The Latest Breaking News from Pret

What are ‘frankenchickens’? Pret boycott over animal welfare concerns

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The Independent UK · Jul 23

Customer fury as Pret refuses to reverse ‘frankenchicken’ broken pledge despite social media storm

Thousands of people boycott stores over ‘broken promise’ to end use of birds that suffer chronic pain and heart failure

The Independent UK · Jul 23

AI Is Now Detecting Cancer Years Before Doctors Can — New 2026 Research Shows How Machine Learning Is Transforming Diagnosis

A 2026 Nature Cancer AI identified 18 cancer types with high accuracy from minimal slides. A Mayo Clinic AI detected pancreatic cancer up to 3 years before diagnosis — nearly doubling specialist rates.

Medical Daily · Jun 11

Cornichon shortage leaves British sandwich shops in a pickle

Shortage of pickled mini-cucumbers has caused Pret a Manger to pull its jambon beurre from shelves

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13

Slop it like it’s hot: the rise of build-your-own takeaway salad bowls

How did this pick-n-mix salad-and-protein sludge become a typical working lunch?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22

Police officer says stealing £2.25 baguette was due to a lack of sleep

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The Independent UK · Feb 25

Shoplifting Met Police officer who stole £2 tuna baguette from Pret branch dismissed

PC David Fyfe carried out ‘reprehensible’ conduct while in uniform, a panel found

Evening Standard · Feb 25

Hang on, £15 salads – when did eating lunch at your desk become so expensive?

LET’S UNPACK THAT: Pret, Farmer J and atis are selling £15 salad bowls to hybrid workers who want to eat well at lunch. But are these mega salads genuinely healthy, or just bigger, pricier versions of a meal deal? Hannah Twiggs examines how lunch lost its limits

The Independent UK · Feb 5

London’s healthiest lunches: A nutritionist ranks the high street options

What to eat (and what to avoid) if you’ve had enough of the 4pm slump

Evening Standard · Jan 13

‘We wrote it living on Tesco sandwiches and anxiety attacks!’ How Operation Mincemeat conquered the world

It started out as a fringe musical about an outlandish war plan – and became a West End and Broadway smash. As the show hits China, Australia and Mexico, its ‘nerd’ creators explain how they went global with a box of hats and a dream

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025