Greggs quietly axes fan favourite menu item leaving Brits 'devastated'

has quietly axed one of its popular lunchtime menu items leaving fans "devastated". Thebakery chain has taken its Chargrill Chicken Oval Bite off its menus nationwide.

First launched in 2016, the Chargrill Oval Bite featured grilled chicken, salad leaves, tomato and cucumber slices, topped with honey mustard mayonnaise in a seeded oval bun.

The menu item was launched as part of Gregg's healthier lunch range, with all the items including sandwiches, salads, soups and some sweet treats, under 400 calories or less. All the items in this range also met the amber and green on the Food Standards Agency traffic light system for fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar.

Chargrill Chicken Oval Bite would set you back around £3.35 and had 361 calories. A spokesperson for said the bite had been dropped to make way for their new Roast Chicken Salad Roll, which launched in May.

Priced at £2.90, the new roll features slices of roast chicken breast, tomato, cucumber, mixed leaf salad, and seasoned mayonnaise in a white and wholemeal roll.

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Although the new chicken sandwich is not too different from the old one, fans were not happy about the axing. A disgruntled Greggs fan posted on earlier this week, questioning where it had gone.

They said: "I’ve literally checked five different Greggs locations in the past week and they haven’t had the Chargrill Chicken Oval Bite in stock. They don’t even have the little name tag on shelves, are they axing this? It was my favourite since I was wee and I'd be devastated lol."

Another commented: "Aye, can't find it in any I've been in." A third added: "Ffs that was my idea of a healthy option. Two sausage rolls it is then." Greggs often shakes up its menu items, often bringing back items that have previously been discontinued. This means the Chargrill Chicken Oval Bite could make a return one day.

Last month, Greggs announced that it had opened 20 new high street stores this financial year. The new opening come as the bakery chain aims to open another 150 new sites this year.

The new openings mean that now has 2,638 sites, with an aim of having more than 4,500 locations across the country. According to its latest results, the new openings helped drive a 7.4% increase in total sales to over £784million in the first 20 weeks of this year.

Over the same period, like-for-like sales rose by over 2.9%, going up from 1.7% in the first nine weeks. Greggs says the rise in sales is due to its expanded menu. Alongside this, the group has also embraced longer opening hours into the evening, increased delivery sales through Just Eat and Uber Eats, and launched the Greggs App.

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