'Animal Rebellion' protesters pour milk out onto floor inside Manchester Marks and Spencer

Protesters targeted the Marks and Spencer store in Manchester city centre today, pouring out cartons of milk onto the shop floor and placing placards over joints of beef. The protest group Animal Rebellion said the store on Market Street was one of many targeted in a day of action across the country.

Protesters from the movement poured milk out onto shop floors, displays and products across the country, including at the Harrods store in London.

The group co-ordinated the action in stores like Waitrose, Whole Foods and Marks and Spencer in London, Manchester, Norwich and Edinburgh just before 12pm on Saturday. Footage shows several protesters pouring milk, taken from the shelves, on to display cabinets in Harrods’ food hall in Knightsbridge.

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Another group was filmed emptying milk bottles on to the floor and across a table laden with cheeses in Fortnum and Mason in Piccadilly. Images of the protestors in the stores were posted on Animal Rebellion's Twitter page.

Animal Rebellion said it is calling for a plant-based future and highlighting the need to support farmers in transitioning to a sustainable plant-based food system.

Lou Hadden, a charity worker from Herefordshire who joined the action at Fortnum and Mason, said: "This is not how I imagined spending my weekend. Unfortunately, this disruption is necessary to get those in power to listen to the academics at Oxford, Harvard and the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).

"The world’s best climate and land scientists are calling for the transition to a plant-based food system. We need bold and decisive politics at this time, not the horror show we