A "huge mess" was left at Sandwich Sandwich after a break-in(Image: Sandwich Sandwich)

Thief breaks into Bristol Sandwich Sandwich and steals weird items

by · BristolLive

A set of staff uniforms were stolen during a break-in at Bristol's beloved Sandwich Sandwich shop - and nothing else was taken. The thief broke into the store in Baldwin Street and took a "handful of uniforms," the restaurant said on social media, before leaving staff a "huge mess" to clear up.

No money was taken and no sandwiches nabbed during the break-in on October 26 and the restaurant has confirmed there was no major damage to the premises, which is open and running as usual. Posting about the "weird" theft on social media site LinkedIn, the restaurant said only some staff uniforms were stolen.

"Here’s the weird part: all they took was a handful of our uniforms. So, if you find yourself unwrapping a Sandwich Sandwich jumper this Christmas, it might be time for a serious chat with your grandson," the post said.

The post said in full: "Last week, someone broke into our Baldwin Street store. Thankfully, they didn’t get away with any money (since, well, there wasn’t any left on-site), and there was no major damage—just a huge mess for our morning crew to clean up.

"Here’s the weird part: all they took was a handful of our uniforms. So, if you find yourself unwrapping a Sandwich Sandwich jumper this Christmas, it might be time for a serious chat with your grandson…

"A huge shout-out to our incredible team for getting everything back in order so quickly! Onwards and upwards!"

Sandwich Sanwich in Baldwin Street was broken into - but all that was taken were a number of uniforms(Image: Sandwich Sandwich)

The Bristol-sandwich brand today announced plans for a second London-location, after opening their first shop in the capital just three months ago. The family business said the upcoming City of London premises, which will be in Mark Lane, may just be the biggest sandwich shop in the UK.

"I know that the mega Greggs in Piccadilly is only 1,500 square feet, while this is 3,500 square feet of what will be a sandwich making machine," head of operations and marketing Josh Kleiner told BristolLive. The brand hopes to open the new shop in December or January to cope with demand, after finding it's Gresham Street store couldn't keep up with hungry Londoners.

"Our 2,000 square foot shop on Gresham Street was just nowhere near big enough for the demand, the thousands of people who come through daily. So we really want to build a flagship in the heart of the city that can do all of our catering, our grab and go - things like that," Mr Kleiner added.