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Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by bsder on Thursday September 17, 2020 @06:55PM (#24510953)
> Specialty's

What killed them? We lost ours just about 18 months ago.

They seemed to be in a perfect spot, too. Only restaurant in a 20 floor office building. We used them for lunch when customers came in all the time.

How could you screw that one up? Or was it that all their leases expired simultaneously and they just couldn't pay the now-expensive rent?

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Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by thaumasiotes on Thursday September 17, 2020 @07:05PM (#24511024)
I was recently informed by a friend in Shanghai that a lot of KFCs have closed down, presumably due to covid-related business slowing. (There used to be about 1 KFC per city block.)

That seemed understandable, until I learned a lot of them had been replaced with other fried chicken places.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by renewiltord on Thursday September 17, 2020 @07:04PM (#24511020)
They were expanding heavily on a bet that the economy would grow. COVID19 hit, they were forced to shut, their primary income streams were in places where they counted on office workers (who now stayed home). They were one of the earliest COVID casualties.
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