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Is Pret’s mega salad actually mega expensive? Is Pret’s mega salad actually mega expensive?
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Shareen Campbell considers the restaurant’s costs and suggests that it is serving up good a good dealShareen Campbell considers the restaurant’s costs and suggests that it is serving up good a good deal
Your article says that it costs £8.14 per portion to prepare a version of a premium salad sold at Pret for £12.95 (Supersize me: recreating Pret’s £13 miso salmon super plate at home, 11 July). However, Pret’s charge includes 20% VAT. It also covers the cost of refrigeration, premises, the wages (and holidays and pension and national insurance contributions) of the staff who fill and clean the fridges, those who prepared and sold the salad, the accountants and human resources managers behind the scenes, the staff training and Pret’s work with homeless people to give them employment and a future. If Pret can do all that with the £4.81 left after making the salad, it should be running the country.Shareen CampbellSwindon Your article says that it costs £8.14 per portion to prepare a version of a premium salad sold at Pret for £12.95 (Supersize me: recreating Pret’s £13 miso salmon super plate at home, 11 July). However, Pret’s charge also covers the cost of refrigeration, premises, the wages (and holidays and pension and national insurance contributions) of the staff who fill and clean the fridges, those who prepared and sold the salad, the accountants and human resources managers behind the scenes, the staff training and Pret’s work with homeless people to give them employment and a future. If Pret can do all that with the £4.81 left after making the salad, it should be running the country.Shareen CampbellSwindon
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This article was amended on 21 July 2025. An earlier version said that the price of the Pret premium salad included VAT at 20%. However, cold takeaway food is exempt from VAT. For customers eating on the premises, VAT is added.