Pret A Manger: We won't pay work experience staff in sandwiches

Pret A Manger has performed a U-Turn over its plans to pay teenage work experience staff in sandwiches – BBC reports.

The popular coffee chain received online backlash, after launching their “Big Experience Week”, offering 500 UK teenagers work experience, as they extend efforts to hire larger numbers of English staff.

The firm had previously said it would struggle to staff its outlets following Brexit because just one in 50 candidates are British.

Yet, following social media criticism, the firm have changed their plans, and now claim that teenage work experience staff will be paid.