Coffee shop chain Pret A Manger has said it will hand staff a second pay rise this year to help with the increased cost of living. Pret, which employs nearly 9,000 people in the UK, said all employees in shops and its support centre will receive a 5% increase from December.
The high street business said it will invest £10 million to deliver the pay hike. It is the second round of pay increases by the hospitality business after it dished out £9.2 million of rises in April.
Pret said the move means 8,600 shop staff such as baristas will see a baseline pay increase of around 13% over the year. It comes as Britons face major rises in the cost of living, with the Office for National Statistics reporting inflation of 9.9% in August.
