All Pret A Manger articles – Page 23
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News
Wrapchic plans to become 'Pret of Indian food'
Wrapchic, the Birmingham based Indian burrito concept, plans to open 60 stores in the UK plus eight internationally by 2020, MCA has learnt.
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Opinion
The future is green for Veggie Pret
In his latest blog, Pret A Manger chief executive Clive Schlee explain why the group hopes to open more Veggie Pret shops in the future after the success of its initial pop-up in Soho, which is now set to become a permanent fixture
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Ex-All Star Lanes CFO launches £600k crowdfund for café concept
Fledgling café concept, Temptations, which was co-founded by former All Star Lanes chief financial officer Graham Harris, has launched a £600,000 crowdfunding campaign to fund a planned growth of 11 sites over the next four years.
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Turtle Bay appoints people director
Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, has further strengthened its board, with the appointment of a new people director
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McCarter swaps Giraffe for Leon
Charlotte McCarter has stepped down from Giraffe to join Leon as its new head of recruitment and development
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Analysis & InsightChoosing the right path
The day after the publication of A-level results, MCA highlights how two companies – Pret A Manger and Pizza Hut Restaurants – have used their apprenticeship programmes to tap into what they hope will be their next generation of employees
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Coco di Mama appoints head of people
Coco di Mama, the Azzurri Group-owned, quick-service Italian concept, has appointed Charley O’Toole as its new head of people
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Leon lines up Brighton opening
Leon, the John Vincent-led chain, is set to open in Brighton before the end of the year
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Analysis & InsightKing of the road
Welcome Break chief executive Rod McKie talks to James Wallin about how service stations can be bellweathers for consumer trends, how to decided which brand is hot and which is not and why it took so long to get Pret on the motorway
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Analysis & Insight
Five minutes with…Thom Elliott, Pizza Pilgrims
This week MCA takes five minutes with Thom Elliott, co-founder of Pizza Pilgrims. He discusses the brand’s main focus; excellent ad campaigns featuring James Blunt, the genius of Pret A Manger and running Glastonbury
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Bakkavor closes Ashby’s concept site
Bakkavor has closed the its only Ashby’s site, the community restaurant concept, it quietly launched last year in Suffolk
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Inferno Pizza to make London debut
Inferno Pizza, the pizza concept backed by Bakkavor, is to make its debut in London, after securing a site in Wandsworth
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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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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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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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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