Marks & Spencer news and analysis
M&S Food is the grocery division of Marks & Spencer, which operates through standalone Simply Food stores and food halls within larger M&S locations. M&S Food has partnered with Ocado for online grocery delivery. The Grocer covers M&S Food with news, analysis, insight and opinion, including product innovation, strategic partnerships, and market performance.
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Comment & OpinionCan Tony’s ethical price rises teach Cadbury a lesson?
Tony’s Chocolonely has been turning up the heat on supermarket copycats this week, as it called out Morrisons and M&S over their dupes of its chunky chocolate bars
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NewsConsumer testing reveals best Christmas ad… and it’s not Waitrose
This year has been record-breaking for ad effectiveness, says System1
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NewsM&S shoppers turn to crémant for affordable Christmas fizz fix
Overall sales of Crémant across M&S Foodhalls are up by 140%
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NewsM&S reveals list of 500 ‘target locations’ for Food stores
The 500 ‘potential locations’ for new and renewed Food stores include areas where there is not yet an M&S
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NewsM&S calls for Inheritance Tax rethink in Budget
The boss of the M&S food operation has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to rethink controversial reforms to Inheritance Tax ahead of this week’s Budget
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NewsTony’s ‘calls in’ Morrisons and M&S over ‘dupe’ chunky chocolate bars
‘If you dupe our design, what about our sourcing model too?’ Tony’s said, inviting both retailers to participate in its Tony’s Open Chain sourcing scheme.
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NewsM&S partners with Coles to sell food in Australia
M&S products including Percy Pig and Colin the Caterpillar confectionery, British Shortbread and Luxury Gold Tea will be available in Coles stores across Australia from this Wednesday
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NewsM&S veg found in ROI carrying ‘Not for EU’ labelling
It comes as M&S boss Stuart Machin has been vocal in his criticism of the requirements of the post-Brexit Windsor Framework, which mandates ‘Not for EU’ labelling
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NewsAF Blakemore ramps up supply chain investment to support M&S deal
AF Blakemore was appointed in August to supply M&S with ambient and chilled lines
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NewsM&S appoints ex-Morrisons category director to head of trading role
The new hire had been at Morrisons since 2019, starting as a buying manager and then rising through head of trading and category director roles including in bakery and cakes
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NewsM&S shoppers braced for tax rises after Chancellor’s pre-budget speech
M&S chief Stuart Machin said feedback from customers showed Rachel Reeves’s speech had done nothing for confidence and instead left them ’very worried’
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NewsM&S cyberattack cost £136m but retailer ‘regaining momentum’
M&S has revealed direct costs of the cyberattack that sent systems haywire in Easter will total £136m in 2025, as further charges land on top of £101.6m in costs already sustained
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NewsM&S brings back Dawn French fairy and Tom Kerridge for Christmas ad 2025
M&S has brought back its much-loved Fairy character for another dose of festive magic – this time set in a Christmas Eve traffic jam
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NewsFormer Asda CEO Roger Burnley joins M&S board
Burnley, who was the last person to hold the official title of Asda CEO, will join M&S in December
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NewsM&S’s Italian meal range relaunch delivers 25% uptick in volume sales
Value sales are up by 35% year on year since 10 September, when the 49 new or upgraded Italian meals landed in stores
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Range PreviewM&S refreshes its Gastropub range with new ready meals from Tom Kerridge
M&S Food has refreshed its Gastropub lineup with nine new comfort food dishes – four developed with celebrity chef Tom Kerridge
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NewsM&S boss Machin calls for EU SPS talks to be ‘sped up’
The Windsor Framework, had introducing ’a lot of cost, a lot of complexity and impacting our product range and product shelf lives’, Machin said
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NewsM&S chief Stuart Machin sets out budget demands for Rachel Reeves
‘Over the last year, retail has been hit by an alphabet soup of taxes and regulations,’ said Machin
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NewsM&S Food switches from Booker to DCS for branded non-food supply
DCS Group is supplying M&S Food with branded household, toiletries and health & beauty lines, after the retailer parted ways with Booker last month