Greggs launches new breakfast club at Doncaster primary school

The new club will provide a free, nutritional breakfast to 50 children in need, setting pupils up for the day ahead.

Breakfast options include toast, low sugar cereal, fruit, yoghurt, juice, and milk.

As well as providing a nutritious morning meal, the club aims to encourage children to chat and engage with school staff before their classes begin.

Launched in 1999, the Greggs Foundation’s Breakfast Club programme has grown to serve wholesome, free breakfasts to around 47,840 children every school day, at over 700 clubs across the UK.

So far, the programme has served over 58 million free meals with an ambition to support 1,000 Breakfast Clubs by 2025, serving 70,000 free, nutritious meals each school day, as announced in The Greggs Pledge in 2021.

Lynne Hindmarch, Breakfast Club Manager for the Greggs Foundation, commented: “No child should ever start their day without breakfast.

“Through breakfast clubs such as this, we’re able to support over 47,840 children each day nationally, and new openings like the one at Holy Family Catholic Primary School are helping us to continue heading towards reaching our target of serving 70,000 breakfasts each school day by 2025.”

Following the success of the Breakfast Club Appeal, customers at Greggs stores nationwide can now donate a free breakfast to a child in need at one of Greggs’ Breakfast Clubs at any time of year.

Customers simply need to tell a team member they want to “donate a breakfast for 25p” when they’re making a purchase, with donations going towards extending the programme.

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