Pret A Manger is upping recruitment
(Picture: Pret A Manger)London commuter favourite Pret A Manger is to invest an additional £10 million to hike employee staff pay by 5% to help with the cost of living crisis that has caused businesses to back their staff in record numbers.
From December 1 this year all 8.600 UK employees across its shops and support centres will receive the increase meaning that team members, baristas and shop managers will receive a baseline pay increase of 13%, higher than inflation that is currently running at 9.9% but has reached as high as 10.1% this year.
The minimum pay for a team worker at the business that has 400 outlets in the UK will now rise to £10.30 an hour. Pay for baristas will rise from a minimum of £10.30 to £10.85.
Pret staff will also be able to earn an additional £1.25 an hour, based on weekly mystery shopper visits.
This is the second consecutive year that Pret that is looking to bolster staff numbers across its stores has given two pay increases, and will take the total Pret has invested in pay in 2022 to almost £20 million, according to the company famed for its coffee and sandwiches, “in the largest pay investment in its 36-year history.
Guy Meakin, interim managing director at Pret A Manger UK & Ireland said:“Our people have always been at the heart of our business. All over the country, our shop teams work around the clock to make Pret a place people love.
“With the rising cost of living putting increased pressure on our people, we wanted to do more to support them, and to say thank you for continuing to go above and beyond for our customers.
“We aspire to always be a top employer, with all our employees earning well above the National Minimum Wage irrespective of age.”
