All Pret A Manger articles – Page 24
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Opinion
Café culture
With plans to double in size within five years and move into Europe and the US, café and restaurant group Benugo is gaining ground. Stefan Chomka reports
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News
Harpham steps down as H+H MD
Richard Harpham has stepped down as managing director of Harris + Hoole, the coffee shop chain
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OpinionGrowing pains
Bill’s and Byron, arguably two of the UK’s eating-out sector’s leading success stories over the last few years, are each facing, for very different reasons, their first challenging periods. At the same time, EAT has made another management change, which it will hope will finally push it forward and out of the long shadow cast by Pret A Manger
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News
Eadon swaps Crussh for Wasabi
Anthony Eadon, the former head of marketing at Crussh, has taken up the same role at rival grab-and-go chain Wasabi
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News
O’Connell swaps EAT for Metro Bank
Stephen O’Connell has stepped down as head of acquisitions at EAT after less than a year to join Metro Bank (UK)
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News
Coco Di Mama reaches a dozen
Coco di Mama, the quick-service Italian concept, has secured its twelfth site in the capital, after securing a site in Holborn
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News
Sector operators collect Animal Welfare Awards
The number of sector operators were recognised at this year’s World Farming Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards
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News
EAT appoints Walker as new CEO
Andrew Walker, the former managing director of Pret A Manger UK, has been appointed the new chief executive of EAT
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News
Rodizio Preto strengthens pipeline
Rodizio Preto, the London-based Brazilian steakhouse operator, has lined up five new openings for the remainder of 2016
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News
Pret to extend veggie pop-up over the summer
Pret A Manger is to extend its Veggie Pret pop up shop on Broadwick Street, Soho, for the rest of the summer after positive feedback from customers.
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Analysis & Insight
On-campus dining presents opportunity for sector
On-campus dining could present a growth opportunity for branded operators
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News
Pret vegetarian pop-up sees 70% sales jump
Pret A Manger chief executive Clive Schlee has revealed that sales at its site in Broadwick Street, Soho, have increased by more than 70% on last year after the introduction of its vegetarian pop-up
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News
Corbin & King appoints Hogg as CFO
Corbin & King has appointed Elizabeth Hogg, formerly of Pret A Manger and the Big Issue Group, as its new chief financial officer
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OpinionCleaning up?
Nut milks, avocados, rice bowls and courgetti: does the clean eating craze that’s turned ‘wellness’ bloggers into food stars have legs in the restaurant industry?
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News
Pret: Competition, evening trial, NLW, expansion
Following on from its results update yesterday, MCA talks to Pret A Manger chief executive Clive Schlee
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NewsFY EBITDA up 14.4% at Pret
Pret A Manger, the Bridgepoint-backed group, has reported a 14.4% increase in EBITDA to £84.2m for the year to the end of 2015
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Analysis & Insight
Time to raise a ‘half-full’ glass
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:
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News
Wrap it Up! to double up in Manchester
Wrap it Up! is set to open its second regional site in Manchester, after securing a unit at One Piccadilly Gardens
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OpinionThe lasting value of founders
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:
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Analysis & InsightFive Guys ranked most popular fast food chain
Five Guys, the US burger concept, which launched in the UK in 2013, has been ranked the UK’s most popular fast food chain