All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 60
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Simply Food set to grow fast
Anne Bruce Marks and Spencer's Simply Food estate is set for rapid expansion as early stores outperform the rest of its estate. Chief executive Roger Holmes said M&S planned to acquire parcels of sites as well as individual stores to hit a...
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M&S on the road to back farmers
Ed Bedington Marks and Spencer has announced it will be investing more than £2.5m in supporting British farmers this year. The retailer will be attending nine agricultural shows which it said would allow it to bring its customers together...
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Gondolas at large for M&S Italian range push
Marks & Spencer is showcasing its Italian range until June, with new products and instore activity that includes tastings and gondola-end promotions. Sampling of some of the 250 products which cover prepared meals, sandwiches, wines, breads,...
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M&S sales drop
Marks and Spencer posted a drop in quarterly food sales which it blamed on the late fall of Easter. For the 11 weeks to March 29 food sales rose 2.6% down from 4% in the 15 weeks to January 11.The retailer said that the impact of “no...
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M&S adds new software to food division
Marks and Spencer has introduced a food innovation and database system to get new products on shelf faster, react quicker to product queries as well offering up-to-the-minute product information.The software to manage new product development...
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CSR in the DNA at M&S
Marks and Spencer has topped the first Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index. The 122 companies participating were ranked in four key impact areas environment, marketplace, workplace and community. Sainsbury, Safeway,...
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M&S tops for CSR
Marks and Spencer has been ranked the top retailer and one of the top companies in the first Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index. More than 120 companies participated in the index, a business tool for companies to asses...
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Red Navel for M&S
A little known variety of pigmented Navel orange has gone on sale in Marks and Spencer. The orange, called Cara Cara, is being sold in pre-packs of five fruit for £2.49. The red fleshed variety was first discovered in Venezuela some 30 years...
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Waitrose would be the winner
Waitrose and Marks and Spencer will be the winners in a Safeway sale, with Somerfield, Sainsbury,Big Food Group and the Co-operative Group likely losers. That was the consensus of opiinion at the seminar.If Sainsbury lost, it would be exposed as...
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M&S plans Simply Food trials at m-way services
Marks and Spencer plans to open two pilot Simply Food outlets at Moto’s Reading and Heston service areas on the M4.The sites have not yet been secured, but talks with Compass, which operates the service areas, are in an advanced stage. One...
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Safeway’s commercial boss departs for M&S
Safeway’s commercial director Ian Mumby has left to become head of IT and supply chain for Marks and Spencer’s food division. Mumby has worked for Safeway for six years. His other positions included director of supply strategy and director...
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New HR director at M&S
Marks and Spencer has appointed Jean Tomlin as its new director of human resources with effect from March 17.Tomlin, who has been the human resource and development director at Corporate Service Group since 2002, will report directly to M&S...
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Headsets help M&S service
Marks and Spencer is testing wireless headsets at Marble Arch and Gateshead Metro Centre stores to improve customer service.The communications system, manufactured by Quail Digital, is used by checkout and customer service...
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Simply Food goes to Ireland
Marks and Spencer will take Simply Food to Ireland this year as it presses on with aggressive expansion plans for its food-only format. The first Simply Food in the Irish Republic is scheduled to open in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, in October, with...
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Indian food turns fast
Two former Marks and Spencer buyers will open their first Indian fast food outlet, in Wardour Street, London, on Monday (January 27). The new 700 sq ft shop will have a tandoori oven to bake fresh naan bread and offer a range of more than 100...
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M&S 3.9% UP
Marks and Spencer reported an increase in like-for-like food sales of 3.9% in the 7 weeks to January 11 and 4% in the 15-week period to the same date. Chief executive Roger Holmes said M&S had also experienced the fifth consecutive quarter of strong...
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Weekend press round-up
Supermarkets could be allowed to operate at motorway service stations with formats such as Tesco Metro and Marks and Spencer’s Simply Food, according to the Sunday Telegraph.The paper said current operators such as Moto, Roadchef and Welcome...
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Press round-up
Marks and Spencer is being sued for 60m euros by French retail chain Galeries Lafayette, in a dispute following the UK firm's decision to pull out of France in 2001.The Times said Galeries Lafayette is claiming compensation for having to fund a...
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Press round-up
Tesco and Marks and Spencer could face a consumer boycott over RFID smart tags – used to improve supply lines, to tackle product recalls and refine marketing – as civil liberty groups say the information could be used to snoop on people.The Mail...
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M&S extends festive opening hours
Marks and Spencer will repeat last year’s policy and open 11 of its stores for 24 hours in the run up to Christmas.The stores with extended trading hours are mainly edge of town stores for destination or late night shopping. The only Simply...