M&S price hike

Minniemoo I have been collecting the M&S shop items and have bought the shopping cart along with the shopping basket,all the items will go with the mini kitchen my DGS is buying for my GGD at C-------s to add to the other bits and bobs for creative play.

A large Waitrose in our area is closing down, to be replaced by Lidl.
At first it seemed odd, the car park is always full, usually with newish high end cars. Then I thought, if most of the customers are retired, couples or singles, they are not spending a great deal compared to a family shop.

Oh Leyla Im glad I am not the only one. I refuse to use self service tills in M&S and the main tills ard always packed (well not packed but slow people chatting instead of packing their shopping then taking forever to find their purse despite standing waiting in a queue) so ard annoying when only want one or two lunch items. Our M&S had 3 quickservice tills for lunch/busy times bug they are rarely manned. I did mention this to member of staff who saud they were getting rid of them! If they are willing to reduce the cost for self service then om but will no longer be getting my lunches from there.

I buy the Diet Fiery Sparkling ginger beer which is 'free' on the Slimming world plan. Am I the only person in the world who has noticed that the big bottle (1litre) is cheaper (at 90p) than the smaller bottle (£1.20) of the same stuff which is in the takeaway section with the sandwiches etc. That's a result! Makes me smile every time I buy!

Quality has to be paid for unfortunately and that’s what you get with Marks - no nasty squeezing of suppliers so they pay their workers peanuts - and food that lasts longer if properly stored.

Agree that M&S food is good quality but can no longer afford it. Great Aldi fan. If ever they and Lidl start a delivery service they would put the other supermarkets out of business.
Have heard good reports of Iceland. They have a weird delivery system in my area. I can't order on line or phone for a delivery but can go in the shop and do my shopping and they will deliver it .
We also have a family owned supermarket Booths. Quality as good as Marks but much cheaper with real old fashioned service.

I don't shop there for food that much, but will be going later for a free range chicken - not invariably available at my more local and convenient Asda.

As for things being well within date, I confess to being one of those people who rummage at the back of the shelf for the longest use-by date.

What I do love about M&S is the 'Just Food' shops at petrol stations. When we're on a long journey - like we were a week ago - you know their sandwiches are going to be delish, and on the way home - like last night after a very long drive - you can pick up a couple of very nice ready meals and whatever other bits you will need that night and in the morning.

Calendargirl
Plastic. They're kids toys...unless you're a collector of unusable stuff.
What would an adult do with them?

Minniemoo

Where have you been?
M&S are are starting food deliveries via Ocado in 2020 when the contract Waitrose currently have with Ocado ends. ?

I too wonder about the M & S Little Shop when I saw the tv advert. My first thought was another racket and also more plastic toy bits to be chucked eventually? Have not seen them in reality though so unsure what they are made of.

I love the M&S Little Shop. I have 8 items now which fill me with glee. Don't let the grandchildren near them! They'd be wrecked in no time.

Love M&S food. Mr. Minniemoo is there as I type.

The food isn't massively over-priced and never gets binned. And their baked beans are the best I've ever had. Oh and the tinned tuna in spring water. No comparison with any other.

I just wish they'd get their act together and do home delivery for food

Yesterday I was in Morrison's and was shocked to see they were charging £1 for one large onion.needless to say I didn't buy any.Could anyone enlighten me why they are so expensive ?

I spent £40 there this morning on food for a casual lunch tomorrow. I don't like cooking and don't often entertain. Also noticed that the fish pie my gs likes has been reduced in size but not price.

There’s no getting away from it, M and S are expensive.
For those of us on a limited budget or who have to manage on a pension, it’s just not feasible.

I sometimes treat myself to items with the yellow marked down stickers, but you don’t see many of those either.

What's the M&S little shop all about? Another rouse to encourage more spending or a good idea for children to learn about shopping?

Oh how I would love to be able to shop at M&S. My town was one of those that lost their branch when it closed in May. To shop in M&S now, whichever direction I went would now mean 2 bus journeys instead of just one into the town centre.
Prices for lots of things have been rising in most supermarkets, even Iceland has pushed their prices up for most of their items. Shame that the income hasn't gone up by the same rate!

We get most of our shopping from Lidl. Go to Sainsbury’s probably once a month and then to Tesco for coffee filters as theirs taste better. Annoying thing is that others have worked this out and we’ve recently found the shelf has been cleared. We get most of our meat from the local butcher.

Lidl is just up the road. Sainsbury’s a short drive away. Both fairly new. Until recently we had to drive to the other side of the city for any supermarket.

Shop at Aldi then....hahaha

Not just M&S.I have been on line and price checking before shopping at my favourite stores and this appears to be going on elsewhere. This before we 'leave' ?.

I shop at Aldi, Lidl, Waitrose and Tesco depending on what I want. Personally I think if Aldi and Lidl are good enough for the Germans they are good enough for me! However I can’t always get everything I want in Aldi or Lidl.
I used to shop in M&S but their prices are ridiculous now.
It pays to shop around.

Prepared lettuce has gone up considerably in a lot of stores. Perhaps the hot weather we had a few weeks ago has affected the supply and it may be a temporary hike.

I buy Tesco cheap crisps. They were 78p for a bag of ten. Then they changed the packaging and they shot up to £1. Still good value but changing the packaging shouldn't make the price go up.

glammanana
Yes indeed. I totally agree.
I swapped much of my food shopping from Waitrose to M&S even though it's much further away, as the waste is minimal and produce longer lasting and tastier.
M&S frozen fish fingers (gluten-free ones) are wonderful, 9 to a pack, the coating is crispy and the fish is in big white flakes. Delicious with ketchup. Even though I am not gluten intolerant, I much prefer them to the Waitrose ones.
M&S flowers are good value too as are their bed-linen and duvets.

Rarely buy food from M&S but I have noticed a creep in prices going up. Went to buy short grain rice for pudding making, use to be 80p. Now its been rebranded as pudding rice and gone up to £1.10. We will just have together use to it as its going to happen to more and more due to B. Not saying he word.

I rarely buy food from M&S as it is always short dated. Also they never have enough tills open so you have to queue. If I am paying top price for stuff I expect there to be enough tills open to take my money promptly.