Marks & Spencer: version 1

Saved 2026-09-17 11:41 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/00000000011501 — Curiously Strong Mints 50 g (Marks & Spencer)**, from the wanted queue (old-site title "curiously strong mints", captured 2009). **Identity settled from the bars, not. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Marks & Spencer <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Marks & Spencer
disambiguation: Own-label brand of the British retailer, printed on its food, clothing and home products
website: https://www.marksandspencer.com
founded: 1884
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                | market | from | until | ended | status  | source   | note                                                                                                   |
| -------- | --------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| owned_by | company/marks-spencer | global |      |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-ms | The brand is the retailer's own label; Marks and Spencer p.l.c. is the company named on its food packs |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name              | type   | locale | from | until |
| ----------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| M&S               | name   | en     |      |       |
| Marks and Spencer | search | en     |      |       |
| Marks & Sparks    | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref        | url                                                                               | title                                                                                                 | accessed   | publisher             | kind         | published  | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution                  | upstream |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| pack-front | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/000/001/1501/6.jpg           | Lid of the 50 g tin: the Curiously Strong Mints ribbon artwork, the MARKS & SPENCER wordmark and 50 g | 2026-09-17 | Open Food Facts       | pack         | 2016-11-23 | 6         | Tin lid | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
| ms-range   | https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/l/food-cupboard/sweets/chewing-gum-and-mints | Marks & Spencer Food: Chewing Gum & Mints                                                             | 2026-09-17 | Marks and Spencer plc | manufacturer |            |           |         |              |                              |          |
| wiki-ms    | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_%26_Spencer                                   | Wikipedia: Marks & Spencer                                                                            | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia             | publication  |            |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors       |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Marks & Spencer is the own label of the British retailer of the same name, founded as a Leeds penny bazaar by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer in 1884.[^wiki-ms] Almost everything the chain sells carries it, and for most of the twentieth century its goods were branded St Michael instead; that name was dropped in the early 2000s in favour of the retailer's own.[^wiki-ms] On food packs the wordmark MARKS & SPENCER appears beside the M&S device, as on the Curiously Strong Mints tin.[^pack-front] The current food range is catalogued on the retailer's own site.[^ms-range]
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