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Fresh coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger has been fined £800,000 after an employee was trapped in a freezer for two and a half hours in 2021.
Pret A Manger has been fined £800,000 after one of its workers was left fearing for her life while stuck in one of its freezers.
The employee tried to tear up a cardboard box full of chocolate croissants to fend off hypothermia.
Westminster City Council said the worker became trapped in the walk-in commercial freezer, which typically has its temperature set at -18C.
The unnamed staff member feared for her life after getting stuck in the freezer at the Victoria Coach Station branch in central London.