EAT restaurants closing down

[wondering7777]

A bit late to the news, but I heard today that EAT is closing soon - apparently Pret has bought all its stores and is planning to convert many of them into veggie/vegan branches of Pret:

www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pret-a-manger-eat-takeover-vegetarian-vegan-high-street-a8924776.html

I'm fully expecting loads of replies telling me I'm lazy and should make my own packed lunches to take in. You're right, I should.

But I like EAT for its soups and hot pots (particularly the chicken pot pie!) and will miss having it as an alternative to Pret - it's nice having a choice. Are you a fan of EAT and will you miss it? Or are you looking forward to the veggie/vegan Pret concept?

More Prets? They’re everywhere 😩

Chicken pot pie is the best!

Agreed. All that brown was very depressing and off putting.

Leon is vastly superior to both

Leon is so good but it is a pricier option. I'd happily eat lunch there most days if I had the £££ though!

Damn.. this thread is making me want to go to Eat

The chicken pot pie is calling me.

Both EAT and Pret are incredibly dull but a veggie/vegan Pret might be a bit more interesting.. one can live in hope

I always had a vendetta against them because they refused to donate left over sandwiches to a homeless drop in centre I volunteered at and would throw them out instead. (This was 10 years ago to be fair so may have changed their policy).

My heart sinks at Heathrow T2 because they have an EAT but no Pret.

I'm sorry for the business and the people losing their jobs, but I won't miss EAT.

I was very sad to learn this. I was addicted to Eat's Chicken Laksa! They're clearly shutting them down fast too. There are only two EATs left in the City near me, and they've both started doing pre-packaged porridge like Pret does

I just texted my friends today to ask if the EATs near everyone were closing down as mine has turned into a pret and I wanted soup from EAT! Devastated.

Oh thats a shame. Loved EAT chicken sandwiches whilst I was pregnant. Them and Benugo were lush.

Eats tuna cheese melt is amazing. 😭

Awwww that's a shame. I don't have an Eat. Anywhere near me but it's my treat lunch if I'm ever in Manchester. Love the brothy noodle soup pots.

Ah that's a shame, they seem to have a wider range than Pret

Gonna miss their pigs in a blanket in the run up to Christmas!

Bland and expensive for it. Not surprised.

Oh no! Who doesn’t love a Chicken pot pie. Hotter than the surface of the sun but you go in anyway.

Yanbu
Pret put avocado in everything veggie.
I hate avocado.

They're both bland and over-priced. Pret is shite as well.