It’s about time Pret dropped its prices: they’re becoming a national scandal
by Helen Coffey
Feb 19, 2024
3 minutes
I was at the station a few months ago, about to catch a train home following some after-work drinks, when I did something I’ve never done before. I laughed in the man from Pret a Manger’s face.
I’d grabbed a bottle of water and a bag of crisps for the journey home and taken them to the till. And, when he told me the price, I honestly thought he was joking.
“What... What did you say?”
He looked down at the till again.
“That’s £4.95.”
We simply stared at each other for a
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