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M&S price hike

(57 Posts)
paddyann Fri 09-Aug-19 15:08:50

I only buy the Count On Us range to stock my freezer with emergency diet food.I haven't noticed a price rise.The 3 for £10 promotion is finished and they are £4 ish each .

Willow500 Fri 09-Aug-19 13:46:38

I was in M&S's food department yesterday and bought a few bits - as we don't shop there on a regular basis I'm not aware of the prices going up but I do know their stuff is more expensive than other shops but it's usually very good quality. Unfortunately going in there necessitates buying the iced spiced buns which they also serve in their cafes so my waistline stops me shopping there too often! grin

GrannyGravy13 Fri 09-Aug-19 13:37:29

Done the majority of my weekly shop in M & S yesterday, a few items had increased but I like the quality (and GC is collecting the "little shop").

I think Sainsbury's has got expensive lately, I tend to shop between M & S, Waitrose, Aldi and our local butchers. Fish we buy from a local fisherman.

EllanVannin Fri 09-Aug-19 13:06:07

I'm with you Glamma. I'm not bothered about price rises as I know their stuff isn't going to be binned so for me it works out cheaper in the long run. I throw so much supermarket stuff out.

glammanana Fri 09-Aug-19 12:53:57

I do shop at M&S on a regular basis and have found the prices creeping up over the last few months.what I have found is that I never have any waste from the produce I buy and nothing goes off within a few days whereas if I shop at some of the other supermarkets I find say the veg has gone off before the sell by date sometimes.

SueDonim Fri 09-Aug-19 12:21:38

Yes. We used to eat fairly regularly from M&S but much of their food is now too expensive. On Monday I went in to buy food but ended up putting my trolley back and going to Sainsbury's instead.

My son-in-law is a farmer and I tend to think that with cheap food, someone somewhere is paying the price but M&S prices have been hiked so much with no discernible benefit to anyone except shareholders.

Jane43 Fri 09-Aug-19 12:11:33

We love M&S sweet and crunchy salad. I know it’s lazy to buy ready prepared salad but it’s only once a week usually. The price last week was £1.50 but this week it has gone up to £2.00 which is a price hike of 33%. So this is something that will be taken off our shopping list for the foreseeable future. This level of rise seems exorbitant. Anybody else notice huge price increases recently?