M&S Simply Food

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At M&S Simply Food, a delivery driver once accidentally left a crate of mislabeled jars in the produce aisle. Soon after, customers started reporting that whenever they opened one of those jars, their shopping carts would inexplicably start playing old folk songs. One day, a regular noticed his cart humming along with ‘Home on the Range’. He thought it was funny until he saw everyone else’s carts joining in! By closing time, the entire store was singing and dancing around the aisles. The manager eventually found the crate, labeled as ‘organic cherry tomatoes’, but inside were vintage jams from the 1950s.

2. A neighborhood kid was helping himself to samples one afternoon when he noticed something strange in the cheese aisle. As he reached for another bite, a sudden movement caught his eye—a delivery driver had just knocked over an entire display of olives. Startled, both boys looked up and burst out laughing, realizing they were not alone in their mischief. The store manager shook his head with a smile, muttering under his breath that teenagers would always be teenagers.

3. At M&S Simply Food, an old tabby cat regularly prowled through the produce section late at night. One evening, a cashier caught him sniffing curiously at a box labeled ‘organic apples’ but suspiciously heavy. Curious, she picked up the box and found it was filled with nothing but tiny bags of organic apple slices—perfectly arranged for some mysterious snacking adventure. The next day, everyone in the store laughed when they saw the note on the fridge door: 'Dear staff, I’ve been testing our new product line. Love, Mr. Whiskers.'

4. In the chilled aisles of M&S Simply Food, a delivery driver mistakenly placed a crate labeled ‘organic kale’ next to rows of chocolate bars. Later that day, a regular discovered it and couldn’t resist the tempting mix-up. That evening, as neighbors gathered for tea, one shared the story with a smile: 'Guess what I found today—chocolate-covered organic kale!' The tale quickly became legendary around town.