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regnamehtnidog

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regnamehtnidog··on The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger
The article mentions that it's an English chain.

The name is a pun on the fashion term "prêt-à-porter" which is often used in English. See https://www.net-a-porter.com/ for another example of a brand that riffs on the term without being French.