Tag: Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer Partners Infarm To Bring Urban Farming To Its London Stores

Stuart Mitchell

M&S Food is partnering with infarm – one of the world’s most advanced urban farming platforms – to deliver a range of fresh produce grown and harvested in a selection of M&S’ London stores. Customers will find a range of fresh herbs – including Italian, Greek and Bordeaux Basils, Mint, Curly Parsley and Mountain Coriander – growing at M&S’ newly re-opened Clapham Junction store in South West London, with infarm vertical farming units set to roll-out to a further six London stores by the end of the year.  Infarm’s ground…

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HRH The Duchess of Sussex And Smart Works Launch The Smart Set Capsule Collection To Prepare Unemployed Women For Job Success

Stuart Mitchell

HRH The Duchess of Sussex and Smart Works have collaborated with leading British fashion brands & designers John Lewis & Partners, Marks & Spencer, Jigsaw and Misha Nonoo to create a perfect working wardrobe for Smart Works clients. The capsule collection will be called The Smart Set and consists of the work wear essentials often needed to attend interviews and enter into the workplace: a perfect white shirt, an elegant blazer, well cut trousers, a dress that flatters everyone and the perfect tote. For every item bought during the sale…

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The cat(erpillar) that got the cream: hugely popular M&S cream cake range joins Colin the Caterpillar to celebrate 10 years of Macmillan partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Macmillan Cancer Support is celebrating 10 years in partnership with Marks & Spencer as headline partner of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, the charity’s flagship fundraising event. To celebrate the anniversary, M&S is introducing more products into its Macmillan Coffee Morning range than ever before, including its hugely popular fresh cream cakes, which it anticipates it will sell over two million packs of in September alone. Available from September 1st, the range will include customer favourites such as Chocolate Eclairs (£1.70), Strawberry Tarts (£3.75), and Jam & Cream Horns (£1.70),…

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Interactive sourcing map for wild and farmed fish launched by M&S

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has launched an interactive map that shows customers and stakeholders where every type of fish or seafood it sells is either caught or farmed. corporate.marksandspencer.com/seafoodmap is the first website of its kind from any major UK retailer and includes information on the capture or farming method and sustainability information for every fishery or farm. A total of 47 different species (every type M&S sells, including fish or shellfish used as an ingredient in products like sandwiches, salads and prepared meals) are plotted on the map as…

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M&S Delivers Huge Rise In Responsible Cotton Sourcing

Stuart Mitchell

More than three quarters (77 per cent) of the cotton sourced for M&S products is now grown using more sustainable methods – meaning M&S cotton is helping farmers use fewer pesticides, less water and make more profit. It makes M&S one of the biggest users of more sustainably sourced cotton and puts it on track to meet its commitment to hit 100 per cent next year. The figure is published for the first time today as part of M&S’ 2018 Plan A report, it’s annual progress report against 100 commitments…

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