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Fortune
Prarthana Prakash

Pret founder and Itsu CEO wants people to stop complaining about high-interest rates like it’s ‘the end of the world’

A person walking outside a pret a manger store (Credit: Yui Mok—PA Images/Getty Images)

Roaring inflation in the U.K. doesn't spell need to spell doom—at least not for widely popular chains Pret A Manger and Itsu, founded by Julian Metcalfe.

He has seen worse days—when Metcalfe first launched Pret in the late 1980s and before the era of free movement within Europe began, interest rates were much higher.

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