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Pret is the worst – but the lunchtime juggernaut is too big to stop now

The British public is falling out of love with Pret A Manger, writes Roisin Lanigan. Once an adored bastion of lunch-hour culture, the chain is suffocating under the weight of extortionately priced egg mayo sarnies and overpriced lattes. Depressingly, though, even ‘hyper-pretflation’ won’t stop us eating there

The Independent UK

Friend of teenager killed in camping trip crash escaped tragedy after pulling out at last minute

Shrewsbury in mourning over deaths of Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Fitchett and Hugo Morris

The Independent UK

From $3 an hour at 16 years old to a $5 million CEO at 45, Pret boss is a taxi driver's son who says hard work and putting your head down create good luck

Pano Christou worked his way up the corporate ladder, landing the top job after two decades and 10 promotions at the company.

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Sandwich price shocks but meal deal costs rise less than average food inflation

Pret a Manger’s ‘posh’ cheese and pickle sandwich grabbed headlines for its £7.15 price tag, but it’s not all gloom

The Guardian - UK

Most expensive cheese sandwiches on the high street revealed

Pret has faced backlash after a sandwich, snack and drink were spotted at an unprecedented £13.60

The Independent UK

Pret A Manger hit with backlash over £7.15 cheese sandwich as one customer brands it ‘Britain’s worst-value baguette’

The eat-in price tag on the Posh Cheddar and Pickle product at High Street Kensington station has been slammed as a ‘rip-off’ by customers

Evening Standard

Employers urged to sign up to new pledge to help homeless in the workplace

Thames Water, Pret A Manger and Monzo are among the firms which helped draft the covenant.

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Paul Gascoigne kisses Prince William in Pret a Manger encounter

Ex-footballer among people in Bournemouth restaurant when royal dropped in to highlight his homelessness campaign

The Guardian - UK

Worker gets trapped in Pret A Manger walk-in freezer that is typically set at -18C

The employee had to be treated for suspected hypothermia after she was found “in a state of distress” by a colleague.

The Independent UK

Pret A Manger employee tried to use croissant boxes to fend off hypothermia after becoming trapped in a walk-in freezer

The British sandwich chain has been fined over $1 million.

Fortune

Pret A Manger fined £800,000 after employee’s ‘shocking’ ordeal trapped in walk-in freezer

Westminster City Council said the worker became trapped in the walk-in commercial freezer, which typically has its temperature set at -18C

The Independent UK

Pret a Manger fined £800,000 after employee trapped in freezer

Employee, who was stuck in walk-in freezer for more than two hours, was treated in hospital for hypothermia

The Guardian - UK

Pret A Manger fined £800,000 after employee became stuck in freezer

Westminster City Council said the worker became trapped in the walk-in commercial freezer, which typically has its temperature set at -18C.

The Independent UK

Pret A Manger CEO is betting against return-to-office mandates

The coffee chain is redirecting its expansion efforts towards suburban areas and market towns, where people both live and increasingly work.

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Evening Standard

Pret increases membership discounts months after upping price

Pret is also launching the subscription worldwide, starting with the US in September and France in November

The Guardian - UK

Pret a Manger reports first profit since 2018 as subscriptions perk up sales

Coffee and bakery chain’s growth helped by international expansion, with 600 stores outside UK

Belfast Live

Pret a Manger set to open first store in Northern Ireland

The coffee chain is the latest in a number of franchises to announce their arrival in Northern Ireland

AAP

'Dairy free' company sued over fatal allergic reaction

An Australian company that provided "dairy free" ingredients is being sued over a UK woman's death from eating coconut yoghurt that contained milk protein.

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Manchester Evening News

‘Like the best roast leftover sandwich ever’ - The Stockport sandwich shop that’s worth splashing out for

Out of this or Pret? It's not even a contest

Nottingham Post

Researchers find 'real' line where north and south meet in Greggs and Pret

University researchers found a definite link between whether high streets have a Greggs or a Pret and if they're northern or southern

Manchester Evening News

Greggs vs Pret map reveals the real North/South divide

Academics used AI to find which areas have more branches of Greggs and the places where there are more Prets

Birmingham Post

Greggs vs Pret study aims to pinpoint exact spot of North-South divide

Academics have used lunch chains to plot where the south of England becomes the north

The Independent UK

Distribution of Greggs vs Pret is the true sign of the North-South divide, study says

Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have finally settled the debate on the North-South divide

Daily Mirror

Greggs vs Pret - the lunchtime rivalry that brutally exposes North-South divide

Southerners seem to love popular sandwich chain Pret- while those up North can’t wait to grab a pasty from Greggs

Dublin Live

Pret a Manger opens third Dublin branch in Connolly Station

The UK sandwich chain has opened a store in Connolly Station, its third branch in Dublin so far

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