Eating Sustainably

At M&S we have a team of experts who are passionate about enhancing the uptake of plants and vegetables in our product offer. Through tech and innovation, we’re creating alternative proteins that are responsibly sourced, have excellent sustainability credentials, are nutritionally beneficial, and – of course – taste absolutely delicious. 

To meet growing consumer demand for alternative meat and dairy foods, in 2019 we launched Plant Kitchen with 60 products. Since then, we've continued to expand Plant Kitchen and in 2022 launched our new Veggie range, with 16 new lines. As a signatory of the WWF's Retailers' Commitment for Nature, we recognise that encouraging people to eat a more plant-based diet can contribute to tackling climate change because of the impact of meat and dairy production on the climate.

We’re committed to helping our customers eat more plants by making meat-free options more accessible and appealing and providing innovative, great tasting plant based, vegan and vegetarian options in our Foodhall. Over two-thirds of our food sales (tonnage) comes from fruit and vegetables, vegetarian and vegan products and we will continue to measure this metric to reflects the healthy and sustainable behaviours we want to drive in our customers’ baskets. As with all our Plan A initiatives, responsibility for delivery ultimately sits with our ESG Committee, a sub-committee of the Board, that meets on a quarterly basis.