Greggs Edinburgh: These are all the Greggs stores reopening in Edinburgh and the Lothians on Thursday

The famous bakery will be reopening it’s doors for Edinburgh and Lothian residents for the first time since lockdown started

Greggs will be reopening the doors of seven of its Edinburgh shops on Thursday and 10 across the Lothians, with 800 of its branches opening across the United Kingdom.

The new look stores will have floor marking, protective clothing for staff and screens at the counters, as well as a reduced menu to ensure social distancing in kitchens and workspaces.

The Edinburgh branches that will be opening on Thursday are:

Greggs Edinburgh: These are all the Greggs stores reopening in Edinburgh and the Lothians on Thursday

Shandwick Place

Newkirkgate

Harewood Drive

Fort Kinnaird

Stenhouse Place East

Chesser Road

Lady Road.

Portobello High Street

The West Lothian branches that will open:

Bonnyrigg High Street

Broxburn Fairfield

Linlithgow Regent Street

Livingston at the Centre

Livingston on Hawkbrae

Whitburn Main Street

The East Lothian branches that will open:

Haddington Market street,

Musselburgh High Street

The Dalkeith store in Midlothian will also be opening.

Greggs had been allowed to stay open throughout the lockdown, offering takeaway and delivery services.

But bosses declined, saying it felt remaining open would compromise the safety of its employees.

KFC and McDonald’s have seen long car queues for drive-thru services, and when non essential shops reopened in England, they were greeted by lines of eager shoppers.

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