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Old 30-10-2016, 18:00
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Does anyone else think M&S food just tastes superior to other supermarkets?

There's just something about it that tastes much nicer, just as my husband has started working there and so we've been sampling all the food hall goodies , but when talking to some other family they disagree it's any different to Lidl & would rather have food from there - which was in reference to us wanting to order Christmas food from there food to order catalogue , but his family said they'd rather just have Lidl as it's the same!

We've been pleasantly surprised by how reasonable a lot of the "Simply food" cheaper range is in M&S.

Or maybe we've just become food snobs !
It depends where else you shop.

I find Tesco food can be poor, IE fresh chicken is injected with water, and when you cook it you see what they added. Compare to M&S then there chicken is far better.

Turkeys I buy at M&S it makes Christmas and clearly better quality.

But M&S is not perfect, I find there " sell by" dates very very short, I guess my local manager has a low spoil target. So you get empty shekves with a few items if what you want, and all on today's or tomorrow's date. For a weekly shop it doesn't work.

I find Sainsbury's a good middle point, longer sell by dates and better then Tesco quality.
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Old 30-10-2016, 18:17
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I like M and S lose cheese scones, they are really nice, saying that it is pretty easy to make my own. that is the only reason I go into M&S. I do not think their products are any better than any other store to be honest, Waitrose is the same, pay more for the same thing. i been in our Waitrose once since it opened,
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Old 30-10-2016, 18:19
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Tesco and Asda fresh food just isn't great ie. ready meals and meats. M&S does taste a lot better, if I can't get to a butcher for meat i'll go to M&S. I don't eat a lot of ready meals but they do lots of nice snacky things and pizzas. Their cheeses are really good and they have lots of new special little treats in every few weeks. They do have short dates but I wonder is that due to less preservatives.

Their fruit is delicious too
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Old 31-10-2016, 08:40
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I think it depends what you buy. Their fresh fish and meats, as well as ready meals tend to be better quality than other supermarkets but their tea and coffee for instance is no better than other supermarkets. In fact I'd say Sainsbury's Red Label tea bags are better than any that M&S do.

Their chocolate and biscuit selections are far superior to other supermarkets though, and the wine, although a little bit more expensive is pretty excellent too.
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Old 31-10-2016, 10:41
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It's not good enough to warrant the extra cost.
Don't worry, you might be able to afford nice things one day.
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Old 31-10-2016, 12:39
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Marks' prices have become a lot more competitive, over the last couple of years. The cakes, and the in store bakery, can be a tad expensive but, as I do not eat cake, bread, etc this does not affect me.
One thing I do feel the powers that be, need to look at, is the dine in for £10 offer. I am vegetarian, and this offer is never on vegetarian meals. More importantly, though, I would use the offer, if I could choose what I want, such as two starters,two sides, two fruits,for example, as I don't eat main meals. Also, I would not be saving as much, as someone who went for a main course, a bottle of wine (I don't drink).
I agree about the short dates, though, on fresh foods. I like the healthy salads, and the two for £3 deal. But it isn't exactly cheap, if they have to be consumed within a couple of days.
M & S have the reputation of being a higher class store, whose shoppers are either upper working/middle class, are either stay at home housewives, or have well paid jobs, or are willing to pay more, for quality. Flowers, is a case in point. I can get a teeny weeny bunch of freesias from Morrisons, for £2, Marks for £4. Now this could be considered expensive but I have found flowers from M & S, and especially plants, do last longer.
I have had cause to go to Iceland, for fruit and, without meaning to sound snobbish, you see a different class of customer.
My preferred supermarket, btw, is Asda.
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Old 31-10-2016, 14:46
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I think I'm fairly lucky here in central London in that I have all the main supermarkets and many specialist shops within easy walking distance (apart from Asda......for some reason there's no Asda near me)

So I'll quite often go to one shop for a specific thing then just have a look round while I'm there

At the minute I'll go to M&S in the next day or two to get a pack of their Frankfurters which are much nicer than the Herta ones that most supermarkets sell..........this is maybe a once a year foodstuff for me but I've just got 'the taste' for home made hotdogs with furters, fried onion, chilli sauce or mustard...........
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Old 31-10-2016, 14:47
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duplicated post !
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Old 01-11-2016, 09:11
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Percy Pigs alone just make M&S Foodhall brilliant. Their sandwiches are a bit hit and miss, but the same could be said for all supermarkets on that front.
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Old 01-11-2016, 09:43
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..... but its nearly all ready meals.
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Old 01-11-2016, 19:44
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A large chunk of them are ready meals, but they tend to be nice ready meals. And they often have deals (e.g. three Italian meals for £7) which is still perhaps more expensive that the main supermarkets, but far tastier.
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Old 01-11-2016, 22:13
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..... but its nearly all ready meals.
Ready meals are great. I always buy ones from the 'healthy' ranges (reduced fat and sugar) and I love them.
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Old 01-11-2016, 23:24
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Their haddock goujons in batter are tops!
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Old 02-11-2016, 14:53
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I normally just go to M&S for the cooked chicken (legs and drumsticks) and they are better than all the other supermarkets imo and even if they are a little more expensive (which is not always the case) they are worth it. Not a great fan of ready meals but had the lasagne and the cottage pie and they are both spot on.
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Old 04-11-2016, 09:23
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I have had cause to go to Iceland, for fruit and, without meaning to sound snobbish, you see a different class of customer.
My preferred supermarket, btw, is Asda.
Is this an oxymoron?
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Old 04-11-2016, 15:38
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Best cauliflower cheese of any supermarket. Crisp, not mushy cauli, good sharp Irish cheddar as the sauce base.
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Old 04-11-2016, 15:40
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I used to like Waitrose foods.
NOt hugely impessed by what I've had from M&S above any other supermarket really
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Old 05-11-2016, 14:20
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M&S had just bought out their xmas range. They do a smoked salmon terrine with crostini pack which I have for my lunch. That and their mint truffles are my favourite things they do. It's a shame they don't do the smoked salmon pack all year round, I have to over indulge on it from now until xmas before it's removed again 😢
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Old 09-11-2016, 01:18
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I hope they will have that Christmas pudding curd again this year, mad sugary hit on toast.
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Old 13-11-2016, 09:40
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Not really a ready meal buyer but have in the past tried m&s food - soups and party food and found them bland.
However due to location, have started popping in for their baguette (they do the best supermarket baguettes) and as I wasn't well and didn't want to cook I bought their gastro range of steak & ale pies & chicken & leek pie (3 for 2). The steak pie was moist and had enough gravy, but the chicken pie was sublime- so unexpectedly delicious, flavour, juicy - I'd happily buy again.
Will try Christmas canapés
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Old 20-11-2016, 10:01
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Their hazelnut belgian chocolate spread is lovely. I am not a huge fan of chocolate spread but a teaspoon of this with some warmed up soft fruit is beautiful.
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Old 20-11-2016, 10:11
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NOt hugely impessed by what I've had from M&S above any other supermarket really
Same here. I've bought stuff in there once and thought it was ok. Nothing that special.
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Old 20-11-2016, 11:52
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Its gone right down hill if you compare it to say 10-15 years ago. Tasteless.
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Old 20-11-2016, 15:15
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I think its VERY expensive and my local shop is full of snobs!
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Old 20-11-2016, 15:44
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I've known people who worked in food wholesalers who assured me it's exactly the same as what goes to other supermarkets.

I wasn't sure myself but they insisted exactly the same.
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