Pret A Manger has appointed a new global procurement director.
Laura Grant joins from Virgin Atlantic, where she was most recently vice president of strategic projects / chief of staff, and before that VP of procurement.
The appointment follows the announcement of a major restructure at Pret, which involves 2,800 redundancies.
As part of changes to the senior team, Pret UK shops director Tom Sugarman left the business, while Guy Meakin was made trading director.
Pret said the impact of the coronavirus had set sales back ten years, when the business was “considerably smaller” than it is now.
As a result, the business said it has had to permanently close 30 shops and let 2,800 employees go, thanks to a combination of “shorter opening hours, lower transaction levels, and the losses faced by the business in 2020”.
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Pret makes senior hire from Virgin Atlantic
Pret A Manger has appointed a new global procurement director. Laura Grant joins from Virgin Atlantic, where she was most recently vice president of strategic projects / chief of staff, and before that VP of procurement. The appointment follows the announcement of a major restructure at Pret, which involves 2,800 redundancies. Pret said the impact of the coronavirus had set sales back ten years, when the business was “considerably smaller” than it is now.
