Who owns Pret A Manger?
Pret A Manger is a private company. After almost 25 years, founders Julian Metcalfe and Sinclair Beecham are still significant shareholders. The majority stake of the company has recently been acquired by European equity firm Bridgepoint. Bridgepoint was chosen as a partner to Pret because the Bridgepoint team shares both the Pret vision and understands the Pret culture. It really is business as usual for the teams. Pret remains dedicated to selling freshly prepared, good, natural food. Bridgepoint’s investment is an opportunity to transform Pret A Manger from a domestic to an international business through controlled prudent expansion while maintaining everything that makes Pret work for both our customers and staff.
