Marks and Spencer has added to the range of food it sells online but insisted the move does not signal plans to launch a full grocery service via the Internet.

The UK retailer has added 100 “food hall favourites” to the portfolio of products it sells online.

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The company had been selling food for entertaining online that customers could then pick up in store.

The new products include desserts, meat, fish, vegetarian products and gluten-free lines and will help consumers planning for dinner parties, a spokesperson said.

However, the spokesperson insisted its online offer remains a “food-to-order service” focused on “entertaining and dining” and added the move “should not be seen as a precursor” to a full online food offer.

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