Pret sales up 16%
The food chain posted sales of £594 million in 2014, up from last year.
Clive Schlee, Chief Executive of Pret A Manger, said, “These are a strong set of results and represent another successful year for Pret. With double digit growth achieved in virtually all of our markets, we continued our measured expansion of the business by remaining faithful to our core values and by responding to customer demand for innovative, healthy and hot food.”
“Our Pret Foundation Trust also raised record sums and we distributed 3 million salads and sandwiches to charities for the homeless”.
Last year, Pret opened 33 new shops: 23 in the UK (of which 15 were in London), seven in the US, two in France, and one in Shanghai, its first in China.
The total number of shops at the end of the year was 374, with 288 in the UK, 60 in the USA, 14 in Hong Kong, 11 in France and one in China.
In 2015, Pret plans to increase investment in new shop construction and build more shops in all of its international markets.
