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Cost of M & S Christmas food

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Daisycuddles Mon 13-Oct-25 16:00:43

Has anyone looked at the cost of M & S food (Christmas section)? I had to do a double take. The prices are horrendous. You'd need to take out a loan to pay for it !!

Dylis Fri 17-Oct-25 15:55:05

Yikes! Just had an email from M&S headed "Our Christmas sandwiches are here!"
Deleted it immediately, its only the 17th of October!

Norah Fri 17-Oct-25 16:09:21

Daisycuddles

Has anyone looked at the cost of M & S food (Christmas section)? I had to do a double take. The prices are horrendous. You'd need to take out a loan to pay for it !!

I've not looked. I like to cook. Many want prepared foods, if affordable for them I'll not complain, it's a business and apparently fills a niche.

Allira Fri 17-Oct-25 16:12:55

Dylis

Yikes! Just had an email from M&S headed "Our Christmas sandwiches are here!"
Deleted it immediately, its only the 17th of October!

I do like a bit of cranberry sauce in a sandwich!! 😁

Allira Fri 17-Oct-25 16:15:55

Sarnia

Allira

escaped

And a Charlie Bigham alternative for two. £29.95
I quite like his meals.

Charlie is here this evening cooking for us 😁

High saturated fat and salt in his ready meals. Tasty but not very healthy.

There is too much hype about salt.
People are ending up ill in hospital because of low sodium levels.

And don't get me started on aspartame being preferable to sugar .......

Rosie51 Fri 17-Oct-25 19:17:42

And don't get me started on aspartame being preferable to sugar .......

Oooh we could 'get started' together on that one! grin

Allira Fri 17-Oct-25 20:17:24

Rosie51

^And don't get me started on aspartame being preferable to sugar .......^

Oooh we could 'get started' together on that one! grin

Ooh, a fellow aspartame hater!!

Dreadful stuff.
I'll never understand why there's a sugar tax but not an aspartame ban!

Ladyleftfieldlover Sat 18-Oct-25 12:28:48

What is aspartame please?

Usedtobeblonde Sat 18-Oct-25 12:37:01

Last evening my GD and her friend went to a large M£S for a look at workwear and wanted into the food section.
The part food had arrived and they couldn’t resist getting 4 for the price of 3.
They were not impressed.
The prawn toasts and duck spring rolls were ok.
Not really liking the breaded prawns but the huge disappointment were the fish and chip bites.
Apparently tasteless and not nice at all.

Allira Sat 18-Oct-25 13:03:02

Ladyleftfieldlover

What is aspartame please?

It's a sweetener, Ladyleftfieldlover

Not a natural one and has been put into the 'possibly carcinogenic' category by International Agency for Research on Cancer although it is approved for food use here.

Witzend Sat 18-Oct-25 13:55:27

Allira

^As for mince pies. My special ones are made with pastry contain ingredients butter and orange juice^.

Jocelyn Dimbleby recipe?

Yes, I've made those, they are just a little different from the norm.

Sadly, not all of us are up to working in the kitchen for hours making everything from scratch any longer.

Even Mary Berry buys puff pastry!!

Even my old GH recipe book (dated early 70s) recommends buying puff pastry, since ‘it’s just as good or better than what you and your rolling pin can produce’.

Ladyleftfieldlover Sat 18-Oct-25 13:56:46

Thank you!

Charleygirl5 Sat 18-Oct-25 14:07:46

My local M&S has a small food section now selling basics like butter, bread and cheese. The extensive range they had has been moved to make way for ghastly clothes.

I thought they would have learned a lesson because their Food Store is doing a roaring trade, though it's in a more affluent area.

escaped Sat 18-Oct-25 14:20:59

I would have thought they make more money on food than clothes in the smaller stores?
There's no point going in to look at a rack of trousers when you want to see the full collection to compare.

Charleygirl5 Sat 18-Oct-25 14:25:23

My thoughts also escaped and I wouldn't be surprised that store is on the list for closure

montymops Sun 09-Nov-25 18:52:24

At our local M&S they have had to employ several people to stand by the doors to catch shoplifters- one of them once ran like Usain Bolt after a young chap who had run out with over £300.00 of food! He caught him and came back with the bag. They don’t prosecute - just glad to get the stuff back. I guess this precaution must put up prices.

Allsorts Tue 25-Nov-25 07:19:15

I went in my local large M and S yesterday, I think they are way overpriced. I think they are trying to recoup the money lost in the cyber attack. Won't be bothering for a while. I am not keen on their instant meals which I used to.
Sainsburys for me in future, the quality is good.

GrannyGravy13 Tue 25-Nov-25 08:08:34

I am a firm supporter of M & S Food Hall, no intentions of abandoning them any time soon.