Who owns M&S Food?
M&S Food is owned by Marks & Spencer (the United Kingdom, LSE: MKS).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Marks and Spencer Group plc Annual Report 2025, 4 June 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Marks and Spencer Group plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1931
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › Grocery own brands
- Parent ticker
- LSE: MKS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About M&S Food
M&S Food sells almost nothing but its own label and pioneered the chilled ready meal in Britain in 1979. Its advertising, describing products in unusually sensuous detail, was parodied so widely that the parodies became part of the brand. Its Percy Pig sweets have become a brand in their own right, extending into other products in a way few supermarket own-label lines manage.
Ownership timeline of M&S Food
- Current owner Marks & Spencer [1] reported
Where M&S Food sits in Marks & Spencer
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer controls 4 brands on Brandtree.
- Autograph (2000)
- M&S Collection (2018)
- Per Una (2001)
Other brands in grocery own brands, and who owns them
The 170 brands in grocery own brands on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is Cencosud, with 12.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bretas | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Lucerne | Albertsons | 🇺🇸 United States |
| City Gross | Axfood | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Chalo | Empire | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Checkers | Shoprite Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Amanhecer | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| K-Citymarket | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Farmer's Market | Loblaw | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 1884. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: MKS.
Marks & Spencer began as a Leeds market stall in 1884 where everything cost a penny. It is unusual among clothing retailers in that its food business is now larger and more profitable than its clothing, and both trade almost entirely under its own brands.
Marks & Spencer: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 M&S Food and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; M&S Food is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of M&S Food?
The parent company of M&S Food is Marks & Spencer, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is M&S Food British?
Yes. M&S Food originated in the United Kingdom in 1931 and its owner, Marks & Spencer, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is M&S Food still owned by Marks & Spencer?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, M&S Food is still owned by Marks & Spencer. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Marks and Spencer Group plc Annual Report 2025 — Marks and Spencer Group plc, Annual report, published 4 June 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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