All Pret A Manger articles – Page 24

  • Analysis & Insight

    Time to raise a ‘half-full’ glass

    2016-04-15T16:37:00Z

    There’s no denying a growing numbers of voices are raising concerns about the spectre of financial instability threatening to stall the UK’s hospitality sector. But MCA’s Steve Gotham says too much credence is being given to the doom mongers and argues that there’s plenty to be optimistic about as well:

  • News

    ​Wrap it Up! to double up in Manchester

    2016-04-05T08:27:06.437Z

    Wrap it Up! is set to open its second regional site in Manchester, after securing a unit at One Piccadilly Gardens

  • Pret CEO Clive Schlee
    Opinion

    The lasting value of founders

    2016-04-01T08:17:00Z

    Pret chief executive Clive Schlee discusses some of the guiding principles established by the group’s founders which still define it today. He discusses why companies who put purpose above profit are likely to enjoy greater longevity, why you have to change to stay the same and why most companies are not murdered by the market place – they just die:

  • Five Guys kitchen
    Analysis & Insight

    Five Guys ranked most popular fast food chain

    2016-03-22T08:37:00Z

    Five Guys, the US burger concept, which launched in the UK in 2013, has been ranked the UK’s most popular fast food chain

  • News

    Pret joins Byron in Wandsworth development

    2016-03-08T08:32:00Z

    Pret A Manger has joined Byron in securing a site at the Southside Shopping centre in Wandsworth.

  • News

    Oh You Pretty Things set to open in Birmingham

    2016-03-04T16:26:20.497Z

    Shopping centre bar concept Oh You Pretty Things has secured a new site in Birmingham and is close to two more, MCA has learnt.

  • Steve RIchards
    News

    CDG’s Richards named Retailers’ Retailer

    2016-03-03T08:37:00Z

    Steve Richards, the driving force behind development and growth of the Casual Dining Group, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market

  • News

    Walker steps down from CDG

    2016-03-02T08:29:54.963Z

    Andrew Walker has stepped down from the Casual Dining Group (CDG) as its managing director of business development

  • News

    Auntie Annie's aiming for 50 UK sites by end of 2017

    2016-02-25T08:41:38.983Z

    Pretzel on the go concept Auntie Anne’s is eyeing transport hubs and high street locations as it works towards opening 50 sites in the UK by the end of 2017.

  • News

    Corney and Barrow launches all-day menu

    2016-02-23T08:29:00Z

    Corney and Barrow is launching an all-day food menu as the company “actively looks for opportunities to grow through either new sites or acquisitions”.

  • Analysis & Insight

    It’s the people, stupid

    2016-02-18T08:18:00Z

    Research has consistently shown that attracting and keeping high-quality staff is essential to a business’s wellbeing. Steve Gotham reveals what’s on sector leaders’ minds going into 2016

  • Pret A Manger interior
    News

    Pret eyes further hospital and university sites

    2016-02-16T08:30:00Z

    Pret A Manger chief executive Clive Schlee has told M&C the company plans to open more hospital and university sites this year, after launching its first campus outlet in – in Exeter.

  • News

    CDG to open Luton Airport Oriel

    2016-02-10T08:37:27.123Z

    The Casual Dining Group is to open site under its brasserie concept Oriel and Bella Italia brand at Luton Airport

  • Analysis & Insight

    Pret voted most admired brand

    2016-02-05T16:12:00Z

    Pret A Manger has been voted the Most Admired Brand in the UK foodservice industry by industry leaders for the seventh year running, M&C Allegra Foodservice has revealed.

  • Square Pie
    News

    Subuh steps down as Square Pie CEO

    2016-01-28T08:24:00Z

    Nabil Subuh has stepped down as chief executive of Square Pie after just a year of leading the gourmet pie shop chain

  • Analysis & Insight

    The empire grabs back

    2016-01-20T08:08:19.970Z

    The debut last year of YO! to Go and the upcoming launch of a grab and go format by Carluccio’s highlights the fact that the sector’s established companies are set to fight back, challenging the existing coffee shop/café model in the process

  • News

    Pret to give away 120,000 coffees

    2016-01-19T07:53:00Z

    Pret has launched its ‘Make Someone Smile’ initiative, which involves 120,000 free coffees neign given away.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Five ways to crack the USA

    2016-01-15T16:03:00Z

    As the company celebrates 15 years since opening in America, Pret A Manger chief executive Clive Schlee gives his top tips for British companies looking to expand across the pond

  • News

    Turtle Bay appoints Temple as FD

    2016-01-08T16:11:06.537Z

    Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, has appointed Jon Temple, formerly of Pret A Manger as it new finance director

  • News

    Le Pain to make regional debut

    2016-01-08T16:10:00Z

    Le Pain Quotidien is to make its UK regional debut later this quarter after securing a site in Bicester Village