Greggs Bacon Breakfast Roll

£2.60 321 kcal Breakfast

No frills. No fuss. Just three rashers of deliciously oven baked unsmoked bacon, in a pillow-soft, melt-in-your-mouth, white breakfast roll.

Allergens: Soya, Wheat

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About This Dish

The Greggs Bacon Breakfast Roll costs £2.60 and delivers 321 calories of oven baked bacon inside a soft white corn topped roll. Three rashers, no salad, no theatre. It is the shortest line between a train platform and a functioning morning that British high streets currently offer.

Greggs keeps the build deliberately plain because the bacon butty is a formula nobody should touch. The rashers come unsmoked and properly cooked through rather than flabby, the roll stays pillow soft with that light corn dusting on top, and the whole thing lands in your hand warm within seconds of ordering. Brown sauce or ketchup sachets sit by the till; loading one is not optional so much as constitutionally required.

Timing matters with this one. Breakfast items run from opening until around 11am, when the counter switches to the all day range. Shops open between 6am and 7am in most towns, which makes this roll the commuter special: millions of them travel from counter to platform every week. It also anchors the breakfast deal economics, since pairing it with a hot drink through the breakfast bundles beats pricing them separately.

Against its siblings the bacon holds the classic vote. The Sausage Breakfast Roll at £2.60 runs heartier, the Omelette version covers vegetarians, and the double meat baguettes upsell hunger properly. The bacon stays the reference point, the one every new breakfast item gets measured against and the one people return to after experimenting.

The value line writes itself: cafe bacon rolls in the same postcodes ask half as much again, supermarket meal deals cannot serve it hot, and making one at home requires being awake earlier than you are. Add a Regular White Coffee and breakfast lands under four pounds. The full breakfast menu shows every roll, baguette and porridge with current prices.

Greggs Bacon Breakfast Roll Nutrition Info

321 kcal Calories 16% RI

12g Fat 17% RI

4.3g Saturates 22% RI

33g Carbohydrates 13% RI

5.3g Sugars 6% RI

19g Protein 38% RI

1.9g Salt 32% RI

* Values approximate, per 119.5g. Data from publicly available Greggs information · Updated 2 July 2026. Report an error.

How to Make Bacon Breakfast Roll at Home

A bacon roll barely counts as cooking, which is the point. The upgrade over average home attempts is baking the bacon: even, flat rashers with no pan watching.

Prep: 5 minCook: 15 minDifficulty: EasyServings:2

Ingredients

6 rashers unsmoked back bacon
2 soft white rolls, split
10 g butter (optional)
brown sauce or ketchup

Method

0 of 4 steps

Heat the oven to 200°C fan and lay the rashers flat on a foil lined tray.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes to your crispness, turning once halfway.
Warm the split rolls in the oven for the final 2 minutes.
Butter the rolls if using, stack three rashers per roll, and sauce without shame.

Tips

Foil on the tray means zero washing up, the true breakfast victory.
Dry cure bacon shrinks less and crisps flatter.
A cold roll ruins hot bacon; those 2 warming minutes matter.

Variations

Add a fried egg for the full roll upgrade.
A slice of cheddar melted over the hot bacon works better than it should.
Swap the roll for a warm baguette to copy the Greggs breakfast baguette line.

Serving ideas

With strong tea or white coffee. Eating one anywhere except in transit is technically allowed.

Bacon Breakfast Roll FAQs

How much is a bacon roll at Greggs?

The Bacon Breakfast Roll costs £2.60. Pairing it with a hot drink through the breakfast deals works out cheaper than buying both separately.

What time can I get a Greggs bacon roll until?

Breakfast items run from opening, usually 6am to 7am, until around 11am when the all day range takes over. Busy shops sometimes stretch it slightly.

How many calories in a Greggs bacon roll?

It carries 321 calories with a strong protein count from three rashers. The full official nutrition panel shows on this page.

How many rashers come in the roll?

Three rashers of oven baked unsmoked bacon in a corn topped white roll. The Bacon and Sausage Breakfast Roll at £2.90 doubles the meat for bigger mornings.

Is the bacon roll available all day anywhere?

No, it retires with the breakfast menu at the switchover. The hot food range takes the counter from late morning, so an 11am arrival is a gamble worth respecting.