Pret A Manger DIGITAL

Enterprise Technology Stack & Vendor Relationships

• Pret implemented Okta in 2018 and was fully operational on the platform by the start of 2020, according to Okta’s case study.¹

• The Okta implementation integrated 35 applications and included single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, lifecycle provisioning, API access management for a custom application, and a Universal Directory for 12,000 global employee identities.¹

• The case study evidences enterprise identity-and-access-management use but does not establish the current contractual status of the service, hosting region, or Israel-based processing.¹

• In a pre-2020 case study, Northdoor stated that Pret selected its RiskXchange platform for supplier cyber-risk assessment, including supplier-facing attack-vector scanning and risk scoring within supplier onboarding.²

• Northdoor described its work as configuring Pret’s governance framework and custom risk assessments for hundreds of global suppliers, without identifying Israeli suppliers, infrastructure, or technology origin; the arrangement’s ongoing status is not publicly established.²

• Eagle Eye’s 13 January 2025 regulatory announcement states that its AIR cloud platform was powering Pret loyalty and customer-engagement solutions, including real-time loyalty, omnichannel promotions, basket adjudication, offers, gift cards, and subscription benefits.³

• Eagle Eye’s announcement does not verify Pret’s use of EagleAI, which it identifies in relation to other named retailers.³

• JAB’s April 2024 offering circular states generally that JAB and its investments use IT and third-party service providers and identifies cloud migration among operational risks, but it does not identify Pret’s provider, an Israeli-origin vendor, processing location, or Israeli legal access.⁴

• No public evidence identified of Pret licensing, subscribing to, or integrating the reviewed Israeli-origin enterprise-technology suppliers, including Check Point, Wiz, SentinelOne, CyberArk, NICE, Verint, Claroty, or Palo Alto Networks; this review result does not exclude undisclosed procurement.^{1, 2, 3}

Surveillance, Biometrics & Retail Technology

• No public evidence identified of Pret using facial recognition, biometric identification, gait analysis, Israeli-origin retail computer vision, predictive policing, social-media monitoring, or workforce-surveillance products in the reviewed materials.^{1, 2, 3}

• The verified technology materials describe identity management, supplier cyber-risk assessment, and loyalty functions rather than biometric or retail-surveillance deployments.^{1, 2, 3}

• No public evidence identified that such technology reached Pret indirectly through a managed-security provider or bundled retail suite in the reviewed sources.^{1, 2, 3}

• No public evidence identified that the proposed Israeli franchise deployed retail technology in settlements, because the documented licence was cancelled before its planned H2 2024 launch.^{5, 6}

Cloud Infrastructure, Data Residency & Sovereign Cloud Participation

• The reviewed technology sources describe on-premises systems, custom applications, cloud solutions, and cloud-based loyalty services, but do not identify hosting regions, data-residency terms, Israeli data centres, Israeli-controlled infrastructure, or Israeli legal access to Pret employee or customer data.^{1, 3, 4}

• No public evidence identified of Pret participation in Project Nimbus, another Israeli government-cloud programme, or digital-sovereignty or resilience provision to Israeli state or military bodies.^{6, 7, 4}

• No source located in the bounded review identifies Pret’s cloud provider, data-routing arrangements, systems integrator, cybersecurity vendor, or Israeli-origin enterprise-software relationship.^{1, 2, 3, 6, 4}

Defence, Intelligence & Security Sector Technology Relationships

• No public evidence identified of a Pret contract, partnership, or service agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, IDF, intelligence agencies, police, prisons, or another Israeli security body.^{1, 2, 3, 6, 7}

• No public evidence identified of Pret supplying dual-use, offensive-cyber, digital-weapons, cloud, biometric, surveillance, AI, or cybersecurity technology for Israeli state or security uses.^{1, 2, 3, 6, 7}

• Pret’s identified technology relationships in the reviewed materials concern enterprise IAM, supplier cyber-risk assessment, and consumer-loyalty services.^{1, 2, 3}

• The UN Special Rapporteur’s 2025 report names “Pret a Manger” on page 37 in a discussion of businesses that had ceased operating in settlements, but the page does not describe a Pret technology relationship, technology contract, Israeli state customer, or occupied-territory digital operation.⁷

• Fox-Wizel’s October 2024 disclosure records that Pret cancelled an Israeli licence agreement and settled related disputes for a £3 million payment, while preserving a conditional re-offer mechanism if Pret decides to open Israeli shops within 36 months; this does not confirm resumed Israeli operations.⁶

• No public evidence identified in reviewed official JAB disclosures, TASE records, UN/OHCHR materials, and focused searches that a JAB or identified-principal technology relationship provided digital services, data infrastructure, surveillance, cybersecurity, AI, or other technology to Israeli state, military, intelligence, police, prison, or settlement bodies.^{6, 7, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}

AI, Algorithmic & Autonomous Systems

• Northdoor described RiskXchange as AI-powered for supplier cyber-risk assessment, while Eagle Eye describes AIR as a loyalty and customer-engagement platform.^{2, 3}

• Neither source reports that these services were provided to Israeli state, military, intelligence, or security bodies, or used with Israeli or occupied-territory surveillance datasets.^{2, 3}

• No public evidence identified of Pret supplying AI or machine-learning systems, computer vision, target generation, autonomous tracking, or autonomous decision-support systems to Israeli state or security bodies.^{1, 2, 3, 7}

Technology Ecosystem & R&D Footprint

• Pret A Manger Limited remains an active UK private limited holding company, incorporated on 31 May 2018 as JAB (Acquisition) Ltd and renamed Pret A Manger Limited on 20 December 2019; its current register entry records SIC 64209, accounts made up to 1 January 2026, and a confirmation statement dated 30 May 2026.¹³

• Pret Holding 2 Ltd remains Pret A Manger Limited’s sole active registered person with significant control, with at least 75% of shares and voting rights and the right to appoint or remove directors; Pret Holding 2 Ltd is an active UK holding company incorporated on 15 June 2018.^{14, 15}

• Pret A Manger (Europe) Limited remains active and has food-retail SIC codes, distinguishing it from Pret A Manger Limited’s registered holding-company function.¹⁶

• PAM Group Limited records Pret A Manger Limited, then named JAB (Acquisition) Ltd, as its active person with significant control from 26 September 2018, with at least 75% of shares and voting rights and appointment/removal rights.¹⁷

• Pret Holding 1 Ltd and Pret Holding Limited are active UK holding companies at Pret’s registered-office address, but the reviewed registry entries do not establish their ownership of, or corporate relationship to, Pret A Manger Limited.^{18, 19}

• JAB’s April 2024 offering circular states that, as of 31 December 2023, JAB Group held 86.3% of Pret Panera and Pret Panera held 89.8% of the shares in “Pret A Manger,” while not mapping those names to UK company numbers.⁴

• JAB’s 2024 annual report states that, at 31 December 2024, JAB held 67.4% of voting rights and a 66.2% economic interest in Pret Panera Holdings B.V.; it describes JAB as indirectly invested in Pret through Pret Panera III G.P. and Pret Panera Holdings B.V., alongside a non-controlling interest from JAB Consumer Partners.⁹

• JAB’s half-year report states that, at 30 June 2025, JAB had 67.8% economic ownership and 68.9% voting rights in Pret Panera Holdings B.V. through the consolidated Pret Panera structure; during H1 2025, it contributed its Pret Panera III G.P. investment to newly incorporated Pret Panera IV LP and acquired further Fast Casual Restaurants shares for $168.5 million.⁸

• JAB reports that Peter Harf retired in April 2025, while Joachim Creus and Frank Engelen continued as managing partners and co-CEOs, and Konrad Meyer remained a JAB partner.⁸

• Pret announced in May 2025 that José Cil had become Chair, Pano Christou remained CEO, Konrad Meyer remained a director, and Elias Diaz Sese and Andre Molinari joined the board; JAB’s current biography states that Cil chairs JAB’s restaurant business and serves on Pret’s board.^{20, 21}

• Pret reported 717 shops across 20 markets at the end of 2024, with 57% equity-operated, 43% franchised, and more than 11,500 employees.²²

• No public evidence identified of a Pret Israeli R&D centre, engineering office, innovation lab, accelerator, Israeli technology-company acquisition, Israeli technology investment, or Israeli academic or intellectual-property co-development arrangement.^{1, 2, 3, 6, 7}

• No public evidence identified in the reviewed official JAB disclosures and focused public-record searches of an Israeli technology-company acquisition, investment, R&D centre, cloud/data infrastructure, or security-technology relationship by JAB, Peter Harf, Joachim Creus, or José Cil; this is a bounded-public-record finding and does not determine undisclosed holdings, private or family-office vehicles, or the personal holdings of other Pret/JAB leaders.^{8, 9, 10, 21, 11, 12}

• JAB’s current locations page lists offices in Miami, Mannheim, London, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, and New York, but does not list an Israeli office; this webpage-scoped finding does not establish absence of indirect investments, vendor relationships, or data processing in Israel.²³

• Composite Ventures lists José Cil as a strategic adviser and describes itself as an investor in enterprise-technology and AI-oriented companies, but the reviewed page does not identify a portfolio company, a personal investment by Cil, or an Israel, surveillance, security-technology, or public-security connection.²⁴

• No public evidence identified in the reviewed Companies House entries, JAB reporting, and Pret corporate report of a Pret Israeli subsidiary, Israeli registered office, or Israel/occupied-territory location; this is not evidence of absence from all jurisdictions or all historical commercial arrangements.^{13, 22, 8, 9}

Civil Society Scrutiny & Regulatory History

• The UN Special Rapporteur’s 2025 report names “Pret a Manger” on page 37 in a discussion of businesses that had ceased operating in settlements, but the report page does not describe a Pret technology relationship, technology contract, Israeli state customer, or occupied-territory digital operation.⁷

• Fox-Wizel’s December 2022 filing records a non-binding memorandum with Pret A Manger (Europe) Limited and Yarzin Sella Restaurants for exclusive rights to establish and operate Pret in Israel.²⁵

• A Fox-Wizel financial-statement extract records that Pret granted exclusive Israeli operating rights on 3 April 2023 to Ready To Eat Ltd., owned 80% by Fox and 20% by Yarzin Sella, with a planned H2 2024 launch and monthly sales-percentage payments to Pret.⁵

• Fox-Wizel’s October 2024 filing states that Pret notified the franchise vehicle on 2 June 2024 that it would cancel the licence, and records a 30 September 2024 settlement providing for Pret’s £3 million payment and a conditional opportunity to negotiate a materially similar licence if Pret chose to open Israeli shops within 36 months.⁶

• The conditional future-licence provision does not confirm resumed Israeli operations, and no public record was identified in the bounded review showing that the contingency had been invoked.⁶

• Who Profits reports that Fox Group, the proposed 80% franchisee, operated stores through subsidiaries in Ariel, Ma’ale Adumim, Gush Etzion, Ramot, Pisgat Ze’ev, and Atarot, while expressly dating its information only through 20 April 2023; this documents the proposed franchisee’s separate footprint rather than a Pret store, Pret technology deployment, or a continuing Pret–Fox relationship after cancellation.²⁶

• Pret’s September 2024 corporate announcement describes its international footprint and franchise model without identifying an Israeli operation or technology programme.²⁷

• Pret A Manger was not listed in the reviewed 2023 OHCHR settlement-business database or the 2025 OHCHR update; this is a document-scoped finding rather than evidence about every possible settlement-linked commercial relationship.^{28, 29}

• No public evidence identified of a boycott or divestment campaign specifically concerning Pret technology provision, or of regulatory, export-control, sanctions, or legal action involving Pret technology supplied to Israeli state entities.^{1, 2, 3, 6, 7}