Marks & Spencer news and analysis – Page 65
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M&S apple to help Great Ormond St
A new variety of apple has been launched into Marks & Spencer to help raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.Amelia's Apple is named after Amelia Basset, the M&S Ilkeston store manager's daughter, who died aged 11...
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M&S confirms fears with 34% profits slump
Marks & Spencer is pinning its hopes for a resurgence in the food market on promotions such as its ‘Dine in for £10’ offer, after the high street giant announced a drop in first-half profits of more than a third.
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Duck on the menu at M&S this Christmas
Duck producer Cherry Valley has secured a deal to supply six new free-range prepared duck products to Marks & Spencer. The Lincolnshire-based company, which is the UK’s largest duck manufacturer and produces eight million ducks a year, has begun...
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M&S dairy suppliers get carbon test
M&S has become the latest retailer to measure the carbon footprints of its dedicated milk suppliers. The company has completed its analysis of the 44 farms in its UK milk pool using a measuring tool developed by supplier group Dairy Crest...
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Suppliers fume as M&S fails to deliver on sales
Leading suppliers to Marks & Spencer have hit out at the retailer for failing to deliver increases in sales volumes promised under the terms of its Project Genesis. The controversial scheme – earlier dubbed ‘Project Genocide’ by one supplier – came...
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Food sales slump as M&S struggles
Food sales at Marks & Spencer have nosedived by almost 6% over the last three months, the struggling high street icon revealed today. And the day after fashion retailer ASOS reported a 104% rise in sales, M&S also saw a dip in clothes sales of 3.5% for the period.
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Green revamp for M&S pizza
M&S’s pizzas have undergone a makeover in preparation for a relaunch of its Italian range next week. M&S said more than 60% of the packaging in its pizzas had been stripped away, so almost 500 fewer tonnes of cardboard and 83 fewer tonnes of...
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M&S lightens up sparklers
Marks & Spencer is putting some of its sparkling wines in lighter bottles in an effort to cut down on packaging. The retailer claims the move will save hundreds of tonnes of glass a year. Bottles of Prosecco and the pink Prosecco Raboso now weigh...
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Not Just M&S Food
Marks & Spencer is trialling top household brands for the first time in its history. Joanne Grew takes a look at how they are faring
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M&S brands cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, new survey finds
M&S brands cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, new survey finds: The brands in Marks & Spencer’s branded goods trial are cheaper than at Sainsbury’s, a survey by analyst Blue Oar Securities has revealed. The survey, which Blue Oar admitted was “fairly crude”, looked at 40 brands and found that M&S had ...
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M&S brand supply defended by Booker
Wholesale giant Booker has defended its move to supply M&S with brands - which appears in conflict with its stated aim of becoming the biggest and best supplier to small businesses in the UK. Supplying M&S fitted its other main ambition of...
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Axed Esom counts cost of M&S's food slump
Sir Stuart Rose has vowed that Marks & Spencer will "stick to its principles" of selling premium food despite poor first-quarter sales and the sudden departure of director of food Steven Esom. Shares in the retailer sank by 25% to 240p -...
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M&S shares plummet on profit warning
More than £1bn was wiped off the value of Marks & Spencer's shares yesterday as the retailer revealed a shock 5.3% drop in first-quarter like-for-like sales.Shares in the retailer sank 25% to 240p - the lowest level since June 2001 - as M&S...
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Esom leaves Marks & Spencer
Steven Esom, director of food at Marks & Spencer, has left the company as the retailer reports a 4.5% drop in like-for-like first-quarter food sales.Esom had been head of food at M&S since joining in June last year from Waitrose where he was...
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M&S ready meals go to Bakkavör and Brookes
The £45m-a-year M&S Italian ready-meal contract has been split between Bakkavör and RF Brookes, The Grocer can reveal. It has taken M&S less than two months to find a new supplier for its own-label lasagne and pasta ready meals after...
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In Brief: Coke goes it alone; M&S answers back; Organic milk healthier
Coke goes it alone Coca-Cola's rivals have said they have no immediate plans to follow its lead by removing sodium benzoate. Britvic, PepsiCo and AG Barr will continue to use the controversial preservative. M&S answers back Marks & Spencer...
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M&S: food must be fitter for future
Sir Stuart Rose has defended Project Genesis, M&S's controversial initiative to improve supplier terms, saying action was necessary to address a number of systemic issues in the food business. In the week that M&S profits exceeded £1bn...
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M&S chooses real Jersey Dairy butter
Marks & Spencer has begun stocking Jersey butter in 350 stores following a deal with Jersey Dairy.The in-store launch, which began earlier this month, was timed to coincide with the Jersey Royal potato season. Jersey Dairy...
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Brands: will they help or hinder M&S food profits?
It has finally done it. After years of speculation, Marks & Spencer has decided to bite the bullet and trial branded products such as Marmite, Lemsip, Whiskas, Smirnoff and Kit Kat alongside its own-label products. Nineteen stores in...
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M&S hit by grimdefiance
Northern Foods' refusal to agree to new terms under Marks & Spencer's controversial Project Genesis has been applauded by suppliers enraged by the retailer's aggressive attitude, The Grocer has learnt.The Fenland Foods plant in Grantham...