to be a bit weirded out by M&S

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selling PG Tips and Kellogs cornflakes amongst other things - Heinz baked beans, tomato ketchup etc?

What is going on?

they need people to do more shopping with them due to a credit crunch they need foot fall and to stop people going to fine fare where its cheaper

I really like it. I'm glad they've started doing it. It was weird doing grocery shopping there before - a bit Stepford wives if you see what I mean.

It is really strange. I was in my M&S the other day and they were restocking with PG tips underneath their own brand teabags.

Oh no!

Lol at Fine Fare.

In our M&S they're all together on their own stand in the corner, like the new kids at school, huddling together for companionship.

Perhaps they'll soon sit on the Buddy Bench to be befriended by M&S Carrot cake?

How dare they though !

My horrified friend went to the manager and walied "you are selling THE MONKEY TEA ! what is happening?"

lololol at Fine Fare
Shopper's Paradise

i tell you if i saw a fine fare or Twinings near dhs parents id not be suprised

scampi in a basket is consideered nouveau there

They've been selling this stuff in M&S shops in the north east for at least 18 months. Wonder why they've taken so long to do it elsewhere?

I know, I saw this today.
It isn't right!

I worked at Fine Fare while I was doing my A levels. I looked so sexy in my mushy pea coloured uniform .

My wealthiest friend was a trolley boy at Fine Fare (long before the wealthy bit, of course). I am sure that he only keeps me around so that we can reminisce about those halcyon days.

Noooooooo - What a sign of our hard times!

But neither is it right that the last 3 times I have been in M&S i have had sales assistants approach me on the shop floor to try & sell me their credit card! The first time was straight after Christmas & I was approached on all 3 floors!

My life I don't need this confusion.

They'll be selling other peoples clothes next.

it was a trial in the north east, it's just been rolled out across the other stores. the idea is just to provide the big popular brands that shoppers would go elsewhere for such as proper coca cola, heinz ketchup etc.

Is it definitely in the "proper" M&S stores, not just the ones that are at garages/service stations etc?

catwalker they trialed it in the Northeast before deciding it worked so well here they would launch it everywhere else! I also thought they'd been doing it everywhere for ages but it was just lucky us!

yes the proper stores

I didn't notice anything today in ours

kind of like the non-branded-ness of M&S food shopping tho TBH.

Very odd!