You'll need to pick a steady stream of winners just to break even and even professional money mangers have a hard time doing that.
McDonald's' stake in British sandwich chain Pret A Manger has fallen into private equity hands, meeting a similar fate to several other former brands of the Golden Arches.
In addition to the rapidly spreading Commerce, Washington Mutual and North Fork bank branches and the wireless stores -- AT&T, Verizon, Cingular -- a chain of sandwich shops, Pret A Manger, has been popping up mushroomlike around the city, with 12 stores open in Manhattan and has said it plans to open a score more.
García's vocal denouncement of indigenous communities, having acerbically compared them to Aesop's dog in a manger, has understandably made him an unpopular figure.
Britons have turned in their droves to a comfort breakfast of porridge, and sandwich chain Pret A Manger has announced that it is selling 50,000 bowls of the stuff every week.
Now, lunchtime favourite Pret A Manger has jumped on the bandwagon, trialling a protein-packed version in 28 of its London stores.
Perhaps it was inevitable that the British company with the fake French name would one day open an outpost across the Channel, but I still find the news that Pret a Manger has unveiled its first European shop in Paris a mite depressing.
Vegan dishes used to be restricted to wholefood cafes, but now Wetherspoon pubs have recently launched a vegan menu, while Pret a Manger has seen sales of its vegetarian options soar, and is introducing two new vegan specials every month over the summer.
Pret a Manger has been expanding its range of vegan sandwiches; Caffè Nero labels its mince pies as vegan; and Pizza Express has a vegan pizza on its regular menu.
A manger has been set up underneath the small Christmas tree for weeks, but the infant Jesus is missing.
