Pret A Manger has been named as one of the country’s fastest growing mid-market private companies.
The company was ranked at number five in the Sunday Times Top Track 250.
The league table ranks Britain’s mid-market growth private companies with the biggest sales.
Westbury Street Holdings, the owner of Searcys and Benugo was ranked at number 6, while Nando’s was at number 14.
Other entrants from the sector include Caffe Nero (89); Pizza Hut (129); Wagamama (161) and Prezzo (164).
St Austell Brewery was named as a ‘One to Watch’ – a top ten of companies that have achieved strong sales and/or profit growth and merit recognition alongside the 250 league table.
St Austell Brewery saw profits rise 15% to £12.3m last year as it reached the landmark figure of 100,000 brewers’ barrels of its own brand beers brewed and sold in a calendar year – the first time the milestone amount has been reached in the company’s 164 year history.
Managing director James Staughton said: “We are delighted to have been given this accolade by The Sunday Times in a table full of well-known national names. A huge thanks must go to the 1000s of customers who choose St Austell Brewery and are helping us to increase sales across our beers, our pubs and our wholesale services. This comes at a key time for us as we celebrate an exceptional year, achieving landmark production figures which we are on course to surpass again this year with the brewing team forecasting over 110,000 barrels this year.”
