Forget Deliveroo... sausage rolls, steak bakes and doughnuts could be delivered to your door after Greggs announced plans for home delivery in Manchester.

The nation’s favourite bakery chain hopes to be testing a delivery service in Manchester city centre imminently.

The date for the launch is yet to be confirmed - but it could see pies, pasties and other guilty lunchtime treats whizzed directly to hungry workers and residents across the city centre.

However, there is just one drawback ...

A minimum spend of £25 will be applied to the order, meaning you will need to order the equivalent of 20 steak bakes or 32 sausage rolls in order to get the delivery.

A Greggs spokesman said the delivery service was aimed at hungry workers who wanted a team lunch, and the trial would begin with a selection of products rather than the full menu.

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If successful the scheme would be expanded across Greater Manchester, the spokesman added.

The vast majority of popular Gregg’s products - including baguettes and bakes - will be on the delivery menu.

The move by Greggs is the latest by traditional high street retailers who are taking their product mobile.

Delivery firm Deliveroo has quickly become a huge success in many UK towns and cities by linking up top restaurants and cafes with their customers at home, while firms such as Just Eat have also been taking the effort out of leaving the house in order to pick up local takeaways.

Meanwhile online giant Amazon has also cottoned on to the idea of hot meal deliveries as an extension of its Amazon Prime service.

Announcing the move, Greggs retail director Raymond Reynolds said convenience was key to the company’s food-on-the-go market and the firm was very excited to trial the delivery service.

He said: “We will be increasing the number of trial shops in the weeks ahead and will share more information on this as it becomes available.”

More information about the trial of the delivery service is available at www.greggs.co.uk/delivery