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Back in May I observed that I would much rather eat a “hotly-debated Vegan Sausage Roll” than buy shares in Greggs (GRG). I also said back then that the combination of a sub 20 quid share price AND the company’s first-half numbers on 2nd August would also be an interesting combination. We had the former occur over much of July, but the shares have pushed back to over a 2100p share price with the numbers published today.

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Hello Share Tweakers. We’ve all noticed shops closing in our town centres. The new businesses springing up seem mostly to be in the catering trade. Coffee shops and cafes are the main invaders, restaurants are not. Many posher eating places never recovered from lockdowns and stay shut and one high street catering venture that appeals to me in these difficult days is Greggs (GRG).

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Some good news and some less good news for easyJet (EZJ) today. Call me radical but I have booked an easyJet flight for later this year, which is a tiny bit of positive news for its finance team. The less good financial news is that the company is going to have to “offer new and existing cabin crew a £1,000 bonus at the end of the summer holiday season, as airlines battle to retain and recruit staff”. Frankly though, a bit like any company, if it doesn’t have happy and motivated staff it will ultimately struggle. I remain a fan despite a lower share price this morning. And what about Greggs (GRG), which published a trading update this morning? After all a couple of months ago I asked the question “At what share price will I want more than just a vegan sausage roll from Greggs?”...

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I am sure many people have almost given up on picking stocks and related investment efforts but - as I noted here on Sunday - if you are not being greedy about looking for investment opportunities when the global markets are fearful, then let an investment company mention your pension and go to bed. As for individual stocks though, there are plenty of interesting things happening today...

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Hello, Share Tasters. My happy family are all veggies. My three kids in their late twenties have never tasted meat or fish. So we were delighted by the success of the meat-free sausage rolls by Greggs (GRG). And we buy a lot of them. We also like the efficient, modern, bright and breezy way it runs its bakeries. And reckon a lot of other folks feel the same.

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As a famous Led Zeppelin song once observed: “if it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break”. Such is life in a world of higher government debt levels and (in many cases) excitable equity valuations and exceptionally low bond yields. That is not a combination which continues, in other words you have to keep very active with your stock selection (and general investment allocation). I am certainly confused about some of today’s results from the UK market.