On a chewsday lunchtime!
Take away food is a big a part of the UK culture, bigger than it has ever been (looking at my ever expanding waistline).
So great news to read on the BBC website today that Pret a Manger are increasing their stores and adding another 500 jobs! Great news! Their combination of sublime banana cake, homemade sandwiches and the best lemon cheesecake not to have come out of my kitchen always keeps me popping in!
I was a little less pleased to see that McDonald’s sales have dropped slightly (with all the help I have given them… Guess I must try harder). That said they are upping the number of stores they have this year by about 400 units!
What else is reported?
Do you ever flick through the shopping channels on Sky, BT or Virgin? You will have noticed that everyone’s favorite read – the Argos book has been turned into a show! Yep! Argos TV and I think we should rename it Dream TV after the book of dreams that spawned it! It clearly works, because Amazon are about to take to the TV screen! I love shopping channels. Let’s see how long the presenter can talk about the item they are selling… I would love that job! Really! I would do it for free! Price Drop TV, Argos, QVC I think it would be great fun (as long as I could keep my regular job).
The most incredible news of this week I think comes from Next! Lord Wolfson, the CEO has given his £2.4 Million bonus to his staff! Mr Wolfson who earned a reputed £4.6 Million from the booming chain decided to share this further bonus between staff who have been with the business for the last 36 months! Lord Wolfson, you are my hero this week!
