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Pano Christou, chief executive officer of Pret A Manger Ltd., at one of the company's stores in the Canary Wharf business district of London, on Aug. 22.
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When she went on maternity leave from her job in London three months ago, Jade Voice missed the coffee culture of the city.
Luckily for Voice, a Pret A Manger store popped up on her doorstep in Braintree, Essex, earlier this summer and she already visits three or four times a week. “It allows me to get out the house,” said Voice, 31. “And my son can have a nap while I sit outside.”