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 As Pret A Manger announced this week to drastically change the coffee subscription, making many customers abgry, is Pret RE-founder Sinclair Beecham saving Pret? Why I believe that Pret scrapping the 5 drinks per day & 20% food rebate on the subscription might actually save Pret:
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https://expret.org/2024/07/19/is-pret-refounder-sinclair-beecham-saving-pret <
#pretamanger #pret #clubpret #pretsubscription  
 Links to Pret A Manger issues incl. ongoing mislabelling, mouldy food, systemic workplace bullying, £800,000 fine after staff in freezer, wage theft, hiked prices for lower quality, bad press, £700 million debt etc. etc.
https://linktr.ee/expret.org  
 A coworker of mine pointed out that the push by big companies to return to in-office work disprop... 
 Pret's been too greedy but managed to get £700 million in debt while the execs cash in. 

CEO bonus is now £5 million & counting, plus year-on-year payrise.

“Pret CEO handed near-£4m bonus in year staff pay was cut.
Pano Christou also given 27% salary rise in 2021 as chain took more than £50m in government support”

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/14/pret-a-manger-ceo-handed-near-4m-bonus-in-year-staff-pay-was-cut-pano-christou 
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 It took him 20yrs even after having had such a head-start @ position #4 assistant mgr. Pano is stuck. He couldn't run any other company. This ad is bc Pano is desperate for staff & want workers to work for nothing
What shop managers, area manger and HQ staff say about Pret and their leadership incl. CEO:
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https://expret.org/2023/09/19/pret-ceo-reputation-with-staff  
 Prince William chose Pret bc he & the royals are connected to Pret's RE-founder Julian Metcalfe even before Julian was born. They go way back

Metcalfe is buddy & biz partner to former Pret CEO CliveSchlee who's mentor to Pret CEO Pano Christou

Full circle

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https://expret.org/2022/08/29/julian-metcalfe-family-line  
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 Imagine working in the noise every day for hours. A former staff wrote the most poignant review and having worked in Pret, exposing the REALITY of that company, I underline every word: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cyGdbWfIEg&list=PLAlnT8XcpopZh1CDoZPM3h3-l_9v9unFS&index=15  
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 Why I believe that Pret scrapping the 5 drinks per day & 20% food rebate on the subscription might actually save Pret:
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https://expret.org/2024/07/19/is-pret-refounder-sinclair-beecham-saving-pret <<<<--- 
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 I worked at Pret and explain why this might have happened & answer common questions people ask on social media, like why no-one missed her for over 2 hours, there's a very simple answer to this: 
https://expret.org/2023/08/31/pret-fined-800k-staff-trapped-in-freezer-for-2-5-hours  
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 Imagine working in the noise for hours every day. I still suffer tinnitus from the stress and noise in Pret.  
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 Pret are £700 million in debt and need every customer. And they just brought back RE-co-founder Sinclair Beecham to fix the mess. CEO doesn't seem to cope well! Various recent press reports on the disaster in Pret, it's just the tip of the iceberg:
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https://expret.org/2024/02/24/bad-press-for-pret < 
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 The police can request CCTV footage from Pret head office. 
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 Why I believe that Pret scrapping the 5 drinks per day & 20% food rebate on the subscription might actually save Pret:
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 Why I believe that Pret scrapping the 5 drinks per day & 20% food rebate on the subscription might actually save Pret:
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https://expret.org/2024/07/19/is-pret-refounder-sinclair-beecham-saving-pret < 
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 He prefers Pret over the pub 🫢  
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 Pret are tasked by their owners to double in size by 2026 but are also in debt £700 million. 

CEO bonus is now £5 million & counting, plus year-on-year payrise.

“Pret CEO handed near-£4m bonus in year staff pay was cut.
Pano Christou also given 27% salary rise in 2021 as chain took more than £50m in government support”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/14/pret-a-manger-ceo-handed-near-4m-bonus-in-year-staff-pay-was-cut-pano-christou  
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 Pret A Manger have broken their T&Cs this year, having given customers 5 days notice instead of the 40 days in their T&Cs. Please scroll down to under Telegraph article:
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https://expret.org/2022/03/13/how-pret-make-profit-from-subscription < 
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 Pret remain unsafe even after 2 customer deaths and over 20 injuries (that we know of). Customers post pictures of mislabeled food where vegans and vegetarians eat meat labeled as vegan or veg:

https://expret.org/2019/06/28/vegetarians-eat-meat-at-pret  
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 Pret are £700 million in debt, bringing back RE-co-founder Sinclair Beecham to fix the mess. CEO doesn't seem to cope well! Various recent press reports on the disaster in Pret, it's just the tip of the iceberg:
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https://expret.org/2024/02/24/bad-press-for-pret