| Greggs | Roger Whiteside (ceo) | 7 Oct 19 | 1,194 | 1,804 | 21,540 | 246,767 | 0.244 |
| Greggs | Roger Whiteside (ceo) | 7 Oct 19 | 96,461 | 1,804 | 1,740,156 | 150,306 | 0.149 |
| Norish | Aidan Hughes (fd) | 8 Oct 19 | 50,000 | 63 | 31,500 | 267,500 | 0.890 |
| SIG♥ | Andrew Allner (ch) | 8 Oct 19 | 6,000 | 99.4 | 5,964 | 53,954 | 0.009 |
| *Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party | |||||||
| †Shares purchased by Labro Investments Limited, in which Martin Andersson is indirectly beneficially interested in the majority of shares | |||||||
| ††Shares sold by Harwood Capital LLP, of which Christopher Mills is chief investment officer | |||||||
| Last week's table incorrectly stated that Colin Jones, chairman of Centaur Media, currently holds 120,000 shares. Mr Jones's aggregate holding is actually 80,000 shares. | |||||||
