Greggs Resolves IT Outage After Temporary Store Closures

The majority of affected stores are now able to accept payments, following a series of IT issues that also impacted other major brands.

Greggs stores across the UK experienced IT outages, affecting their ability to accept payments, leading to temporary closures.
The technical issues were resolved later in the day, with the majority of affected stores now able to take both card and cash payments.
The payment system outage at Greggs follows a series of similar issues affecting other major brands, including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and McDonald’s.
Cyber experts find the timing of these outages, occurring close together, unusual, sparking discussions of potential cybersecurity concerns.
Greggs operates more than 2,450 shops across the UK, though it is unclear how many were affected by the technical problems.