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Christmas sandwiches have become unhinged – so why does Britain keep buying them?

COMMENT: They’re overpriced, structurally unsound and weirder by the year, yet we buy them anyway. Hannah Twiggs investigates the runaway Christmas-sandwich economy, the cold-roast physics behind them and why your pick reveals more about you than it should

The Independent UK

The Standard's Big Misteak podcast launches

David Ellis and Josh Barrie launch The Standard's latest podcast

Evening Standard

Pret fans furious over missing Christmas menu item

Some customers were livid at the decision

Evening Standard

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Eight of the best club sandwiches in London, from £5.99 to £40

The club sandwich, more than 100 years old, is a timeless creation

Evening Standard

Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Bar Flor: Basque and it shall be given you...

This bar below Wildflowers is a beautiful thing

Evening Standard

London's 10 best old-school Italian restaurants

From Il Portico to Trevi, here’s where to go for your spaghetti fix, according to Josh Barrie

Evening Standard

Teen who died after eating Pret baguette would be ‘proud’ of allergy law changes

Natasha died after eating sesame baked into a Pret A Manger baguette in 2016

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Girl who died after eating Pret baguette ‘would be proud of law change impact’

A change in the law now requires all food outlets to provide a full ingredients list and allergy labelling.

The Independent UK

As Pret loses half a billion, can the lunch king fight back?

The stakes are high and the competition is fiercer than ever — but the sandwich chain is making big moves to bring back its salad days, writes Jonathan Prynn

Evening Standard

Overbaked prices? What a Greggs sausage roll and Pret meal deal say about how much Britons will pay

Food inflation pushes consumers to the limits of what they are willing to spend, costing retailers sales

The Guardian - UK

Pret A Manger meal deal launched – what can you get with it?

One of London’s favourite coffee chains is trialling a new meal deal

Evening Standard

Voices: It will take more than a £6 ‘meal deal’ to shake up Pret

COMMENT: It’s about time the embattled food chain offered a sandwich lunch plus drink and crisps for under a tenner – but office workers are still sore from all the years of eye-watering ‘Pretflation’. Will they bite, asks James Moore

The Independent UK

Pret meal deal: trial sandwich offer at high street chain to start from £6

The high street chain is finally caving to competition from supermarkets

Evening Standard

Pret A Manger launches major change to all stores

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Pret a Manger to take on supermarkets by trialling meal deals

Format to be tested in last quarter of year after chain’s value cut by a third amid ‘intense strains’ on hospitality industry

Evening Standard

Pret to test meal deals as chain focuses on value to drive demand

The sandwich and coffee chain has said it will trial the meal deal format in the final three months of this year.

The Independent UK

Pret A Manger launches new initiative to rival the supermarket lunch

The sandwich and coffee chain has said it will test the format in the final three months of 2025

The Independent UK

Are coffee subscriptions from chains like Pret or Leon worth it? Here’s our verdict

Coffee shop subscriptions aren’t the bargain they used to be, but can they still help you save?

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The Guardian - UK

Is Pret’s mega salad actually mega expensive?

Letters: Shareen Campbell considers the restaurant’s costs and suggests that it is serving up good a good deal

The Guardian - UK

Supersize me: recreating Pret’s £13 miso salmon super plate at home

This recipe tastes punchier and is cheaper than the chain version – but is it worth the prep time?

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Pret A Manger customers fume over ‘costly’ new salad range

‘£13 for some leaves and a small amount of dressing?’ said one outraged social media user

The Guardian - UK

Pret a Manger launches salad revamp – and one starts at £12.95

Chain says supersized lunch reflects growing trend of workers ‘treating’ themselves on days they are in office

The Independent UK

When should you arrive at the airport? Our travel team reveal how long they leave (without missing a flight)

As 'airport theory' prompts passengers to dash to the boarding gate, does our travel team cut it fine while flying or is there plenty of time for a Pret?'

The Independent UK

Pret a Manger trial new store format to lure in more customers

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