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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NewsOcado claims UK first with ‘Simple Ingredients’ aisle launch
More than 350 branded products feature in the aisle, which the online pureplayer claimed to be the ‘first dedicated supermarket aisle of its kind in the UK’
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NewsBooker in ‘very healthy place’ despite sales fall, says Tesco CFO
Tesco blamed the ongoing decline in tobacco sales and lapping ‘exceptionally’ strong growth in foodservice last year for Booker’s results
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NewsM&S kicks off hunt for 11,000 Christmas workers
Recruits will receive M&S’s entry-level national pay rate of £13.41 an hour, the third-highest offered by a major UK grocer after Aldi and Lidl
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NewsM&S urged to stop sourcing farmed salmon by Project Slingshot
The eight-week campaign includes a satirical film starring Chris Packham, more than 5,000 London Underground adverts and an email campaign, inviting members of the public to email M&S chief executive Stuart Machin
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Analysis & FeaturesHow rivalries are being set aside for food redistribution
A new ’mission control’ set up to allow supermarkets and suppliers to integrate supply chains, so they can co-operate on routes for surplus food, is allowing trucks from traditionally bitter rivals to literally share the load
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NewsM&S mocked by campaign group over ‘freshly baked’ claim
The group, which campaigns for a statutory legal definition of ‘real bread’, has mocked the retailer over claims made in its announcement of a new store at Heathrow Terminal 5 last month
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NewsM&S adds 100 lines in ‘biggest ever’ festive drinks selection
M&S has doubled its low & no-alcohol and English wine ranges
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NewsM&S Food ‘flying’ but fashion still ‘hungover’ from cyberattack
The retailer’s grocery market share has soared from 4.1% to 4.5% since the end of March, a rate that “even M&S must be surprised by”, according to investment bank Peel Hunt
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NewsTesco launches ‘Made Without Added Nitrites’ ham and bacon range
The retailer said the launch came in response to growing customer demand for nitrite-free options, with online searches for products without added nitrites up 360% year on year
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NewsM&S adds dozens of new meat and fish lines for midweek family shop
The retailer has launched 30 fish products and 52 lines in meat & poultry
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NewsAsda back in growth over 12 weeks for first time since March 2024
Sales at Asda were up by 0.1% year on year in the 12 weeks to 6 September
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NewsM&S offering cut-price surplus bakery products on Too Good To Go app
From today, over 350 M&S Food stores will offer Too Good To Go ‘surprise bags’ made up of surplus bakery products for customers to collect at the end of each day
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NewsM&S lowers organic food prices to make it ‘more accessible’
The retailer has invested over £4m to lower prices including on everyday food items starting from 70p for organic garlic and 90p for organic carrots
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NewsNeighbourly launches ‘participation badge’ for partner retailers
Shoppers can scan the mark to find information on the food banks and other community causes that benefit from the surplus of retailers including Marks & Spencer, Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury’s
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NewsM&S uses AI to monitor dairy cow welfare in industry first
The tool uses cameras to capture footage of dairy cows when they are indoors, which is then analysed using an algorithm trained alongside vets to monitor the welfare of cows in real time.
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Comment & OpinionFibre claim labelling rules are stuck in transit
M&S wants the government to fix Britain’s absurd nutrition claim rules and it’s a fight worth backing, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, founder and CEO of WeAreSPQR
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NewsM&S Food opens new, bigger airside store at Heathrow T5
The new airside store at Terminal 5 is in a more prime location, at the entrance to the departure lounge
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NewsM&S declares backing for Let’s Respect Retail campaign
The retailer has claimed to be ‘the first major UK grocer to publicly support’ the initiative
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NewsWorldpanel: shoppers lapping up promotions despite calls for clampdown
Deals were included in 31.3% of grocery sales in the four weeks to 9 August 2026, their highest level this year, as shoppers sought to save money
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NewsSupermarket bosses unite to make Alliance Food Sourcing poverty appeal
Bosses at Sainsbury’s, Tesco, M&S, Waitrose and Morrisons called for for companies to support the industry’s Alliance Food Sourcing efforts