Pret finds digital partner

Food-to-go retailer Pret A Manger has selected its new technology and digital transformation partner to enhance the technology support provided to its shops and operations

Pret has agreed a five-year contract with Tech Mahindra that will see the two companies work in close partnership.

Tech Mahindra will create and implement a digital transformation programme that aligns with Pret’s business strategy, enabling service transformation to a truly global operating model.

The programme will be centred around streamlining and optimising Pret’s IT infrastructure through cloudification, systems re-engineering, consumerisation of IT systems and data engineering.

Sarah Venning, chief technology and transformation officer, Pret A Manger, said: “Pret will continue to set its technology strategy and lead key projects in-house, working closely with Tech Mahindra on day-to-day delivery.”