Marks & Spencer’s Simply Food

Only four stars today as I did not get the prawns I was looking for, for the wee cuz coming for tea.
I did however get a very nice reduced price Moussaka from their Count on us range which was delicious for lunch and some loaded skin potatoes which will complement the party food tea we are having tonight.
I also bought the 6.00 meal for wee cuz & I to have on Saturday before we go dancing @ Too Darn Hot.
Chicken Provencal, Potato Gratin & Belgian Chocolate Pots, and a wee extra pack of peas & carrots.
I met a lovely lady, who was working at the checkout she complemented me on my Unilocal Sunglasses, I was tempted to give them to her, but instead I told her about the joys of Unilocal and she is going to join Yay!!! another new friend

It’s nice to have variety in your local area. I unfortunately can’t afford to do my weekly shopping in M&S (one day… one day!) but I do like to pop in here every now & then for a treat or three.
You can’t beat good old M&S food & drink — when I worked in a vegetable preparation factory as a teenager (you should have seen me in my hairnet & wellies — stunning!) I always thought it said a lot about M&S as a company that they were the only supermarket/​customer to have their own, separate line for their own salad & veggies because they wanted the nicer stuff. A work colleague of mine also used to work in meat preparation and he said it was the same with their meat too — they got the better quality stuff. This has always stuck with me & in a way does (almost) justify their more expensive pricing of produce.
This particular store, though not huge, has a great variety of everything: fresh foods, frozen, booze, dried/​cupboard goods, fresh flowers, cards & a few items of house-​ware too. I love M&S crisps and usually come here to stock up on them mostly alongside grabbing some biscuits, posh soft drinks & lovely meats on the way.
Only recently I also discovered that in this store you can collect items you have purchased on the M&S website no matter how big or small, which I thought was brilliant! Saves a trip into town for me or waiting on a inevitable Royal Mail red ‘We tried to deliver…’ card through the door…*groan*
Staff here are always helpful & pleasant (although I have found on occasion maybe more so to their loyal or elderly customers…) and the last time I was in I actually lost the ear buds from my headphones and a member of staff asked me if I was okay whilst I was looking around for them and then proceeded to help me search for them! He actually managed to find one, bless him. I thought that was really nice. It’s the little things like that that make you fall in love with a shop/​business and makes you vow to go back.
Good old M&S.

As the previous reviewer stated, this M&S does seems a bit out of place in an area that is dominated by loads of charity and discount shops. However, I’m not one to complain! I’m grateful to have a place that provides excellent produce right by my door step. It’s a nice and clean shop, and never too crowded. Definitely recommend if you live in the area and you don’t mind paying for quality food!

I’m not always sure how well this Marks & Spencer’s Simpy Food store does in the West End Retail Park in the heart of Partick. It’s surrounded by charity shops and discount furniture stores — so a slightly overpriced food store doesn’t really fit in!
This is a really nice supermarket, but it’s not actually as big as I expected it to be. In fact, there were a couple of bits and pieces that I headed in for — but they didn’t have them. I gave up and walked back to Morrison’s instead!