{"id":735840,"date":"2026-08-12T18:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/735840\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:36:14","slug":"greggs-renames-andy-burnhams-favourite-pastry-after-pms-lbc-interview-sends-sales-through-the-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/735840\/","title":{"rendered":"Greggs renames Andy Burnham’s favourite pastry after PM’s LBC interview sends sales ‘through the roof’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greggs said it has seen a ‘Burnham bounce’ in sales of the “sausage, bean, and cheese thing” after Prime Minister’s endorsement.<\/p>\n

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\"Asked<\/p>\n

Asked by Henry Riley on Tuesday about his favourite menu item from Greggs, the PM looked past the sausage rolls and said: “The sausage, bean, and cheese thing”.<\/p>\n

Picture:
\nAlamy<\/p>\n

Greggs have renamed Andy Burnham’s favourite pastry after the Prime Minister revealed his go-to order during an LBC interview.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Burnham was asked by Henry Riley<\/a> what his favourite item from the menu<\/a> was, to which he revealed…”the sausage, bean, and cheese thing”.<\/p>\n

The PM was most likely referring<\/a> to Greggs’ Sausage, Bean & Cheese Melt, which sells for \u00a32.<\/p>\n

Burnham’s endorsement led sales of the breakfast pastry to double on Wednesday morning at the branch near No 10 North<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The bakery chain has now renamed the viral pastry to honour the PM’s ringing endorsement.<\/p>\n

\"Customers<\/p>\n

In-store screens now beam photos of the pastry, proclaiming: \u201cThe Sausage Cheese & Bean Thing as eaten by our Prime Minister.\u201d.<\/p>\n

Picture:
\nGreggs<\/p>\n

The bake now officially bears the colloquial title assigned to it by the Prime Minister: \u201cThe Sausage Cheese & Bean Thing”.<\/p>\n

In-store screens now beam photos of the snack, proclaiming: \u201cThe Sausage Cheese & Bean Thing as eaten by our Prime Minister.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more: First bar snacks, now Greggs: Andy Burnham reveals another curveball order<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more: Burnham defends limiting business rate cuts, saying pubs are \u2018our heritage\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Staff at the Greggs branch outside No10 North on Heron Road claimed sales more than doubled after Burnham announced his penchant for the pastry.<\/p>\n

Warren McCarrick, shop manager at the Greggs shop outside No 10 North said: \u201cOur shop has been buzzing with Mancs getting their hands on Burnham\u2019s favourite bake. <\/p>\n

“Sales have gone through the roof this morning, cheers, Andy.”<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The bake officially bears the colloquial title assigned to it by the Prime Minister: \u201cThe Sausage Cheese & Bean Thing”.<\/p>\n

Picture:
\nGreggs<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought we\u2019d repay the favour and rename it to what the Prime Minister seems to fondly know it as, that Sausage, Bean and Cheese Thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also dropped off a few outside No.10 North, in case he\u2019s too shy to be seen in the queue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bakery said it expects to see a ‘Burnham bounce’ in sales of the pastry, which are expected to remain high this week.<\/p>\n

Burnham had already identified himself as a fan of Greggs, previously claiming he often gets policy ideas from chatting to people in the queue.<\/p>\n

The PM, who enjoys a pint, said he also derives political inspiration from conversations while queuing at the pub. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greggs said it has seen a ‘Burnham bounce’ in sales of the “sausage, bean, and cheese thing” after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-735840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}