My 85 year old mother regularly shops in South End Green NW3 Marks And Spencer as usually it is worth paying a little more for the extra quality. Yesterday I when I saw her she said that she was very upset with the Cox apples she bought as three of them were so bad that she had to throw them away. The apple she kept was also bruised and I said that we would take it back, thinking Marks and Spencer are very good to their customers and would replace the apples. I spoke to the Store Manager at South End Green and was very disappointed when he said that all he could do was to throw the bad apple away as my Mum did not have her receipt. When we got to pay for the shopping we were buying the kind lady serving us at at the till recognised my Mum and said to me how sweet my Mum is and nice to meet her daughter, I showed her the bad apple and explained the situation and she was also surprised at the manager's decision, saying that she would have replaced the apples. i must say that although the new packaging is now more sustainable and does not use plastic it does make inspecting the apples very difficult to check for damage, bruising etc. I realise that the cost of apples are not an expensive purchase (although my Mum is very careful with her money) but I was more disappointed with the attitude and response of the Manager and his poor customer service.