Here’s food for thought. Greggs makes a huge difference in the borough.
The famous food chain has backed the Great North Run, given support to school breakfast clubs, and put its weight behind community groups.
Have a look at these Shields Gazette archive scenes from 2005 to 2020.
9. Running back to 2019
Greggs teamed up with the Great North Company to provide free lunches for Great North Run volunteers at South Shields Transport Interchange in 2019. | sg Photo: Stu Norton
10. Faces from 2019
Lots of support for the Greggs team which provided the Great North Company volunteers with free lunches in 2019. | sg
11. Serving up a 2020 memory
Greggs in Prince Edward Road in South Shields in a Gazette scene from June 2020. | sg
12. Memories from five years ago
The King Street branch in a photo which takes us back to June 2020. | sg
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