Owner of Pret A Manger plans stock market flotation & may sell stake in business
Pret opened its first shop in London in 1986 and now the chain employs 12,500 staff in more than 700 locations
PRET STAKE SANDWICH Owner of Pret A Manger plans stock market flotation & may sell stake in business
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THE owner of Pret A Manger plans a stock market flotation — and could consider selling a stake in the business first.
Luxembourg-based firm Jab Holding bought the sandwich chain for £1.5billion in 2018.
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The owner of Pret A Manger plans a stock market flotation — and could consider selling a stake in the business first
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But the pandemic saw it post a £343million loss in 2020 as its key customers — office workers and commuters — were kept at home.
It then launched cut-priced food and coffee subscription services to lure them back when they returned to the office, which helped sales jump by a fifth in 2023.
Pret opened its first shop in London in 1986 and the chain employs 12,500 staff in more than 700 locations across 21 countries.
JAB, which also owns Krispy Kreme doughnuts and Keurig Dr Pepper, has ambitions in the insurance and asset management industry and wants to reduce its reliance on the consumer sector.
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It suggested it could consider selling a stake in Pret ahead of a potential listing.
JAB said: 'As we move closer to a potential IPO, we may evaluate bringing on a pre-IPO investor.'
It is the first time the group has publicly confirmed IPO plans for Pret.
Ahead of the potential listing, it appointed former
Restaurant Brands International chief executive José Cil as chair of Pret last month.
Pret's chief executive since 2019 is Pano Christou, who started as an assistant manager in a central London outlet at 22.
The minicab driver's son, 45, grew up in Tooting, South London, and now earns more than £400,000 a year.
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