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Range PreviewHighlights from M&S Food’s revamped slow cooked meat range
M&S Food has given its slow cooked range a refresh, adding new international flavours and convenient solutions
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NewsM&S trials paper packaging for chocolate bars
The new packaging ‘maintains the unbeatable M&S quality’, according to the retailer, while being easier to recycle via kerbside collection or while on the go
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NewsM&S strengthens global leadership team with three senior appointments
It comes amid a ‘reset’ of M&S’s international business
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NewsRachel Reeves ‘rebuffs’ M&S chief’s call for compromise in National Insurance hike
The Chancellor is said to have stonewalled Stuart Machin’s call for the increase in employers’ National Insurance to be phased in
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NewsM&S to launch ‘Punishment Juice’
It is thought it will be framed as beneficial for health and fitness, despite one possible interpretation being that drinking it is punishment
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NewsData: UK shoppers plan for a budget-friendly Valentine’s Day
UK supermarket meal deals are leading the charge in online Valentine’s Day shopping, says Google’s MD of retail and CPG, Sophie Neary
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NewsLower-carbon parsnips in M&S stores after successful autonomous field trial
The parsnips have been grown autonomously in a trial funded by the M&S Plan A Accelerator Fund
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NewsFormer M&S sustainability chief Mike Barry launches new food systems transformation project
Barry was known as the brains behind the supermarket’s sustainability strategy, Plan A
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NewsMedia Bites 7 February: ‘stagflation’, high street footfall, tariff warnings
Papers are leading on the impact of yesterday’s interest rate cut
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NewsM&S Food MD: Five years on, Brexit still isn’t working
‘Paperwork takes hours to complete and demands detail as niche as the Latin name for the chicken that is used in our Chicken Tikka Masala,’ said Alex Freudmann
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NewsMedia Bites 6 February: interest rates, M&S and Brexit, Tesco eyeing Post Office branches
Interest rates look likely to fall today due to a sluggish economy and a softening in the labour market
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NewsUK’s top three supermarkets shunning X as retreat grows
So far in 2025, Sainsbury’s and Asda have joined Tesco in not posting on X except in reply to customers
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NewsPromotions boost supermarket sales in January
Supermarkets kept shoppers spending after Christmas by offering a raft of promotions as take-home sales rose by 4.3% in January
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NewsM&S targets family shoppers in renewed value push
The new value messaging comes after M&S CEO Stuart Machin warned earlier this month of waning consumer confidence, despite the retailer growing food sales faster over Christmas than any other major grocer
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NewsWaitrose kicks off major push on ‘non-ultra processed’ products
Waitrose is ’ramping up’ its focus on ’non’ UPFs throughout 2025, and has invited suppliers to help
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NewsCocoa-free chocolate maker Win-Win appoints Mark Golder as CEO
Golder brings over 30 years’ experience to the role
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NewsTesco, Lidl, Co-op and Aldi call for ‘pause’ on ‘Family Farm Tax’
Tesco CCO Ashwin Prasad said the retailer wanted a halt in the rollout of inheritance tax reforms and was calling for a long-term government vision for farming
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NewsOcado rollercoaster continues as shares soar on Christmas update
Ocado shares raced 13% higher to 305p following the update on Tuesday morning, with investors most likely focusing on the FY25 guidance promising further ‘market-leading sales growth and volume momentum’
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Comment & OpinionDoes the science behind M&S’s Yay Mushrooms range hold up?
Containing lion’s mane and reishi mushroom, M&S’s nine-strong functional drinks range is the first of its kind from a major retailer, but the benefits remain unclear
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NewsZero and low emissions vehicles hit the road for M&S supply chain
Once the 85 vehicles are in operation, almost 10% of M&S’s total transport fleet will be powered by zero or lower-emission solutions