Costa Coffee and M&S have announced a new partnership that will see the coffee shop stock some of the retailer's food from this week. Going on sale from Thursday, March 3, will be 33 much-loved M&S Food classics, ranging from porridge, sandwiches and salads, to iconic sweet treats such as Yumnuts and everyone’s favourite – Percy Pigs.
Available across the UK from more than 2,500 Costa Coffee stores and Click & Collect, the Costa Coffee Now Serving M&S Food menu builds on Costa Coffee’s own food offering and will give customers more choice on breakfast, lunch, and break-time occasions. It covers all dietary choices and features food from M&S Food’s Plant Kitchen, Taste Buds, Eat Well and Made Without brands.
On offer will be:
Breakfast and snacks
- M&S Bircher Muesli (Vegetarian)
- M&S Halloumi Hot Breakfast Box (Vegetarian)
- M&S Porridge with Berry Compote (Vegetarian)
- M&S Original Porridge (Vegetarian)
- M&S Plant Kitchen Golden Syrup Flavour Porridge (Vegan)
- M&S Super Fruity Low Fat Yogurt (Vegetarian)
- M&S Watermelon Fingers (Vegan)
- M&S Pineapple, Melon & Grape (Vegan)
- M&S Crunchy Green Apple with Peanut Butter (Vegan)
Hot and cold lunch
- M&S BLT Sandwich
- M&S Free Range Egg & Watercress Sandwich (Vegetarian)
- M&S New York Deli Pastrami Sandwich
- M&S Smoked Ham & Mustard Mayonnaise Sandwich
- M&S Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese Ploughman’s Sandwich (Vegetarian)
- M&S Tuna & Sweetcorn Sandwich
- M&S Prawn Mayonnaise Sandwich
- M&S Roast Chicken & Stuffing Sandwich
- M&S Made Without Wheat Chicken & Bacon Sandwich (Gluten Free)
- M&S Classic Sandwich Selection
- M&S Plant Kitchen Hoisin No Duck Wrap (Vegan)
- M&S Tomato & Basil Soup (Vegan)
- M&S Chicken, Tomato & Basil Pasta Salad
- M&S Feta Cheese & Slow Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad (Vegetarian)
- M&S Plant Kitchen Nutty Super Wholefood Salad (Vegan)
- M&S Rich Beef Ragu
- M&S Our Best Ever Sausage Roll
- M&S King Prawns with a Creamy Cocktail Sauce
Sweet treats
- M&S Plain Jane Yumnut (Vegetarian)
- M&S Billionaire’s Yumnut (Vegetarian)
- M&S Percy Pigs (Vegetarian)
Kids
- M&S Taste Buds Cheesy Pizza (Vegetarian)
- M&S Taste Buds Cheese Sandwich (Vegetarian)
- M&S Taste Buds Ham Sandwich
Costa Coffee is also adding new items to its own range from Thursday, including the new Vegan Burrito Meal Box, made with a mix of rice, vegan meat-free chilli sauce, mixed beans and roasted red peppers, all enclosed in a soft tortilla wrap that is topped with fajita sauce, vegan cheese and jalapenos.
And for a limited time until May 5, the British Bacon Mac & Cheese Bloomer Toastie, which combines Mac & Cheese and British Maple Cured Smoked Bacon in a cheese and parsley crumb topping on malted bloomer bread, will be on sale.
Costa is also launching of a new Classic Hot Cross Bun, a Hot Cross Spiced Loaf Cake, Hot Cross Treacle Tart and Chocolate Hot Cross Bun. Chocolate fans will rejoice as Costa Coffee is also introducing the new Chocolate & Orange Mini Egg Cake, as well as returning favourites the Chocolate Cornflake Nest and Double Chocolate Torte. There’s even a cute new vegan Hopping Bunny Gingerbread to try as an early Easter delight.
Costa said the M&S Food collaboration was "part of its ambition to become the first choice for customers buying food and coffee on the go". It said that significant investments were being made in food that is in addition to the M&S Food range, including product innovation in own range and refreshed store environments. This investment also coincides with the relaunch of the Costa Club customer loyalty programme last year, aimed at giving members even more rewards.
Adrian Cook, UK & Ireland Chief Operating Officer of Costa Coffee, said: "The launch of the Costa Coffee Now Serving M&S Food menu is an exciting first step in our collaboration with M&S Food. As we look to continue crafting new coffee-experiences, we are building a new food offering that will provide an even greater range of quality and great value food for all customers – making Costa Coffee the first choice for customers on-the-go.
“The collaboration launches with iconic M&S Food and we’ve exciting plans ahead, using our joint expertise to develop better food and drink experiences for customers to enjoy throughout the day, alongside their favourite Costa coffee.”
Stuart Machin, Chief Operating Officer and M&S Food Managing Director, said: “ M&S Food is famous for great quality food on-the-go at fantastic value and from Thursday, even more customers will be able to enjoy our wide range of delicious sandwiches, salads and snacks in over 2,500 locations across the UK - not just on the high street but in neighbourhood locations and retail parks.
“Bringing together delicious, great quality M&S Food and the nation’s largest chain of coffee shops is great for customers as it extends our reach and supports our strategy of making M&S more relevant, more often for families.”
The M&S Food range will also be available as part of Costa Coffee’s ongoing partnership with the anti-food waste app, Too Good To Go, which allows people to buy and collect unsold food from going to waste. In 2018, Costa Coffee became the first large-scale UK coffee chain to partner with Too Good To Go and since then has seen almost 630,000 Magic Bags, as they are known, collected across stores.
For more information on the new Costa Coffee food menu visit www.costa.co.uk/menu
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