“The north really may start at the Watford Gap, just as people say it does, even though, as someone from Birmingham, I wouldn’t think of myself as being from the north of England.”
Where does Cornwall sit which has neither a Pret nor a Greggs?
I don’t think there’s a real north south divide, rather a SE and everyone else economic divide, and a city/non city cultural divide.
Well-off is walking in to Pret, grabbing anything you like, and not even thinking about the cost. Many times a month.
One of my favourite interview quotes will always be the Pret CEO defending Pret against accusations of being too London-centric by saying “almost 40% of our revenue comes from outside Central Inner London”.
It almost works until you realise that Pret has more international stores than in the UK, and yet 60% of their whole revenue still comes from central London.
We have a similar thing in Sydney called the “Red Rooster line” which divides the western suburbs from the rest of Sydney.
Red Rooster is a popular chain of restaurants sort of the level of something like Happy Eater (if anyone recalls those). There are lots in the West but few if any anywhere else.
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“The north really may start at the Watford Gap, just as people say it does, even though, as someone from Birmingham, I wouldn’t think of myself as being from the north of England.”
Where does Cornwall sit which has neither a Pret nor a Greggs?
I don’t think there’s a real north south divide, rather a SE and everyone else economic divide, and a city/non city cultural divide.
Well-off is walking in to Pret, grabbing anything you like, and not even thinking about the cost. Many times a month.
One of my favourite interview quotes will always be the Pret CEO defending Pret against accusations of being too London-centric by saying “almost 40% of our revenue comes from outside Central Inner London”.
It almost works until you realise that Pret has more international stores than in the UK, and yet 60% of their whole revenue still comes from central London.
We have a similar thing in Sydney called the “Red Rooster line” which divides the western suburbs from the rest of Sydney.
Red Rooster is a popular chain of restaurants sort of the level of something like Happy Eater (if anyone recalls those). There are lots in the West but few if any anywhere else.