Around the World: United Kingdom

Back to the basics

A Marks and Spencer strawberry jam sandwich is seen in this handout released yesterday. The British sandwich market is noted for an exotic mix of fillings, but British retailer Marks and Spencer, responding to frugal times, has gone back to basics with a strawberry jam sandwich. The global recession manifests itself in big and small ways, most gloomy, some quirky and often reflecting the inventive human spirit.