Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:2249P
Greggs PLC
1 September 2003


On the 29 August 2003 Greggs PLC ("the Company") received the following
notification:


"Dear Sirs,


Enclosed are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K.
Companies Act 1985. Please note that while this information details the
disclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure
constitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solely
for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate that
any of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these
interests.


These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.
The interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes. For
disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT


1.     Company in which shares are held:          Greggs PLC


2.     Notifiable Interest:                    Ordinary Shares


          (A)     FMR Corp.

          82 Devonshire Street

          Boston, MA 02109


                FMR Corp are the parent holding company of Fidelity Management &
                Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual
                funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state
                chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of
                various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing
                of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).



     (B)     Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

             PO Box HM 670

             Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda


                Fidelity International Limited (FIL) are the parent holding
                company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including
                Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity Pension
                Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US
                investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A
                for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).


3.     The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:




        Mr Edward C Johnson 3d

        82 Devonshire Street

        Boston, MA 02109

Mr Johnson is a principal shareholder of FMR Corp and Fidelity International
Limited.


        4.     The notifiable interests include interest on behalf of authorised
        unit trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from
        reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.


        5.     These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
        notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
        purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR
        Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International
        Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr Edward C. Johnson
        3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests,
        or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint
        basis.


        6.     The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the
        Act, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
        to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control
        the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
        respectively.




(Schedule A)


Nominee/Registered Name               Management Company          No. of shares

HSBC                                   FMRCO                      135,000

State Street Nominees Limited          FMRCO                      1,400

State Street Bank & Trust              FMTC                       26,200

State Street Nominees Ltd              FMTC                       2,600

Mellon Bank                            FMTC                       1,700

Chase Manhattan Bank London            FISL                       2,115

Bankers Trust                          FPM                        45,160
                                                                 
Citibank                               FPM                        10,350

HSBC                                   FPM                        30,300

Bank of New York London                FPM                        8,450

Chase Nominees Ltd                     FPM                        26,770

Northern Trust                         FPM                        2,900

HSBC Client Holdings Nominee 
  (UK ) Limited                        FIL                        364,817

Chase Manhattan Bank London            FIL                        48,682

Northern Trust                         FIL                        38,747

JP Morgan                              FIL                        26,700

State Street Nominees Limited          FIL                        14,900

Bank of New York Brussels              FIL                        19,700

State Street Bank & Trust              FIL                        50,272

Bank of New York London                FIL                        37,900

Nortrust Nominees Limited              FIL                        38,557

Morgan Stanley                         FIL                        20,800

Deutsche Bank                          FIL                        35,300

Chase Manhattan Bank London            FIL                        2,400

Chase Nominee Limited                  FIL                        13,600


Total ordinary shares:                                           1,005,320"



This represents 8.32% of the issued share capital (based on the total number of
shares in issue being 12,083,511.





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