Cost of M & S Christmas food

Probably equivalent to Waitrose - other supermarkets are available 🙂
I only use them for the odd treat, my Christmas meat and veg will be bought locally.

I went to a retail park yesterday and nipped to M&S just for bread. I looked at the Christmas food I don’t usually buy from there often. I honestly thought they are having a laugh at their customers expense.

Any food in particular?
I dont normally buy much from there for Christmas.
I think I bought a Christmas cake from there last year, and didnt much like the price.

I use M & S Food Hall for bits that I cannot get from farm shop of local butchers.

Like all supermarkets and other employers they have had increases in utilities, employers NI, wages along with general increases of all food prices.

M&S and Waitrose have become increasingly ridiculous with their Christmas food prices. I used to be OK with paying more because the quality was great but now it's taking the mickey. The quality has not kept up with the prices.

A festive pie for £50???? Yes, taking the mickey.

What about £165 for a beef (rib) joint or £105 for a turkey??? Yikes!!

I first I thought you said "A festive pig for 50 pounds!
Then I realised it was pie, flipping heck. I would love to know if it was worth it? Some fool will fork-out for it, In sure.

What’s in the pie, gold nuggets?🤭
Sounds like I won’t be buying much there in the future.

It's not just a Festive Pie,
It's a curated ingredient, organically sourced December Statement

There are two pies priced £50 one is Wagyu beef, the other turkey, I think they serve 6?

I will probably order the beef one to take to family on Boxing Day.

And on collection days the queues will be out of the door and round the block.
The first time I saw it I just couldn’t believe it, my D had to explain to me what was happening.
It was in the large M&S in Horsham in W Sussex where my D lives.

Gold costs S4,000 an ounce. You will not get much gold in a £50 pie.😁

M0nica

Gold costs S4,000 an ounce. You will not get much gold in a £50 pie.😁

Just a little gold powder in the gravy.

Now, what's going in the Christmas pudding? Twenty pence seems miserly.

I have done a Christmas order for M&S collection.
Tbh I didn't look at the prices.

The only food I will buy from Marks is there puff pastry mince pies. They are lovely, some years they do 3 for 2 so I will look out for that.

The food is still made by the same minimum wage people as other supermarkets, just there is a slightly different recipe and a tiny bit more spent on ingredients.

Desdemona

The food is still made by the same minimum wage people as other supermarkets, just there is a slightly different recipe and a tiny bit more spent on ingredients.

I should add a caveat here, in that I don't work for M&S but from what I have gathered from the media all the big supermarkets use similar/the same supply chains for their food offerings.

Oreo

What’s in the pie, gold nuggets?🤭
Sounds like I won’t be buying much there in the future.

Just a joke, people! I do know the cost of gold. It’s a quite ridiculous price for a meat pie of any kind.
M&S manages to sell things through the media hype surrounding it.There are both English and Scottish farm shop sites that sell wonderful beef pies by delivery.

rafichagran

The only food I will buy from Marks is there puff pastry mince pies. They are lovely, some years they do 3 for 2 so I will look out for that.

Red cabbage!!

Right, I'm looking up a Mary Berry recipe for steak pie!!
I can buy the puff pastry (Mary does too).

In recent years, we have bought our Christmas meal from M and S. A turkey crown and the prepared selection of veg. There is plenty for Boxing Day as there is such an assortment of veg. that we save some items for that day. The prices are perhaps a little bit more expensive than last year, but then food prices have gone up generally. I used to do the full works but now with a pacemaker and an induction hob it is easier to do it this way. Additional trimmings are bought/ made separately. I never buy bread sauce because nothing touches homemade.

Usedtobeblonde

And on collection days the queues will be out of the door and round the block.
The first time I saw it I just couldn’t believe it, my D had to explain to me what was happening.
It was in the large M&S in Horsham in W Sussex where my D lives.

That puts me off more than the cost. Almost impossible to park at our nearest M&S in December so can't imagine how horrendous it would be that close to Christmas. Then the queue. Not for me at any price.

Carenza123

A festive pie for £50???? Yes, taking the mickey.

Ah but it’s not just a pie , it’s a M&S pie!
😆