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Has M&S food quality dropped?

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Thewiseoneincognito · 31/03/2021 20:29

This is a weird one but I’ve started to notice over the last couple of months the taste and quality of Marks and Spencer’s food items has really lowered a lot. Has any one else?

I’ve had a few of their ready meals recently with huge chunks of chewy beef in that clearly hasn’t been cut properly, sounds ok but it just looks gross and is usually big boobs of fatty gristle. I found a large sharp piece of flint in a mushroom dish, a piece of blue plastic film in one of their soups. Their sandwiches seem to have stale bread despite being well before the end date. Usually I can let the odd thing slide and put it down to once in a blue moon but it seems to be a regular occurrence.

Before anyone says shop elsewhere, it’s my local food hall, the alternative is a tiny Tesco or Sainsbury’s, great if you need snacks or milk but not exactly the type of store to do a food shop.

M&S has always been a better standard of prepared food compared to others but now I’m doubting they’re any different than regular supermarket offerings. The range of foods seems to have been cut too like they’re no longer bothering to innovate, just churning out the same old but with lower quality control.

OP posts:
Covidcorvid · 25/02/2023 06:51

I only had three pancakes in my 4 pack of pancakes the other day!

KimberleyClark · 25/02/2023 07:09

If we want ready meals we have Charlie Bigham. Comparable in price to M & S gastropub but consistently reliable in quality.

Murdoch1949 · 25/02/2023 08:45

Just read the reviews on Ocado. Rare for ready meals to get 4/5, most reviews are 3, highlighting issues with the quality.

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