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Source: https://www.grocerygazette.co.uk/2026/09/14/m-s-preventing-bakery-waste/ Over 350 M&S Food stores will offer Too Good To Go Surprise Bags, made up of surplus bakery products, as it works to give customers the chance to collect quality food at a reduced price at the end of the day. Following a trial in a select number of stores across the UK, this is the latest move in M&S Food’s work to ensure good food doesn’t go to waste. The Surprise Bags will include bakery treats such as pastries, cookies and bread baked in store. Each of the Surprise Bags will include three to four bakery products to a minimum retail price of £10.20 for £3.80. Customers can order their Surprise Bags through the Too Good To Go app and collect them Monday to Saturday, one hour before their local store closes. Lucinda Langton, head of sustainability at M&S Food, said: “ Too Good To Go is a brilliant example of how we’re turning our commitment to reducing food waste into practical action. By ...

 Source: Linkedin , IGD An improved format fit for its largest ever Foodhall, brimming with experiential retail, highlights include: 🍣 Highly visible counters, featuring relevant cross-merchandising and adjacencies 🚥 Clear category zoning with embedded themes 🧀 An upgraded cheese barge marking the centre square of the store ❄️ Outstanding use of blended retail across various categories including Organic, seafood, desserts, BWS, pet, and herbs.  🏷️ Improved value cues through Remarkable Value bays  🍓 Strong health and sustainability messaging, spotlighting the credentials of relevant products M&S Food Godalming is an exceptional example of how retailers can format stores to bring together experience and value while featuring blended retail with some class.

Source:  https://corporate.marksandspencer.com/newsroom/press-releases/ms-opens-its-biggest-ever-standalone-food-store-godalming-it-invests-bigger M&S today opens its largest ever standalone Food store in Godalming, Surrey, at The Wharf Retail Park The 22,000sq ft Foodhall has been designed around how modern families shop, with the full M&S Food range so customers can get more of their weekly shop in one trip The store features the latest M&S Food format, including a larger in-store bakery, upgraded produce area, cheese barge, dedicated chicken shop, Mai Sushi, enhanced wine shop and a brand-new kitchen shop Godalming shows the latest innovation in-store design in M&S Food, with improved navigation, updated décor, new signage, wider fresh areas and upgraded tills The new store also includes family-friendly touches such as mini trolleys for children, plus opening-day celebrations including a giant inflatable Percy Pig and Percy tote bags for first customers M&S t...

 Source: Josh Holmes, Linkedin ✨ Marks and Spencer continues to build momentum despite one of the most disruptive cyber attacks ever faced by a retailer. FY25/26 results: • Group sales up 1.9% to £14.2bn • Food sales up 7.0% to £9.7bn • Fashion, Home & Beauty sales down 7.7% to £3.9bn • Adjusted profit before tax down 23.8% to £671m Behind the numbers: 1. Food is the growth engine: Food sales are now approaching £10bn, market share has risen to 4.1% and 800,000 shoppers were added during the year. New, larger Food halls and continued growth through Ocado Retail are extending its reach. The result is a retailer increasingly competing for a bigger share of the weekly shop, not just premium top-up missions. 2. Bigger better stores: M&S opened 12 new Food stores during the year and plans another 18 this year, including several former Homebase locations. Larger Food halls and renewed full-line stores allow customers to shop more of the M&S offer in one place. That suppor...

  After the viral frenzy that followed M&S dropping its Chunked N’ Loaded cookies last year (they sold 70,000 in one day), the bakery team is back with another sure-fire hit - and this time, they're tapping into doughnut territory. Say hello to Dunked N’ Loaded, a brand-new range of ultra-indulgent, deep-filled doughnuts that look like they’ve been designed specifically to take over your feed (and put you in a bit of a food coma after). Landing in M&S stores from today, 4 March, these £2 doughnuts are big, and incredibly indulgent. They feature a 'cloud-light' dough, and are generously filled and topped with some pretty delicious flavours. All 4 Doughnuts are bursting with 30g of filling as well as being coated and topped! Double Chocolate - packed with a rich 55% dark chocolate ganache and finished with milk chocolate icing curls. Pistachio - packed with smooth pistachio creme and finished with caramelised and roasted pistachios. Lemon - packed with the iconic...

Introducing our new Nutrient Dense range which launches in stores today. Every product packs a nutrient punch! A collection of nutrient-rich meals, snacks, bread and drinks all designed from a range of ingredients chosen for being rich in nutrients per calorie. Developed with the British Nutrition Foundation, each product is packed with fibre, vitamins and minerals and holds our Eat Well seal of approval. Not only that, but they are also free of white refined carbohydrates, if we used oil, we chose olive oil, plus the ingredient lists are only ingredients you would find in your kitchen cupboard. The products are ideal for those following the ‘fibremaxxing’ trend, people eating for optimum wellness, plus offer support for the 3-4% of the UK who are currently on GLP-1 weight-loss injections, and may find it harder to achieve their daily nutrient requirements. Launching with the range is the H5O shot. This little powerhouse of goodness is made with coconut water – a source of natural e...

 

Marks and Spencers is launching a new range of 'nutrient dense' food targeted at people who have reduced appetites due to taking   weight loss   jabs.  The retailer said the 20-product range is 'perfectly portioned' for customers on GLP-1 drugs because they contain 'high amounts of nutrients per calorie'.  The new range, set to launch in stores on January 5, include salads, breads and yoghurt bowls, and are aimed at customers currently taking medicines such as Wegovy, Mounjaro and Ozempic to help aid their weight loss.  More than 1.5million people in the UK are thought to be accessing the jabs privately, whilst  NHS  prescriptions have risen by 900 per cent since 2020.  Annette Peters, head of food innovations at  M&S , said: 'We know the use of GLP-1 medications is growing, so it's more important than ever to ensure that even if people are eating smaller portions, we help provide them with the right levels of nutrients.  'We ha...