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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: EVBigMacMeal ✸  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Greggs PLC (GRG.L)
Date: 04/29/25 4:25 PM
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I agree 100% with that. I said to my son earlier today if they ever try to take this outside the U.K. I would consider selling. I might tolerate an exploratory shop or two but would expect them to fail and retreat. Greggs is a distinctly British thing. The brand is this quirky British thing and it would not travel. I do think they have some limited room to grow in the UK and Ireland but not much. I worked for McDonald’s years ago in the UK a watched them hit saturation and eventually start to close stores and it was expensive.

I do believe the Greggs CFO is kind of obsessed with return on capital from what he talks about. Not everyone thinks like that. That provides comfort and I expect if they were to get carried away and over expand in the U.K. or worse outside the U.K. there would be time to exit.
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