All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 63
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Princes Foods is introducing four new steak products to its
Juice brand Tropicana is aiming to drive sales through an exclusive promotion with the Daily Mail next Saturday (February 23). Readers will get a free single serve bottle with every issue. Marks and Spencer has started stocking a rarely...
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M&S £20m Cardiff sale
Marks & Spencer has sold its former satellite store in Cardiff for more than £20m. The sale, to a private Northern Irish investor, shows a yield of 6%. Acquired from Littlewoods by M&S as part of a 19-store portfolio, the 96,000 sq ft unit in Queen...
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Fifty new products plus from Marks
Marks and Spencer is continuing to extend its grocery offer with the chain, which has long relied on its food aisles to pull in shoppers, adding more than 50 new products to its repertoire. These include additions to M&S's healthy-eating Count On...
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M&S steams ahead with plans for railway Simply Food sites
Exclusive Marks and Spencer plans to open at least 40 Simply Food stores on railway station concourses this year as it looks to accelerate the rollout of its new c-store format. The chain is steaming into railway stations in partnership with SSP,...
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Simply Food makes its railway debut
Marks & Spencer has opened the first of four trial Simply Food c-stores at railway sites. The store opened on Thursday at Liverpool Street station in London, and will be followed by stores at Victoria station due to open this Thursday, and one at...
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Marks and Spencer has sold its US clothing subsidiary Brooks
Ahold's operating profit rose 21.7% to 667.2m euros on sales up 12.6% to 15.5bn euros for the 12 weeks to October 7. The Weston family, through its Wittington Investments arm, has taken full control of Fortnum & Mason after buying out the...
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M&S wheels in mobile bakeries
Marks and Spencer is experimenting with wheel-in convenience solutions in its foodhalls now they are proving popular in its Simply Food c-stores. M&S started to introduce modular in-store bakeoffs on wheels in its key stores in September and now...
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Vandevelde: glass is definitely half full
Marks and Spencer investigated the possibility of relaxing its policy of only selling own label food but decided against it, chairman Luc Vandevelde revealed this week. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, he said M&S did some work on the...
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M&S anchor by Thames
Marks and Spencer has exchanged on the agreement for a lease at developer St George's Imperial Wharf project in London. The M&S deal and another for a major hotel are the first transactions at the 32-acre brownfield site by the River Thames next to...
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Food manufacturers can source a whole range of beef and poul
Marks and Spencer is to sell its 18 French stores to department stores group Galeries Lafayette for an undisclosed sum. M&S is "still in consultation" over remaining stores in the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Luxembourg. The four Belgian stores...
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M&S Café Revive goes into packs
Marks and Spencer is looking to build on the success of its instore café concept Café Revive with the launch of retail packs of coffee under the same brand. Made from Arabica beans ground at ultra cool temperatures within minutes of roasting,...
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Receivers fail to find buyer for Tinsley
Lincoln based Tinsley Foods has closed after receivers failed to find a buyer prepared to take it as a going concern. Receivers KPMG said they were surprised the business had attracted so little interest given major customers Marks and Spencer and...
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M&S marches on meal solutions
Rod Addy Marks & Spencer has launched its largest ever assault on the UK food sector with the introduction of more than 600 new products. The beleagured chain, which is relying on improving food sales to bolster its flagging business in other...
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Discovering that the new man at the helm of Marks & Spencer'
You see, after chatting with King for a couple of hours it becomes clear this passion for sailing which he's had for 15 years or more says far more about the man than anything on his hugely impressive CV. In short: King is a chatty and likeable...
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Multiples threaten hard times with c-store expansion plans
The independent c-store sector is facing a fresh onslaught from the major multiples and oil giants, with BP, Sainsbury, Tesco and Marks and Spencer announcing new developments. BP has indicated it is ready to set up standalone stores as part of its...
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Outdoor pig production gets a boost with M&S launch
Pork and bacon from outdoor pig production has been steadily increasing its share of the market over the years and now accounts for about 30% of production. Now Marks & Spencer is introducing its Duroc pig range, due to launch in stores from 24...
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Former M&S Direct man to head Londis supply chain programme
Londis has appointed Jon Peggs as operations director to oversee the group's supply chain development programme and distribution infrastructure. He joins from Marks and Spencer Direct where he was head of fulfilment. Prior to that he held a number...
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receivers called in to tinsley
Receivers have been called in at Lincoln based sandwich maker Tinsley Foods. A major employer in the Holbeach St Marks area with 950 staff, the firm supplies prepacked salads, sandwiches and prepared vegetables to Marks and Spencer, Morrisons and...