Greggs fight ‘pasty tax’ while pub chains tackle fallout of April showers

Two of Britain’s biggest pub chains will reveal this week whether April’s washout weather hit sales, while bakers chain Greggs will be quizzed about how it plans to deal with the so-called pasty tax.

Greggs could face a grilling from shareholders and analysts on Wednesday about how much the proposed pasty tax will hurt it.

The chain, which is holding its annual general meeting, has been battling plans announced in the budget to extend the 20% VAT tax to its hot takeaway food — including pasties and sausage rolls.