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Updated version. Text version of this episode:

⁠⁠https://expret.org/2025/11/12/pret-a-manger-ceo-pano-christou-bs⁠⁠

Clive Schlee's £1000 announcement in the night he learnt about my blog:

⁠⁠https://expret.org/2019/12/04/day-4-clive-schlee-lightbulb-moment⁠⁠

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Text version of this episode:

https://expret.org/2025/11/12/pret-a-manger-ceo-pano-christou-bs

Clive Schlee's £1000 announcement in the night he learnt about my blog:

https://expret.org/2019/12/04/day-4-clive-schlee-lightbulb-moment

Thank you for listening.

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https://expret.org and other crucial issues:

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Addition / P.S. to the previous Crisis Report UK episode below.

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Crisis Report UK on Pret A Manger, plus my additions FULL audio.

I forgot to mention that under President Biden Sesame is now mandatory labeling in the USA as well, but wasn't when Pret got sued in 2015 and won because Sesame wasn't mandatory part of the allergen list like it was mandatory in Canada.

Thank you for listening. For more on Pret A Manger please see ⁠https://expret.org⁠ and other crucial issues: ⁠https://linktr.ee/expret.org⁠

LINKS:

• Blog version incl. video:

https://expret.org/2025/11/02/pret-a-manger-zombies

• Crisis Report UK video: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFsCmlavsw0⁠

  
  

• The Private Equity Trap Pret A Manger Jumped Into - 3rd Value Loss and £500+ million in Debt: ⁠https://expret.org/2025/09/22/private-equity-trap-pret-a-manger⁠

  
  

  Pret fodd is NOT freshly made: Pictures of mouldy food and rat droppings on food:

  https://expret.org/2025/11/02/pret-a-manger-zombies

  
  

  Ongoing mislabelling:

  https://expret.org/2019/06/28/vegetarians-eat-meat-at-pret

  
  

• Exposé on net-worth £215 million itsu founder & Pret A Manger RE-founder Julian Metcalfe, his love for zero hour contracts & robots, connection to the Royal family, a questionable connection, what staff say about him, how suddenly all the negative reviews about him on Glassdoor disappeared after i sent it to him, why some Asian people don't like him & how I chased him off Twitter/X: ⁠https://expret.org/2022/08/29/julian-metcalfe-family-line⁠

  
  

• Recruiting for Personality rather than Skill can be Fatal:⁠https://expret.org/2022/03/26/pret-a-manger-personality-vs-skill-danger⁠

• Ex Pret CEO Clive Schlee made the £1000 announcement in the night he learnt about my blog:

  ⁠https://expret.org/2019/12/04/day-4-clive-schlee-lightbulb-moment⁠

  
  

  £10 million for Pret is like £10: ⁠

  https://expret.org/2019/10/12/pret-a-manger-set-aside-10⁠

DISCLAIMER:

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1 of 3 - Crisis Report UK - The Pret Fairytale I forgot to mention that under President Biden Sesame is now mandatory labeling in the USA as well, but wasn't when Pret got sued in 2015 and won because Sesame wasn't mandatory part of the allergen list like it was mandatory in Canada.

Thank you for listening. For more on Pret A Mangerplease see ⁠⁠https://expret.org⁠⁠ and other crucial issues: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠

LINKS:

Crisis Report UK video:⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFsCmlavsw0⁠⁠

The Private Equity Trap Pret A Manger Jumped Into- 3rd Value Loss and £500+ million in Debt: ⁠⁠https://expret.org/2025/09/22/private-equity-trap-pret-a-manger⁠⁠

Pret fodd is NOT freshly made: Pictures of mouldy food and rat droppings on food:

⁠https://expret.org/2025/11/02/pret-a-manger-zombies⁠

Ongoing mislabelling:

⁠https://expret.org/2019/06/28/vegetarians-eat-meat-at-pret⁠

Exposé on net-worth £215 million itsu founder &Pret A Manger RE-founder Julian Metcalfe, his lovefor zero hour contracts & robots, connection to the Royal family, a questionable connection, what staff say about him, how suddenly all the negative reviews about him on Glassdoor disappeared after i sent it to him, why some Asian people don't like him & how I chased him off Twitter/X:⁠⁠https://expret.org/2022/08/29/julian-metcalfe-family-line⁠⁠

Recruiting for Personality rather than Skill canbe Fatal: ⁠⁠https://expret.org/2022/03/26/pret-a-manger-personality-vs-skill-danger⁠⁠

• Ex Pret CEO Clive Schlee made the £1000 announcement in the night he learnt about my blog:

⁠⁠https://expret.org/2019/12/04/day-4-clive-schlee-lightbulb-moment⁠⁠

£10 million for Pret is like £10:⁠⁠https://expret.org/2019/10/12/pret-a-manger-set-aside-10⁠⁠

DISCLAIMER:

This project is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the host and guests and do not constitute professional advice. We make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or applicability of the content. I fund my blog and work solely by myself. For donations please see:

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2 of 3 - Crisis Report UK - The Culture of Silence

I forgot to mention that under President BidenSesame is now mandatory labeling in the USA as well, but wasn't when Pret got sued in 2015 and won because Sesame wasn't mandatory part of the allergen list like it was mandatory in Canada.

Thank you for listening. For more on Pret A Mangerplease see ⁠https://expret.org⁠ and other crucial issues: ⁠https://linktr.ee/expret.org⁠

LINKS:

Blog version incl. video:

⁠https://expret.org/2025/11/02/pret-a-manger-zombies⁠

Crisis Report UK video:
⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFsCmlavsw0⁠

Pret fodd is NOT freshly made: Pictures of mouldy food and rat droppings on food:

⁠https://expret.org/2025/11/02/pret-a-manger-zombies⁠

Ongoing mislabelling:

⁠https://expret.org/2019/06/28/vegetarians-eat-meat-at-pret⁠

The Private Equity Trap Pret A Manger Jumped Into- 3rd Value Loss and £500+ million in Debt: ⁠

https://expret.org/2025/09/22/private-equity-trap-pret-a-manger⁠

Exposé on net-worth £215 million itsu founder &Pret A Manger RE-founder Julian Metcalfe, his lovefor zero hour contracts & robots, connection to the Royal family, a questionable connection, what staff say about him, how suddenly all the negative reviews about him on Glassdoor disappeared after i sent it to him, why some Asian people don't like him & how I chased him off Twitter/X:⁠https://expret.org/2022/08/29/julian-metcalfe-family-line⁠

Recruiting for Personality rather than Skill canbe Fatal: ⁠https://expret.org/2022/03/26/pret-a-manger-personality-vs-skill-danger⁠

• Ex Pret CEO Clive Schlee made the £1000 announcement in the night he learnt about my blog:

⁠https://expret.org/2019/12/04/day-4-clive-schlee-lightbulb-moment⁠

£10 million for Pret is like £10:⁠https://expret.org/2019/10/12/pret-a-manger-set-aside-10⁠

DISCLAIMER:

This project is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the host and guests and do not constitute professional advice. We make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or applicability of the content. I fund my blog and work solely by myself. For donations please see:

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3 of 3 - Crisis Report UK - The Corporate Zombie

I forgot to mention that under President Biden Sesame is now mandatory labeling in the USA as well, but wasn't when Pret got sued in 2015 and won because Sesame wasn't mandatory part of the allergen list like it was mandatory in Canada.

Thank you for listening. For more on Pret A Manger please see https://expret.org and other crucial issues: https://linktr.ee/expret.org

LINKS:

• Blog version incl. video:

⁠⁠https://expret.org/2025/11/02/pret-a-manger-zombies⁠⁠

• Crisis Report UK video:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFsCmlavsw0
  

  Pret fodd is NOT freshly made: Pictures of mouldy food and rat droppings on food:

  ⁠⁠https://expret.org/2025/11/02/pret-a-manger-zombies⁠⁠

  
  

  Ongoing mislabelling:

  ⁠⁠https://expret.org/2019/06/28/vegetarians-eat-meat-at-pret⁠⁠

  
  

• The Private Equity Trap Pret A Manger Jumped Into - 3rd Value Loss and £500+ million in Debt: https://expret.org/2025/09/22/private-equity-trap-pret-a-manger
  

• Exposé on net-worth £215 million itsu founder & Pret A Manger RE-founder Julian Metcalfe, his love for zero hour contracts & robots, connection to the Royal family, a questionable connection, what staff say about him, how suddenly all the negative reviews about him on Glassdoor disappeared after i sent it to him, why some Asian people don't like him & how I chased him off Twitter/X:
  https://expret.org/2022/08/29/julian-metcalfe-family-line
  

• Recruiting for Personality rather than Skill can be Fatal:
  https://expret.org/2022/03/26/pret-a-manger-personality-vs-skill-danger

• Ex Pret CEO Clive Schlee made the £1000 announcement in the night he learnt about my blog:

  https://expret.org/2019/12/04/day-4-clive-schlee-lightbulb-moment
  £10 million for Pret is like £10: https://expret.org/2019/10/12/pret-a-manger-set-aside-10

DISCLAIMER:

This project is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed are those of the host and guests and do not constitute professional advice. We make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or applicability of the content.

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For the blog post version, please see:

https://expret.org/2025/10/30/free-labour

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Correction: I kept saying "Turning Water into Wine" (the Jesus Bible story) but my episode scrolling down below in the podcast I named "Turning Wine into Water".

LINKS of what I mention in this episode:

The quotes I read are from

https://www.joinreframeapp.com/blog-post/alcoholics-anonymous-can-aa-be-harmful

Turning Wine into Water

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/expretdotorg/episodes/Turning-Wine-into-Water-e2hcoqt

What Alcoholics Anonymous Doesn't Get Right / The Atlantic Health Forum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM6x9C5JgPc

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