‘Rip-off’: Outrage over Marks & Spencer’s £5 ‘posh beans on toast’

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark & Spencer have been heavily criticised for selling an item called “posh cheesy beans on toast” for £5 in its Christmas food range. Social media users were in uproar over the party food, which consists of “brioche bread with haricot beans in a tomato sauce with a creamy Barber’s mature cheese melt and finished with Barber’s mature Cheddar cheese”. In a tweet, Money Saving Expert said: “We’re all fans of baked beans here, but given you can buy a loaf of bread, tin of baked beans and block of cheese for less than £5.75, we’re not fans of the price!” One person said M&S was trying to make mini portions of beans on toast “fancy and gourmet to appeal to their upper-middle class customer base”. “Made with a super buttery brioche bread base, topped with haricot beans in a rich tomato sauce with a creamy Barber’s mature cheddar cheese melt, finished with a sprinkling of even more mature Barber’s mature cheddar cheese for ultimate ooze, and ready in just 12 minutes.