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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business

Paying £7.15 for a sarnie? Use yer loaf

A tweet complaining about the price of Pret a Manger’s ‘posh’ cheese and pickle sandwich has gone viral
A Pret a Manger cheese and pickle sandwich has grabbed headlines for its £7.15 price tag. Photograph: Martin Lee/Alamy

If we are prepared to pay £7.15 for something that we could make at home for 50p, our crisis is one of expectations, not cost (Sandwich price shocks but meal deal costs rise less than average food inflation, 29 September).
Michael Heaton
Warminster, Wiltshire

• I remarked to my husband that it was perverse of Rishi Sunak to ban certain dogs that might kill or injure humans (Report, 15 September), but seek to prevent traffic measures that would limit the ability of cars to kill or injure humans (Sunak expected to limit powers of councils in England to curb car use, 28 September. His response? “Dogs don’t vote for him.”
Patricia Whittaker
Hull

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