Pret A Manger list: The locations of the six more branches closing

Pret A Manger, the sandwich chain that has seen customer levels plunge due to the pandemic, has revealed where six recently announced closures will be.

The hospitality firm has most of its estate in London, where footfall has been particularly low due to  travel restrictions keeping tourists away and scores of office workers doing their jobs from home. 

Pret A Manger, which is owned by JAB Holdings, in August said it had been forced to take the difficult decision to reduce the number of roles in its UK shops by 2,800. That followed a decision earlier this summer that 30 shops across the UK would close permanently.

Last month it added that a further six branches will close.

It today gave a list of where the six sites are:

When Pret A Manger announced the planned closures in October, it said it had experienced consistent sales growth, with consecutive weeks of trading progress since April. However  it said this growth had slowed since the end of September as Covid-19 infection rates increased.