Five miles puts 25p on price of Pret sandwich

CUSTOMERS at Pret could end up paying 80p more for lunch, depending on which branch they use.

The cost of food and drinks differs between its 464 branches, including those just a few miles from each other.

In London alone, sandwiches cost up to 25p more and beverages 20p more at its High

Street Kensington branch compared with its Brixton branch, just five miles away.

Smoked salmon sandwiches cost £4.50 or £4.25 respectively, cookies were £2.20 or £1.95, lattes £3.15 or £2.95 and crisps £1.30 or £1.20.

Office workers buying a drink, sandwich, sweet item and crisps would therefore pay as much as 80p more. Customer Jen Newton, a property manager, 55, from South London, said: ‘I normally get lunch near the branch at home but was out and about and saw the price was higher. I thought Pret must have increased their prices. But the server said they hadn’t.

‘So I took a note of prices and compared them to my local branch. Over a month, this would really add up.’