CSP Magazine | December 2011

The British Are Coming

Pret A Manger tries to translate U.K. success to the American marketplace.

article preview

There’s a case study happening before your eyes. It’s how a foreign company built upon a very different consumer culture is adapting to and growing in the U.S. It’s a story of Plan B’s, of bullishness and wound licking, revisions and measured growth. And it’s not over yet.

It’s the story of Pret A Manger, the U.K.-based grab-and-go food chain that’s even more ubiquitous in London than Starbucks is in any U.S. city. 

Also in this Issue

Read all about why CSP has chosen DePinto as its 2011 Retail Leader of the Year.

Friends, family, co-workers honor 7-Eleven boss DePinto.

In 2011 CSP Outlook Survey, retailers attempt to move beyond flat.

New Giant To Go offers customers a healthy dose of fresh foods.

Will Tesoro’s recent acquisition spur a new kind of M&A?

Pret A Manger tries to translate U.K. success to the American marketplace.

Retailers won battle of Durbin Amendment, but who really won the war?

Try walking a mile as a shopper who is female, Hispanic or of a different generation.

Bottom-tier cigarette makers struggle as gap tightens between premium and discount.

Propel, PC&F carve out renewable-fuels deal that could be industry template.

As tax credits end, natural-gas fuel industry attempts to set anchor.

Is lottery a market-basket builder or low-margin line clogger?

ADVERTISEMENT