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18841 920s
opens his
1884: Michael Marks
in Leeds market
first stall
1920s: M&S start selling sandwiches
196819841968: M&S start selling avocados
significantly increasing their
popularity in the UK
19941984: M&S are the first major high street
retailer to sell ripe & ready-to-eat
stone fruit in the UK
2008: M&S launch the exclusiveChopin potato
19942008
: M&S is the first
retailer to sell
major high str
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19981998: M&S
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