Greggs Mince Pie 2026
Greggs Menu Guides · 2026
Greggs Mince Pie 2026: Savoury vs Sweet, Price, Calories & Where to Find Them
If you’ve ever asked a mate up in Scotland whether they fancy a Greggs mince pie and they’ve pictured beef and gravy rather than dried fruit and icing sugar, nobody’s confused — Greggs really does sell two completely different bakes under the same name. I’ve spent a stupid amount of time (and money) getting to the bottom of this for 2026, so let’s sort out which is which, what each one costs, how many calories you’re signing up for, and where you actually stand a chance of finding both. For a wider look at what’s on offer, you can always check our complete Greggs menu prices guide.
Same name, two totally different bakes — one meaty, one fruity.
The short version
- Sweet Mince Pie — the Christmas classic. Vine fruit mincemeat, icing sugar dusting, around £0.65, sold at every Greggs from early November.
- Savoury Mince Pie — minced beef and gravy in a shortcrust shell, around £1.75, mostly found in Scotland and northern England, available for much of the year where it’s stocked.
- They don’t share a recipe, a season, or even a shelf — just an unfortunate coincidence of naming.
| Savoury Mince Pie | Sweet Mince Pie | |
|---|---|---|
| Filling | Seasoned minced beef & gravy | Vine fruits, Bramley apple, candied peel |
| Pastry | Golden flaky shortcrust | Crumbly shortcrust, icing sugar dusting |
| Portion size | 253g | 70g (single pie) |
| Calories | 860 kcal | 281 kcal |
| Typical price | ~£1.75 | £0.65 |
| Where sold | Scotland & northern England, most of the year | Nationwide, Nov–Jan only |
| Vegan-friendly? | No | Yes |
| Best for | A filling lunch on a freezing afternoon | A festive treat with your coffee |
Two pies, one name — how did that even happen?
It sounds like a branding mishap, but it’s actually the other way round: the savoury version is closer to the original. Mince pies started life in medieval England as proper meat pies, stuffed with chopped lamb or veal, dried fruit and spices, and served at Christmas feasts. Over the centuries the meat changed — tongue by the 1700s, minced beef by the 1800s — before sugar got cheap enough that bakers slowly dropped the meat altogether. By the late Victorian era and into the early 1900s, the mince pie we all recognise today, sweet, fruity, no meat in sight, had pretty much taken over.
Scotland and the north of England never fully let go of the older, meatier version, and that’s exactly why Greggs still bakes a savoury mince pie in those regions. So next time someone tells you Greggs has “invented” a weird meat pie, you can tell them it’s the sweet one that’s the newcomer.
Meet the Savoury Mince Pie
This one’s a proper meal, not a snack. A golden, flaky shortcrust shell holds a thick, glossy filling of seasoned minced beef and gravy, with just enough gravy to make sure every bite is properly saturated (in the good way). It’s not on Greggs’ national website menu, which tells you everything about its status: this is a regional bakery staple, the same kind of local-legend item as a stottie in the North East or a Welsh cake in Wales.
Nutrition per 253g portion: 860 kcal, 56g fat (of which 23g saturates), 61g carbohydrate, 1.3g sugar, 3g fibre, 28g protein and 2.1g salt. That 860 kcal figure works out at 43% of an average adult’s 2,000 kcal daily reference intake — hearty is an understatement.
Meet the Sweet Mince Pie
The one everyone already knows. Crumbly shortcrust pastry filled with sweet mincemeat made from vine fruits, Bramley apple and candied orange and lemon peel, topped with a light dusting of icing sugar. Greggs makes it vegan-friendly, so it’s one of the few Christmas treats on the menu that pretty much everyone at the office party can actually eat.
Nutrition per pie (70g): 281 kcal, 11g fat, 42g carbohydrate and 2.6g protein. It’s the smallest item on this whole comparison by weight, but don’t mistake “small” for “light” — see the calorie density point below.
Fancy a stash at home rather than queuing every time? Greggs also sells a “Bake at Home” six-pack (roughly 408g) through selected retailers, so you can keep a batch in the freezer for whenever the craving hits.
Fat, carbs & protein — gram for gram
Total calories per portion — but portion size tells only half the story.
Here’s the twist most calorie counts miss: gram for gram, the sweet pie is actually the more calorie-dense of the two. Work it out per 100g and the sweet pie comes in around 401 kcal, versus roughly 340 kcal for the savoury one. The savoury pie only “wins” on total calories because it’s a much bigger portion, over three and a half times the weight of a single sweet pie. So if you’re after the lighter option, weight for weight, the beefy one edges it — just don’t eat the whole 253g in one go and call it light.
| Nutrient | Savoury (253g) | Sweet (70g) |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 860 kcal / 3598 kJ | 281 kcal |
| Fat | 56.0g | 11.0g |
| — of which saturates | 23.0g (115% RI) | not published |
| Carbohydrate | 61.0g | 42.0g |
| — of which sugars | 1.3g | not published |
| Fibre | 3.0g | not published |
| Protein | 28.0g | 2.6g |
| Salt | 2.1g | not published |
Figures sourced from FatSecret UK’s Greggs listings (checked October 2025) and Greggs’ own product description for the sweet pie. Greggs doesn’t publish a full saturates/sugar/salt breakdown for the sweet mince pie on its public nutrition pages — given the mincemeat and icing sugar topping, expect its sugar content to sit well above the savoury pie’s.
Price in 2026 — what will they actually cost you
The sweet mince pie is dead simple: £0.65 a pie while it’s in season, pretty consistent wherever you buy it. The savoury one is a different story, because it’s priced like any other savoury bake, and Greggs is upfront that costs differ shop to shop depending on rent, staffing and footfall. Expect somewhere between roughly £1.55 in a small local shop and £2.10 in a busy city-centre or travel-hub branch, with £1.75 being a fair average.
| Store type | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Small town / local shop | £1.55 – £1.65 |
| High street / regional city | £1.70 – £1.80 |
| City centre / travel hub | £1.95 – £2.10 |
Savoury price by store type vs the sweet pie’s flat rate
One more thing worth flagging for 2026: Greggs told investors in May that it expects its overall running costs to rise by around 3% this year, and has warned that a prolonged Middle East conflict could push cost inflation higher still into 2027. Nothing’s confirmed for pies specifically, but if prices across the bakery counter creep up a few pence before Christmas, that’s the reason.
Ordering either one: Click + Collect through the Greggs App charges the same price as walking in, with zero markup and zero queue. Delivery through Just Eat, Uber Eats or Deliveroo works out roughly £1.49–£3.49 extra depending on distance and platform, and availability of hot items can vary by store.
Where to actually find them
One’s a regional favourite, the other’s on every counter come November.
Think of the savoury mince pie the same way you’d think of Greggs’ other regional specials: stotties and cheese scones in the North East, Welsh cakes over the border, Empire biscuits in Scotland. It sits in that same local-favourite bracket, most commonly found in Scottish and northern English branches, and it can turn up year-round in the shops that stock it rather than being tied to Christmas. That said, stock isn’t guaranteed even in those regions — your safest bet is to check the shop finder in the Greggs App, or just ask at the counter, since staff usually know straight away whether their branch carries it.
The sweet mince pie is far easier to track down: it’s on the Christmas menu at every Greggs in the UK, no regional lottery involved. Greggs hasn’t confirmed its exact 2026 launch date at the time of writing, but going by recent years (6 November in 2025), expect it back on shelves in the first week of November 2026, running through the festive season and into January while stock lasts.
Harper’s verdict
If you can actually get hold of the savoury one, it’s worth the detour — it eats like a mini steak pie you can hold in one hand, and £1.75 for a hot lunch is still one of the better deals going in 2026. The sweet one is the safer bet if you just want the traditional Christmas hit everyone else is having, though at 281 kcal for something the size of your palm, don’t let “small pie” fool you into thinking it’s a light option. Honestly, if your local Greggs happens to stock both, do the comparison yourself — that’s the only way to settle this properly.
Frequently asked questions
What’s the difference between Greggs’ savoury and sweet mince pies?
They’re entirely different products that happen to share a name. The savoury mince pie is a shortcrust pastry filled with seasoned minced beef and gravy — a regional bakery item found mainly in Scotland and northern England. The sweet mince pie is the traditional Christmas version, filled with vine fruit mincemeat and dusted with icing sugar, sold nationwide every festive season. There’s no shared recipe or history between the two beyond the name.
How many calories are in a Greggs mince pie?
It depends which one you mean. The sweet mince pie contains 281 kcal per pie (70g). The savoury mince pie contains 860 kcal per portion (253g). Gram for gram the sweet pie is actually slightly more calorie-dense (around 401 kcal per 100g versus 340 kcal per 100g for the savoury pie) — the savoury version only has more total calories because the portion is over three times bigger.
Where can I buy the Greggs savoury mince pie?
It’s mainly stocked in Scotland and northern England, as a regional bakery item rather than a national menu product, and it isn’t listed on Greggs’ official website menu. Availability can vary from shop to shop and isn’t limited to Christmas, unlike the sweet version. The quickest way to check is the shop finder in the Greggs App, or asking at your local branch directly.
