WEST WORCESTERSHIRE MP Dame Harriett Baldwin has called for Pret A Manger to return to the city with a new store at Worcestershire Parkway station.
The MP made the request during a meeting with Pret A Manger chief executive Pano Christou at the opening of a new store at Westminster tube station.
The company closed its central Worcester outlet in 2020 but recently opened two new stores at the Strensham services on the M5.
The request was part of Dame Harriett’s campaign to add extra car parking capacity at the popular train station, to increase station stops by rail operators and to improve waiting and catering facilities.
Dame Harriett said: “I have always believed that if you don’t ask, you don’t get so I took the opportunity to lobby the company’s senior management to ask them to consider taking space at Worcestershire Parkway station.
“It was good to hear Pret A Manger is now operating at Strensham and I feel that a new store at Worcestershire Parkway station would be a huge bonus for the million or so passengers travelling through the site each year.
“I’ve called on Worcestershire County Council to press on with plans to add extra parking capacity at the station and that should come hand-in-hand with plans to enhance services and improve the customer experience for rail users.
“I hope Pret A Manger will be the brand that helps to elevate the station to a new era of success.”
