![]() ![]() Last year, Pret posted sales of £327.5 million, or about $534 million at current exchange rates. Next to, say, McDonald’s, Pret a Manger amounts to a fleck of relish, if that. ![]() Pret a Manger, the veddy British chain, has gained a foothold in our McWorld of burgers and fries, where you can fun-size this, combo that and, let’s face it, sort of expect sullen service. The manager swings by to commiserate about the sweltering weather. The guy who is throwing out the garbage offers customers a cup of water. The cashier is asking New Yorkers how they are doing - and genuinely seems to want an answer. It’s not all those quirky British sandwiches, thin and understated with ingredients like free-range egg mayonnaise and avocado-and-pine-nut filling. SOMETHING weird is happening inside a Pret a Manger sandwich shop on Broadway in Midtown Manhattan.
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