Mobile Pret-a-Manger
Pret A Manger (French for "ready to eat", a reference to "prêt à porter" (ready-to-wear) as distinct from "bespoke"; informally known as "Pret") is a UK sandwich retailer (its Italian shareholder sold his shares to an investment company). As of January 2007, some stores are being rebranded to just "Pret"[1]. The company was founded in London in 1986 by friends Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalfe who met while studying property law at the Polytechnic of Central London, now the University of Westminster. The company's marketing claims a passion for food, and that all items are made from natural ingredients. The company says that all sandwiches are made on the day of purchase in a kitchen at each location, and that those left unsold at the end of the day are collected by charities that provide food to the homeless. Sandwiches are packaged in cardboard rather than sealed plastic, to emphasize that they are fresh and cannot be kept overnight.
Mobile Pret-a-Manger
Pret A Manger (French for "ready to eat", a reference to "prêt à porter" (ready-to-wear) as distinct from "bespoke"; informally known as "Pret") is a UK sandwich retailer (its Italian shareholder sold his shares to an investment company). As of January 2007, some stores are being rebranded to just "Pret"[1]. The company was founded in London in 1986 by friends Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalfe who met while studying property law at the Polytechnic of Central London, now the University of Westminster. The company's marketing claims a passion for food, and that all items are made from natural ingredients. The company says that all sandwiches are made on the day of purchase in a kitchen at each location, and that those left unsold at the end of the day are collected by charities that provide food to the homeless. Sandwiches are packaged in cardboard rather than sealed plastic, to emphasize that they are fresh and cannot be kept overnight.