New Greggs drive-thru has opened in Winchester

The site opened in the car park of The Range, in Easton Lane, on Saturday, June 20.

Manager Jaqueline Silvester said: “We are getting busier. I guess people do not know we have opened, The first day was quite quiet, but it is a nice location. The customers have been really nice.”

Greggs (Image: Chris Atkinson)

Greggs has said that this new site is its first “eco drive-thru”, focusing on reducing the environmental impact of operations by cutting down on waste, using less water and lowering energy use.

This has been done by installing sun tubes to direct sunlight from the roof into the shop to reduce artificial lighting, low energy light fittings, solar panels and more.

Tony Rowson, property director at Greggs, said: “We’re so excited to have launched our first ever eco drive-thru. As a leader in our sector, we take our responsibility to do right by the planet and the communities we operate in seriously, and we do all that we can to make changes for the better.

“I’m proud of what we’ve achieved with our first eco-shop, ‘our shop of the future’, which means we can now test further materials and initiatives in this new unit, bringing us another step closer to reaching our net zero carbon objective.”