Pod avoids Pret-like price hike following NLW introduction

Last week, Pret was the first grab and go chain to admit to small price hikes to mitigate the cost of introducing the new mandatory wage. Pod introduced the wage to all of its employees not just those over the 25+ threshold.

In a statement the company said: “While many businesses in the food industry have opted to pass the National Living Wage rise increase implemented last week onto their customers in the form of small price increases, the innovative London based food-to-go restaurant chain pod – with 22 stores in the capital - has gone to great lengths to ensure the wage hike is not passed on to their large and loyal customer base maintaining its prices at their existing level.

“Pod worked up their plans for the costly Government initiative to ensure that all their close to 300 employees benefit from the National Living Wage increase by passing it onto everyone that works hard to produce their fresh, nutritious food from scratch each day, not just the mandatory band of workers aged 25+.”

Pod has 22 sites across London and last year won a Lunch Business Award for Best Lunchtime Menu on the High Street.

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