M&S Foodhall

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At M&S Foodhall, late one night, a delivery driver heard a strange noise coming from the dairy aisle. Curious, he peered around the corner—and nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw a small child, grinning widely, pushing an empty shopping cart filled with nothing but milk bottles. The delivery driver blinked a few times, rubbed his eyes and looked again—still just a kid and an empty cart. With a laugh, he walked over and asked, ‘What’s up, little one?’ The boy grinned even wider and replied, ‘I’m helping M&S keep things fresh!’ Turning back, the driver saw that indeed, every bottle was still perfectly chilled. From then on, whenever anyone spotted the kid in the store, they’d smile and wave—a friendly face among the shelves.

2. At M&S Foodhall, an early morning stocker found something peculiar in the dairy aisle—a carton of milk with a handwritten note inside: ‘Drink me and you’ll never forget where you parked.’ Curious, one of the managers decided to try it himself before his next shift. After drinking the milk, he confidently walked out, only to discover that every car in the lot looked exactly alike. Hours later, standing outside a nearby coffee shop, he finally remembered—his own car was parked right there.

3. At M&S Foodhall, after hours when everyone had left, a security guard swore he saw a shadowy figure pushing a shopping cart down the pasta aisle. The guard followed cautiously but couldn’t catch up—until he heard a voice from behind the cheese counter: ‘Excuse me, do you have any more of those yummy pesto ravioli?’ Turned out it was just a regular customer who forgot his basket.

4. At M&S Foodhall, during a quiet afternoon, a cashier noticed that the same bag of chips kept ringing up as twice its price. Nobody else seemed to notice. She mentioned it to her manager later that day, but everyone just shrugged it off—after all, it was only a bag of chips. The next week, though, when the same thing happened with a jar of olives, people started taking notice. Eventually, someone joked that maybe the store had hired an invisible shopper who liked snacks. And so, whenever anyone encountered a mysteriously doubled item, they’d whisper, ‘Oh, must be our secret admirer.’