M&S on Lordship Lane

[Rosetta]

Are they handing out snack samples?

[sillywoman]

No nice 'Welcome to our East Dulwich store' snacky freebies - I know they're big enough nor to have to care, but thought it would have been a nice touch. Still, am glad to see it open after so many years of will-it-won't-it & waiting.

[worldwiser]

Astonishing what they've managed to cram into the place. And almost comically good humoured staff. But the rather unedifying hordes made it one of the most gymnastic gauntlets I've run in a shop in quite some time. I'm assuming the desperation to get one's hands on some mouth-wateringly ripe mango and impossibly-trimmed asparagus spears will subside in the days to come and it will soon become less of a challenge.

[Chief]

Appropriately named SILLYWOMAN, criticising M&S for not handing out "snacky freebies"!

[Jenny1]

I disagree Chief. A 'snacky freebie' is always welcome.

If you happen to be on LL today, and don't mind a scrum, it's worth popping in for a sense of 'opening day fever'. There's a huddle of what look like M and S middle management convened on the pavement and the store itself is 'rammed', as Jeremy Corbyn would say.

Apparently expectant queues stretched down to the bank on the corner of Ashbourne Grove by the time they opened the doors this morning.

[worldwiser]

I imagine JC would have another word for M&S ED. His definition of rammed is 'close to empty.'

[taper]

Oh happy day. Oh day of days. What's the underpant section like?

[Mrs Y]

At Last

[Rosetta]

The M&S in Finchley Road, NW11 has great staff and frequently offers samples of new products including drinks.

[Jenny1]

You see this is it for me, taper. A missed opportunity. Not a pant in sight.

[LondonMix]

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> Oh happy day. Oh day of days. What's the

> underpant section like?

Its a Food Hall-- no clothes (or pants)

[singalto]

Not just a good hall, it's an M&S food hall, presumably like all other M&S food halls so why join in a scrum?

[Jenny1]

My view LM, is that this would have been an opportunity to innovate. Foodhall with added pants. It has a certain resonance. Would it have killed them to break the mould?

[Otto]

btw - I had some "snacks freebies". Delicious.

[taper]

LondonMix Wrote:

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> > Oh happy day. Oh day of days. What's the

> > underpant section like?

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> Its a Food Hall-- no clothes (or pants)

Oh no. But that's what I've been looking forward to for the last decade.

[LondonMix]

Haha-- its all for naught!

taper Wrote:

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> > > Oh happy day. Oh day of days. What's the

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> Oh no. But that's what I've been looking forward

> to for the last decade.

[DulwichFox]

derwentgrove Wrote:

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> Just back from my first visit to the new M & S

> Food Hall where I discovered that:

>

> 1. It was very busy indeed, having opened for the

> first time at 10am today. This was not helped by

> the average customer bringing 2.5 young children

> to share the opening day excitement. Hopefully

> this will drop off once it is appreciated that

> Percy Pigs are (wisely) not positioned near the

> tills.

>

> 2. The staff were friendly and helpful. I cannot

> recall being greeted with a cheery hello or handed

> a basket at the Co-Op or Sainsbury's before.

>

> 3. The range was good: plenty of dinner ideas but

> also a decent range of fruit & veg and other

> essentials.

>

> 4. The tills were working.

>

5. There was no sign of Louisa or Dulwich Fox picketing outside.

>

> I suspected they would do well but now I am pretty

> confident about that. I would take some convincing

> to return to the Co-Op ever again.

No. I wasn't there..

Foxy ;-)

[titch juicy]

That queue, or more to the point, the fact that people are actually queuing, is hilarious.

[Rosetta]

Meal deal queue😁

[Louisa]

Well I have been in and bought some prosecco, along with some fancy cheese and chutney.

Ridiculous queues, and people with bloody kids blocking the aisles. But overall a pleasant experience and very friendly staff.

Louisa.

[TheCat]

Has anyone ventured past Co-op today? If I worked there, I'd be polishing up the CV....

[Alan Medic]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> That queue, or more to the point, the fact that

> people are actually queuing, is hilarious.

I'd say there's something sad about it. What are people expecting to find? Narnia?

[nxjen]

Probably the closest you'll get to a Black Friday queue in East Dulwich

[titch juicy]

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> > That queue, or more to the point, the fact that

> > people are actually queuing, is hilarious.

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>

> I'd say there's something sad about it. What are

> people expecting to find? Narnia?

Hilariously sad

[Jeremy]

Surely nobody is really surprised by it's popularity. The place was a nailed-on success.

I do get a bit tired of the grouchy anti-child nonsense on here. Kids in the supermarket - during the school holidays! How dare they!