The Greggs Christmas menu lands each November like a small national event: the Festive Bake returns to its shrine on the savouries counter, the drinks board grows spiced and sweet seasonal cups, the Novelty Bun changes into its festive costume, and for eight weeks the shops smell faintly of cinnamon and ambition. This guide maps the whole festive operation from the data outward: what returns annually, what rotates, when it all starts and ends, and how the pricing holds against every other festive menu on the high street. Prices for standing items stay live; seasonal exact prices land here the week shops list them.
| Item | Price | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Regular Hot Chocolate | £2.30 | 219 kcal |
| Large Caramelised Biscuit Latte | — | 226 kcal |
| Novelty Bun | £1.15 | 196 kcal |
| Steak Bake | £2.25 | 411 kcal |
The Festive Bake: the headliner
Everything else on the Christmas menu orbits the Festive Bake: chicken, sage and onion stuffing and bacon in cream sauce under the signature crumb topped pastry. It launches early November with genuine queues, prices alongside the Steak Bake at £2.25, and departs in early January to national mourning.
Our full Festive Bake guide covers it in depth; the headline for planners is simple: it neither pre orders nor lingers, so the season rewards early and repeat attendance. The App occasionally grants early access days to members, the one reliable queue jump available.
The festive drinks board
The seasonal cups take over the coffee board each winter: mint hot chocolates, spiced and caramel lattes in Christmas dress, all built on the standing board where the Regular Hot Chocolate holds at £2.30 and the Caramelised Biscuit Latte at already drinks like December year round.
Seasonal drink pricing historically lands within pennies of the standing flavoured lattes, which keeps the whole festive board a pound and more under the coffee chains' red cup equivalents. App stamps land on festive cups like any hot drink, and free drink redemptions cover them fully: the season's best kept arithmetic.
Sweet treats in costume
The sweet counter dresses for the season: the Novelty Bun at £1.15 becomes snowmen and puddings, festive cake bars and iced biscuits join the shelf, and mince pie adjacent bakes make their annual case. The gingerbread constituency gets seasonal variants of the standing Gingerbread Man at £1.15.
Party maths favour the counter heavily: mixed festive boxes for office spreads undercut supermarket party food while outperforming it warm. The catering calculator on this site prices a full festive spread per head with the standing range, seasonal items joining as they list.
Dates, endings and strategy
The season runs early November to very early January, with the exact launch announced days ahead on Greggs social channels and reflected here the week shops list items. Stock, not dates, ends things: festive lines sell through their final allocations and vanish without ceremony, the bake first among them.
Christmas trading hours follow the holiday table on our hours page: nearly all shops close Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with reduced hours around the peak days. The smart calendar: arrive early November for first tastes, stock office orders mid December, and never bet on finding a Festive Bake past the first week of January.
Is It Worth It?
As festive menus go, it is the high street's honest one: real returning favourites rather than rebranded stock, pricing that undercuts every red cup rival, and a bake that earns its queue annually. The strategy writes itself: November for the launch, the App for early access and stamped festive cups, and December orders placed ahead through Click + Collect. Watch this page as the season turns; our weekly data catches every festive listing as shops carry it, prices attached.
Items in This Guide
Regular Hot Chocolate
Hot chocolate made with fat reduced Fairtrade cocoa powder. This cup of magic is a…
- 219 kcal
- 6.7g protein
- 36g carbs
Large Caramelised Biscuit Latte
Freshly ground coffee with steamed milk and caramelised biscuit flavour syrup with…
- 226 kcal
- 10g protein
- 28g carbs
Novelty Bun
Vanilla flavour fairy bun with fondant icing, sprinkles and sugar paste plaque.
- 196 kcal
- 1.6g protein
- 26g carbs
Steak Bake
Packed with diced cuts of prime beef in a rich and tasty gravy, this golden puff…
- 411 kcal
- 15g protein
- 29g carbs
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