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{{Infobox
|colour = #014B3E
|name = M&S Simply Food
|image = CW_MandS.JPG
|locations = 38 Motorway sites
|associated = [[BP]], [[WHSmith]]
|introduced = 2004
|openinghours = Motorway sites open daily, 7am - 10pm
|predecessors = [[EDC]], [[Halfords]], [[Scoop]], [[T2]], [[The Body Shop]], [[The Sock Shop]]
|successors = ''none''
|website = www.marksandspencer.com
|facebook = MarksandSpencer
|twitter = marksandspencer
|country = UK
}}

'''M&S Simply Food''' (originally introduced as '''Marks and Spencer Simply Food''') is an express-format offshoot of Marks and Spencer's foodhall. On the motorways, it can now be found at most [[Moto]] services, including units at [[Extra]] services which Moto run. It also has sites within many [[BP]] petrol stations.

The motorway shops were the first of their kind and quickly proved popular and many were extended to form mini-supermarkets, taking up a lot of shopping space and pushing out some smaller stores situated alongside.

M&S impressed Holiday Which? Magazine, who said that the stores could be "well worth driving on the motorway for alone".

Moto were also the first to find a loophole in the law which meant that by renaming the operator of some of their services to 'Moto M&S', they could advertise the new shop. Moto services which have an M&S and a [[Costa]] don't actually refer to Moto on their signs, instead they use the name 'Costa M&S'.

[[Welcome Break]] have partnered up with [[Waitrose]] to rival the Moto-M&S connection, and more recently [[Roadchef]] have started to team up with [[Spar]] to conquer the same sector.

In 2016, M&S introduced their "Food to Go" branding to replace smaller M&S Simply Food stores. These stores have a smaller variety of items than standard M&S Simply Food stores and are more tailored to the grab-and-go customer. As part of this, in 2016, Moto introduced an M&S Coffee To Go machine at [[Cherwell Valley]] and in 2017, M&S Food to Go units were opened within the northbound BP store at [[Michaelwood]].

===Introduction===
The link between Moto and M&S was made after [[Granada]] (who spent a lot of time developing shopping areas) noted that they needed something simple to cope with sudden rushes of customers. They said they wanted a retail outlet where you can walk in and see high-quality food and other products around you. Five services were earmarked to get the new brand but in practice it took them five years to roll it out.

By now M&S Simply Food had set up railway station stores operated by SSP, who were [[Moto]]'s sister company at the time, so the partnership was natural.

[[Fortes|Trusthouse Forte]] had a grocery shop called 'Piknics' in the late 1980s, but this mostly sold sandwiches.

==Locations==
M&S Simply Food operate at many Moto and Extra services. They are: {{viewonamap|search=M&S Simply Food}}

* [[Baldock]] (A1(M)/A1)
* [[Beaconsfield]] (M40)
* [[Birch]] (M62)
* [[Blyth]] (A1(M)/A1)
* [[Bridgwater]] (M5)
* [[Burton-in-Kendal]] (M6)
* [[Cambridge]] (A14)
* [[Cherwell Valley]] (M40)
* [[Chieveley]] (M4/A34)
* [[Cobham]] (M25)
* [[Doncaster (North)]] (M18/M180)
* [[Donington]] (M1/A42/A50)
* [[Exeter]] (M5)
* [[Ferrybridge]] (M62/A1)
* [[Frankley]] (M5)
* [[Heart of Scotland]] (M8)
* [[Heston]] (M4) ''(westbound only)''
* [[Hilton Park]] (M6)
* [[Kinross]] (M90)
* [[Knutsford]] (M6)
* [[Lancaster]] (M6)
* [[Leigh Delamere]] (M4)
* [[Lymm]] (M6/M62)
* [[Medway]] (M2)
* [[Pease Pottage]] (M23/A23)
* [[Peterborough]] (A1(M)/A1)
* [[Reading]] (M4)
* [[Scotch Corner]] (A1(M))
* [[Southwaite]] (M6)
* [[Stafford (North)]] (M6)
* [[Stirling]] (M80)
* [[Tamworth]] (M42/A5)
* [[Thurrock]] (M25/A13/A282)
* [[Toddington]] (M1)
* [[Trowell]] (M1)
* [[Wetherby]] (A1(M))
* [[Winchester]] (M3)
* [[Woolley Edge]] (M1) ''(southbound only)''

===Forecourts===
[[File: MandS Beckington 2018.jpg|250px|thumb|right|alt=Milton Park forecourt.|An M&S-branded forecourt shop.]]
M&S Simply Food have a few branded stores at BP forecourts:

* [[Acle]] (A47)
* [[Annandale Water]] (A74(M))
* [[Ashington]] (A24)
* [[Beckington]] (A36/A361)
* [[Bedford]] (A6/A421)
* [[Besthorpe]] (A11)
* [[Brackley]] (A43)
* [[Brampton Hut]] (A1/A14)
* [[Breakspears]] (A414)
* [[The Buck]] (A303) ''(eastbound only)''
* [[Budbrooke]] (A46) ''(southbound only)''
* [[Bullionfield]] (A90) ''(westbound only)''
* [[Calcutt]] (A419) ''(southbound only)''
* [[Chelmsford]] (A12)
* [[Colchester]] (A12)
* [[Cross Keys]] (A38)
* [[Didcot]] (A34)
* [[Ely]] (A10)
* [[Emsworth]] (A27) ''(westbound only)''
* [[Family Farm]] (A34) ''(northbound only)''
* [[Farnham]] (A31) ''(westbound only)''
* [[Heart of Scotland]] (M8)
* [[Kettering]] (A14)
* [[Littleport]] (A10)
* [[Market Harborough]] (A6)
* [[Michaelwood]] (M5)
* [[Monkton]] (A77)
* [[Newmarket]] (A14)
* [[Orsett Cock]] (A13)
* [[Panners]] (A120)
* [[Petersfield]] (A3)
* [[Pevensey]] (A27)
* [[Popham]] (A303) ''(westbound only)''
* [[Poppleton]] (A59)
* [[Pyecombe]] (A23) ''(southbound only)''
* [[Raunds]] (A45)
* [[Rhoswiel]] (A5) ''(southbound only)''
* [[Ripley]] (A3)
* [[Shenfield]] (A12)
* [[Sixfields]] (A5076)
* [[South Mimms]] (M25)
* [[South Queensferry]] (A90)
* [[Stansted]] (A120)
* [[Stonebridge]] (A45)
* [[Tunbridge Wells]] (A21)
* [[Towcester]] (A43)
* [[Wetherby]] (A1(M))

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