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Old Feb 13th 2007, 11:57 am
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A little bird told me it's opening tomorrow.

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Old Feb 13th 2007, 12:08 pm
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A little bird told me it's opening tomorrow.

Is that the one at the fruit and veg market
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Originally Posted by littlejimmy
A little bird told me it's opening tomorrow.
10am! Hoping they have a great food court selling fresh food. Will probably be a big let-down after all the hype though!! Although they are advertising it as the biggest M&S outside the UK.
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Well did it open today, can't get over there as have stuff to do in mornings. If so what is it like, any better than the one at Wafi?
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Well did it open today, can't get over there as have stuff to do in mornings. If so what is it like, any better than the one at Wafi?

Apparently it is supposed to be quite large & sell fresh food/ready meals. We'll see - no prawn sandwiches though...
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Apparently it is supposed to be quite large & sell fresh food/ready meals. We'll see - no prawn sandwiches though...
So I guess the ham salad ones will be a no-show too then.
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the food department is very slightly larger than the one at Deira with a smaller coffee shop serving hot and cold drinks and sandwiches. There is a bakery section but to be honest it's nothing special and a long way to travel for a loaf of bread IMO. The freezer section is same old same old (fish, chips, peas, apple pie etc).

The home section was a real disappointment as I had assumed that they would have really gone to town on this bit given the amount of people buying furniture for their own properties - but alas no.

However, the good news is that the ladies clothes section is huge with a really good selection from all their ranges. Undies section good too.

Kiddies section is slightly bigger than the other two stores. Men's section also slightly bigger with a good selection of suites and shirts.

Service is still in the "training stage" with a 20 minute queue for 2 lattes (coffee machine is too slow and being replaced by a faster one soon - think maybe they might have spotted that earlier?). Also a 25 minute queue to pay for our shopping since one of the tills was acting up and the staff seemed slightly unsure of what they were doing whilst the ones who did know what they were doing were getting stressed out.

The mall itself looked good - lots of natural light. All the other shops are apparently opening on 1st March and you should eventually be able to walk from Ikea through the mall to M&S.
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Being as nobody shops at Marks and Spencer in the UK, I always wondered why expats miss it so much.

The company used to be propped up by its overseas stories...is it still?
 
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Originally Posted by uk4uae
the food department is very slightly larger than the one at Deira with a smaller coffee shop serving hot and cold drinks and sandwiches. There is a bakery section but to be honest it's nothing special and a long way to travel for a loaf of bread IMO. The freezer section is same old same old (fish, chips, peas, apple pie etc).

The home section was a real disappointment as I had assumed that they would have really gone to town on this bit given the amount of people buying furniture for their own properties - but alas no.

However, the good news is that the ladies clothes section is huge with a really good selection from all their ranges. Undies section good too.

Kiddies section is slightly bigger than the other two stores. Men's section also slightly bigger with a good selection of suites and shirts.

Service is still in the "training stage" with a 20 minute queue for 2 lattes (coffee machine is too slow and being replaced by a faster one soon - think maybe they might have spotted that earlier?). Also a 25 minute queue to pay for our shopping since one of the tills was acting up and the staff seemed slightly unsure of what they were doing whilst the ones who did know what they were doing were getting stressed out.

The mall itself looked good - lots of natural light. All the other shops are apparently opening on 1st March and you should eventually be able to walk from Ikea through the mall to M&S.
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Originally Posted by W10
Being as nobody shops at Marks and Spencer in the UK, I always wondered why expats miss it so much
Maybe it's because plenty of people *do* shop at M&S in the UK

If you could get the full range of M&S food products over here, I'd be pretty happy. Why is it so damned difficult to find a prawn sandwich in Dubai?
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Call me what you like - it has never stopped you before
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Call me what you like - it has never stopped you before
bloody crappy festival city. we were going to move there and have backed out now. delayed 2 months (i'd put up with that if i was buying - but not renting). everything delayed all over the place. crap customer service - was left with a bad impression when previously i though futtaim was one of the better family groups...
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i though futtaim was one of the better family groups...
You were thinking VERY wrong
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Originally Posted by GarethR

If you could get the full range of M&S food products over here, I'd be pretty happy. Why is it so damned difficult to find a prawn sandwich in Dubai?
Because they are revolting?

Parts of M&S food store are worth exploring (but if you can get to a deli why bother) but their clothes and home stuff is the stuff of nightmares. There attempts at getting 'cool' with their designer Autograph ranges were appalling.

I thought M&S only had about 10% of the UK market.
 
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Originally Posted by Meow
Apparently it is supposed to be quite large & sell fresh food/ready meals. We'll see - no prawn sandwiches though...
Ahhh well there goes the dream of my BLT sarnie
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