Overview
- An M&S customer said they paid £76 for the supermarket’s smallest preordered Christmas turkey and later questioned the cost on Reddit.
- Some commenters defended the price, comparing it to restaurant meals and noting the turkey could provide multiple days of food.
- Others pointed to higher local costs, with one user saying the cheapest bird at their farm shop was about £90.
- Critics lamented rising festive bills, with one commenter recalling when an entire Christmas dinner could be done for £76.
- Coverage notes earlier premium items in M&S’s range, including a reported £195 beef wellington and a £50 turkey-and-stuffing pie, and journalists said the retailer was asked for comment.