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  1. Misleading headline.... by tiniebras · · Score: 2 · on Top UK Supermarket Laser Prints Labels On Avocados To Reduce Waste (telegraph.co.uk)

    M&S are one of the UKs largest retailers, but only about 60% of their revenue is from food. See here. Which means that they are outside of the top 10 in terms of grocery sales.They are a small player in terms of food sales who specialize in luxury foods. This is just a curiosity news piece about a small specialist retailer who have found another way to push their luxury brand and its values.

  2. It *IS* that expensive by giafly · · Score: 1 · on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution
    Marks and Spencers isn't that expensive.
    Ordinary shirts are forty quid for goodness sake. That's ten times the price in Primark.
  3. Re:Anything important out of production? by RexxFiend · · Score: 1 · on Lego Christmas Production Shortage

    +1 irregular webcomic reference - nice one!

    Speaking of cool lego sets, I almost creamed my pants (nb correct uk usage of pants.) when I saw this.
    You download a CAD tool which lets you design your lego thingy on your PC. Then you upload your design to the lego mothership, they count how many bricks you need and give you a price. They then ship it to you with a picture of your gizmo on the front. Fantastic!

    ok it's a bit but pricey but OMG! (ok, I'm 35 and should know better but hey, it's Lego!).

  4. Re:Bad analogy by belg4mit · · Score: 1 · on Behind a Steve Jobs Keynote

    I think you forgot an M. :-P

    Apparently not, though we've heard of it (by full name)
    http://www2.marksandspencer.com/thecompany/our_sto res/index.shtml

  5. USB Rocket Launcher by ctid · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Yet Another Holiday Gift Guide

    The coolest gadget I have seen so far this Christmas is this USB Rocket Launcher. I had picked one up in the shop before I remembered that I live on my own and I've got no-one to shoot them at!

  6. Been there, seen it, got the boxers to prove it... by titzandkunt · · Score: 3, Funny · on Best Buy Sued By Ohio


    Many moons ago, I was working part time in Marks and Spencer's warehouse, Oxford, while I was attending a local tech. college.

    Marks and Spencer for those of you who are not UK-centric, is a department store, supposedly of above average quality which prides itself on the level of customer service they provide. They have/had a very liberal returns policy, and were famous for standing behind their products.

    Picture the scene: It is January the 2nd. The customer service desk is swamped with people returning unwanted Christmas gifts for cash. As I am taking a trolley load of packaging down to the waste compactor in the basement, one of the customer service assistants is peering quizzically at the inside of a pair of boxer shorts that have been presented for refund.

    Her facial expression, and her words, will stay with me until the day I die:

    "I'm very sorry sir, we can't accept these shorts: They are soiled".

    T&K.