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12 Jun 21, 11:02 PM |
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Their best ever prawn cocktail, posh hot dogs , hamburger relish and Mexican 4 layer dip 😍😍
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13 Jun 21, 07:04 AM |
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I agree. M&S seem to focus on convenience meals in fancy wrapping, aside from that their prices are crazy for what is not all that good food anymore.
Fine if you want to pay over the odds for “bung it in the oven” type fodder but for value for money doing your weekly shop they’ve lost their way sadly. |
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13 Jun 21, 07:23 AM |
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We have a Simply Food a few minutes walk from home.
Dead handy if the dog needs a walk. I can leave him outside while I pop in for a few minutes to grab my Gastropub lasagne - some of the staff know him by name and always want to give him a fuss. There's often a few there when I get back to him. Gastropub Lasagne. Oh my... |
13 Jun 21, 07:41 AM |
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Join Date: Jun 16
Location: God's Own Country
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This is a funny story as I know someone whose husband worked in a pea plant and said the best always went to M&S as well. I remember her telling me this.
M&S food is definitely superior in many aspects, not all mind. Their ready meals are excellent. The curries are great and we like those healthy ones they do.
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13 Jun 21, 07:50 AM |
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I very rarely eat convenience foods so I don't even visit that part of the fridges but I still find plenty to buy and enjoy from there. I am not a supermarket snob and my closest supermarket is Tesco, but I can easily access Morrisons, Sainsburys, Waitrose and Asda, all of which I have visited in the last couple of weeks and I can tell good and bad stories about them all.
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13 Jun 21, 07:59 AM |
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I have always shopped weekly just for added bits (family of 6) during the pandemic was was drawn to M&S more because things like no burley bouncer on the door like our Sainsbury’s a pleasant member of staff just overall better feeling, kids love the fresh chicken burgers I love the meat pies I could go on.
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13 Jun 21, 08:12 AM |
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We get some bits and bobs from M&S through Ocado every fortnight or so. Especially frozen stuff as even with a cool bag and freezer blocks, coming home from town on the bus takes a bit too long when it is as hot as this.
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13 Jun 21, 08:39 AM |
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We started shopping more at M&S over lockdown. Partly due to the fact that Ocado was the only delivery slot we could secure! It started off as Waitrose which was lovely as our nearest store is about 20 miles away. I was a bit miffed when it changed to M&S as I have one fairly local but I've enjoyed the change.
We ate lucky in that we don't need to watch the pennies as such do without going silly I can buy what I fancy! It has got a bit dangerous recently though as dh has moved his business and the new one is next to an M&S food Hall. When I go up I just nip in for lunch and spend £30! Also got a tk maxx next door! I used to work in food manufacturing as well and can vouch for the fact M&S are very particular! You could tell when they were doing an audit anyway!
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13 Jun 21, 09:41 AM |
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We started doing our weekly shop in M&S over lockdown, too. I felt safest going in there with the shopppers respecting social distancing far more than anywhere else it seemed.
I was a Waitrose shopper prior to that, as it was our nearest supermarket, but I disliked the way the store approached social distancing etc . M&S is still winning the day for me. |
13 Jun 21, 09:42 AM |
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I enjoy M&S food but it is not the most convenient location for us so tends to be an occasional treat rather than a regular shop. I really like the big food halls, but the nearest one is even further away for us.
Way back when I was a student, I worked in a cake / dessert factory during summer holidays. And they definitely stopped the conveyor belt, changed the packaging and an Asda (or whatever) product would become an M&S one. |
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