Britain’s Pret a Manger to Close 30 UK Shops, Could Cut Over 1,000 Jobs

A bag is passed to a customer at Pret a Manger in New Cavendish Street, in London, Britain, on June 1, 2020. Hannah McKay/Reuters

LONDON—British coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger said on July 6, it will not reopen 30 UK shops after the coronavirus lockdown and could cut around 1,000 jobs, reflecting a major hit to customer demand from the crisis.

Pret, owned by investment group JAB Holdings, runs about 550 shops across 10 markets. In the UK it has 410 shops, 339 of which have reopened. Out of a global workforce of 13,000, some 8,000 are employed in the UK.