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What do I want to buy from M&S food remotely?

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AmIAStone · 23/04/2020 11:16

Am in a shielding household, have someone going on a food run for us. They can go into an actual shop and get stuff! My brain has gone blank, I can’t see online what they have, but what lovely food do I want from M&S? It might be another month before I get another chance, help!

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ClientQ · 23/04/2020 11:27

Ooh. Those rollito things, they do ham and cheese or chorizo and cheese ones
I like their tuna pate
Chocolate cookie dough bites
Any form of ready meals/soup you like?

AmIAStone · 23/04/2020 11:27

Someone who’s been to M&S help me out please! We’ve been living off rationed food so we could do with some treat stuff and want to give the picker some direction 🙂

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AmIAStone · 23/04/2020 11:28

Thanks! I want all their ready meals, but have no freezer space so can only eat things that will be in the next few days and we’ve just managed to get a veg box delivery so need to eat through that, bad timing!

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ClientQ · 23/04/2020 11:29

How about some of the prepped meat/fish (if you eat it) and have it with your veg box?
I find their cheese is always lovely too and the cooked meats
Percy pigs of course Grin

WhatHaveIFound · 23/04/2020 11:34

A lot of their meals are listed here. DD loves their long life plant kitchen ready meals as a quick lunch. Percy pigs are a must.

AmIAStone · 23/04/2020 11:39

@whathaveifound awesome thanks! I was searching their site for something like that and could only find the dine in menu.

Oo yes the plant based ready meals are good. I so want a ready meal!

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AmIAStone · 23/04/2020 11:41

The person isn’t going to be able to get their phone out to look at when there so no FaceTiming me the shelves!

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user1019273703 · 23/04/2020 11:41

The cumberland pie is really nice, lasagne, crisp bake, their cornish pasties, they do toad in the hole thats nice too. You can get fresh yorkshire puddings, fresh pre done mash thats nice too

Mascotte · 23/04/2020 11:41

Sour cream and jalapeño big bag of air crisps.

I like the breaded chicken fillets - could go with your veg. Unless you’re veggie obviously

millymaple · 23/04/2020 11:43

Percy Pigs and Colin the Caterpillar sweets?

BarkandCheese · 23/04/2020 11:48

I went to M&S yesterday because it’s next to Pets at Home and I needed dog food. Since lockdown I’ve been buying food from the small Sainsbury’s two minutes from my house, so a big M&S foodhall was suddenly like being let loose in an Alladin’s cave of foodie wonders.

I bought lots of olives and cheese, cold meat crackers and hummus for lunches, loads of posh crisps, nice sausages, spicy chicken tenders, a big chicken for Sunday roast and an apple pie for pud, boring mince, lots of fruits and veg, posh squash, part baked french bread, yogurts, filled pasta, cooking oil (haven’t been able to find any for ages) and Percy pigs.

I spent over £80 Blush I normally spend around £60 on a weeks shopping. I could have easily spend twice that given the chance, I really wanted to get the sriracha bbq crispy duck, it looked delicious, but it was £8 for a two person portion and I’d have needed two.

nobabiesyet · 23/04/2020 11:48

Their pizzas are very good - the expensive ones. Their chicken kiev in the gastro pub part is to die for. Their steak pies are great. They do delicious ribs - precooked. All of their fruit is top quality. Fresh pasta is nice with pots of sauce. They do some lovely puddings profiteroles, lemon tarts, frozen roulades. Very nice snacky tubs of flapjacks etc They do cheap boxes of cheese straws that are lovely. Pots of olives great and sun dried tomotoes and cheese. Lovely chunky biscuits chocolate chip.

ClaraTA · 23/04/2020 11:50

Their pineapple tarts are AMAZING! They come in a box of 4. The blackcurrant ones are pretty lovely too, as it the strawberry and clotted cream victoria sponge 🙂

nobabiesyet · 23/04/2020 11:52

Lots of the meat that is already spiced and just needs reheating has long dates on it of 3 weeks or so: duck hoisin, ribs etc. The curry takeways are great as is the Thai meal pack. They often do a stirfry offer: a meat or prawn, noodles, and sauce, and lovely veg for £6. Ask them to look for these pre-prepared meals as the shelf life is usually several weeks.

Papergirl1968 · 23/04/2020 11:55

Their cottage pies are the only ones I’ll eat. Also like their breaded fish, filled Yorkshire puddings, individual roast beef meal, croquet potatoes, chocolate mousses, chocolate covered popcorn, and extremely chocolates mini rolls...

BiddyPop · 23/04/2020 11:55

I found their mussels in the seafood aisle (in a cardboard box, cooked in wine) were great as tended to have a long date on them - we use them either with skinny fries as "moules frites", or throw them into some spaghetti/linguine pasta as a different type of dinner.

If you have ANY freezer space, suggest a multi pack of individually portioned meat/fish - they are vac packed inside the bag, and very handy but can be easily slid into small spaces in freezers. I know there is chicken breasts, turkey breasts, salmon darnes and possibly others.

Is the weather nice around you for a few days? Could some nice BBQ stuff be useful? Or their spatchcocked chickens to throw in the oven, serve it with a nice salad bowl and a good crusty loaf of bread, maybe some coleslaw on the side?

Lots of their sausage rolls tend to have reasonably long dates - the bigger pulled pork types especially - they could be good for at least a week and nice for lunches.

A nice dessert if you want a treat - not a creamy based one (unless the éclair stack has a good date on it) but maybe a tarte au citron or similar? Or their key lime pie, or chocolate tart?

I like to nibble the puff pastry cheese twists with a glass of wine some evenings - they are usually in the biscuits/crackers aisle and have long dates. Then end up buying white chocolate cookies, and the fruit oatie cookies, shortbread biscuits, and Viennese biscuits while I am there.....

Some of the ready meals can also have a number of days - so if you suggest a few that you like (maybe even just themed like GastroPub, or "Italian but not the lasagna", or "Chinese with egg fried rice", or "Indian including a starter", or Thai) and ask for maybe a couple of nights dinners with as long dates as they can get - I've got them with 5/6 days to use them plenty of times.

ALemonyPea · 23/04/2020 11:57

Katsu chicken tenders
Cronuts
Bacon tortilla crisps (they're rolled up)

Kernowgal · 23/04/2020 11:57

Their chicken pie! So good. I would have thought the steak pie is also very tasty.

HavartiToSeeYou · 23/04/2020 11:59

Any M&S crisps.

The pink coleslaw is delicious.

The big tubs of sweet snacks like flapjacks.

Kernowgal · 23/04/2020 11:59

Oh and the gastropub chips are bloody delicious. Having those for tea tonight.

BiddyPop · 23/04/2020 12:00

I forgot olives and good cheese, and cured meats, as nibbles. And bags of almonds (other nuts and dried fruits are available). And their yummy crisps......

HollowTalk · 23/04/2020 12:10

Ohhhh tell them to go straight to the freezer section and find the ice creams that look like Magnums - there are two that I love - one is white chocolate with raspberry ice cream, the other is dark chocolate with blood orange ice cream. Tell them to fill the basket to the brim with them - no need for anything else!

Well, if they have a little bit of space, they could fit in the lemon meringue pie, which is absolutely delicious.

RegalRags · 23/04/2020 12:12

If you want something that'll last a while their tinned chunky steak, curries and stews are great. The tinned chicken in a suet crust with veg is lovely and really easy to do!
Deli is usually on 3 for £7
Anything from the gastropub range- especially the pies and chicken Kiev
Melt in the middle chocolate pudding, Percy pigs, shortbread.
So many things!

SinkGirl · 23/04/2020 12:12

Millionaire bites
Posh dogs and posh dog rolls (amazingly good)

I want M&S food now 😬

greathat · 23/04/2020 13:05

The mini chocolate covered Swiss rolls

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