Pret A Manger, the Bridgepoint-backed chain, has opened its first French airport shop and first in France outside Paris.
The site at the Nice Côte d’Azur Airport is the company’s fourteenth French location and has been opened in partnership with RELAY FRANCE, a subsidiary of Lagardère Travel Retail, the leading provider in travel retail in France, with more than 850 outlets in railway stations, airports, metro stations and hospitals.
The new 60-cover site is located in the Terminal 1 departures lounge and has a menu, which includes sandwiches, salads, wraps, baguettes and hot options, as well as a full menu of organic teas and coffees, and a large selection of juices and cold drinks.
A special hot and cold breakfast range will be on offer for airport customers, including bacon, smoked salmon and tomato losanges, and ham and roasted tomato hot baguettes, all served with egg mayo. The specials will be available on top of Pret’s current breakfast offering, which includes porridge, pastries and savoury croissants.
Stephane Klein, managing director of Pret in France, said: “Our airside shop will offer the best of Pret’s French menu with a handful of airport specials, made fresh in the shop each day.
“After nearly four years in Paris, we’re pleased to now be taking this opportunity with RELAY FRANCE to extend Pret’s French offering to Nice Airport. We’re hoping we can replicate the success of our other international transport hub shops here, for the convenience and enjoyment of passengers flying from the airport.”
Dominique Thillaud, chairman of the Board of the Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur Group said, “We’re proud to celebrate the opening of Pret A Manger in Nice Côte d’Azur Airport. The opening represents the beginning of our new food offering at Terminal 1, which is due to be finalised at the beginning of 2016, and is a symbolic step for us.”
