The much-loved chain has said it aims to double the number of food halls in the UK
Marks and Spencer has announced a new flagship store as plans for a massive surge in outlets gathers pace. The giant aims to double in size and has said the extensive supermarket will open in SouthGate, Bath SouthGate on February 4.
Marks and Spencer has unveiled a list of 500 potential locations for new and revamped Food stores, as part of its ambitious plan to double the size of its food business. The company is set to open or renew 20 stores by the end of the financial year in April creating 800 new jobs, signalling a ramping up of its store estate renewal.
The new flagship 83,000 sq ft store in Bath will have the “very best” food, fashion, home and beauty, the chain said. Natalie Jordan, Store Manager at M&S Bath SouthGate said: “We are counting down the days to reveal our showstopping store next month. Our customers deserve the very best of M&S and our new location will deliver just that, with new products to explore and guaranteed trusted value and quality.”
Natalie added: “The team and I have been busy getting ready for the move and we’ve welcomed 40 new joiners which has been fantastic.
“It’s a hugely exciting time for us here in Bath and we can’t wait to welcome local residents and visitors to the city alike.”
As M&S gears up for growth, it’s focusing on opening stores with the right space in the right places. The aim is to double the size of its food business and modernise its store estate.
To achieve this, M&S plans to increase the size of its Food stores to offer a wider range and attract more customers for their weekly shop. The company reported that new M&S Food stores opened in the past three years have performed well.
As a result, it’s expanding the number of locations in its site search, including areas where there isn’t currently an M&S store, such as Hove, Marlborough and Wallingford. These new stores will feature the latest renewal format, boasting an extended range of M&S Food, wider aisles for larger shopping trolleys, and bigger car parks to accommodate more family shoppers.
The Food store in Selby, which opened on Three Lakes retail park last year, has exceeded expectations, delivering above-average food market share growth in the region, reports the Mirror.
M&S is on the hunt for new locations, with 500 potential sites in mind to expand its proven store format. By April 2028, over half of the M&S stores, including convenience ones, are expected to adopt this new format.
Alex Freudmann, Managing Director of M&S Food, said: “The strong performance of our new M&S food stores gives us the confidence to explore even more locations across the UK, from Elgin to Exmouth. With more than twenty stores opening or modernised before the end of the financial year, we are moving faster. Our team want new sites where we could open a large M&S Food store as we deliver on our strategy to bring the right stores to the right places and offer the best shopping experience, range and availability for our customers.”
This move comes after the company’s profits took a significant hit due to a major cyber attack earlier this year. The attack caused online home and fashion sales to plummet by more than 40% when the company was forced to suspend website orders.
The retail giant reported that its underlying pre-tax profits fell by 55.4% to £184.1 million in the six months leading up to September 27. On a reported basis, profits nearly disappeared, dropping to £3.4 million from £391.9 million the previous year.
M&S has revealed that a cyber attack cost the company £324 million in lost sales, slightly more than its initial estimate of £300 million. However, it managed to recoup £100 million in the first half of the year through an insurance payout.
Locations for new M&S stores
North West and West London
1. Acton.
2. Baker Street.
3. Belgravia.
4. Belsize Park.
5. Brent Cross Town.
6. Brentford.
7. Brondesbury.
8. Chalk Farm and Primrose Hill.
9. Childs Hill.
10. Cricklewood.
11. East Finchley.
12. Eastcote.
13. Edgware.
14. Finchley.
15. Finchley Road.
16. Gloucester Road.
17. Golders Green.
18. Hampstead.
19. Hanwell.
20. Harrow Weald.
21. Hatch End.
22. Hendon.
23. High Barnet.
24. Hillingdon.
25. Holland Park.
26. Ickenham.
27. Isleworth.
28. Kensal Green.
29. Kensal Rise.
30. Kentish Town.
31. Kenton.
32. Knightsbridge.
33. Ladbrooke Grove / Portobello Road.
34. Maida Vale.
35. Mill Hill East.
36. Moor Park.
37. New Barnet.
38. North Harrow.
39. North Putney Bridge.
40. North Watford.
41. Northfields.
42. Northwood.
43. Northwood Hills.
44. Osterley.
45. Parsons Green.
46. Pimlico.
47. Preston Road.
48. Queens Park.
49. Rayners Lane.
50. Ruislip.
51. Ruislip Manor.
52. Shepherds Bush.
53. Shepperton.
54. South Ealing.
55. South Kensington.
56. St Johns Wood.
57. Stanmore.
58. Sunbury.
59. Warren Street / Euston Square.
60. Wembley Stadium / Wembley Park.
61. West Ealing.
62. Westbourne Grove.
63. Willesden Green.
The City, NE and SE London
1. Aldgate.
2. Barking Station.
3. Barkingside.
4. Bethnal Green.
5. Blackheath.
6. Bounds Green.
7. Brockley.
8. Buckhurst Hill.
9. Camberwell.
10. Canning Town.
11. Chigwell.
12. Chingford.
13. Cockfosters.
14. Collier Row.
15. Crofton Park.
16. Crouch End.
17. Denmark Hill.
18. Dulwich.
19. Dulwich Village.
20. Elm Park.
21. Emerson Park.
22. Enfield Chase.
23. Forest Gate /.
Wanstead Park.
24. Forest Hill.
25. Gants Hill.
26. Gidea Park.
27. Greenwich.
28. Greenwich Peninsula.
29. Hackney Wick.
30. Hainault.
31. Harold Hill.
32. Harold Wood.
33. Harringay.
34. Highams Park.
35. Highbury.
36. Highgate.
37. Hither Green.
38. Honor Oak.
39. Hornchurch.
40. Hornsey.
41. Ilford Station.
42. Kidbrooke.
43. Lee.
44. Leyton.
45. Meridian Water.
46. Mile End.
47. Mottingham.
48. New Cross.
49. Newbury Park.
50. North Enfield.
51. Palmers Green.
52. Shooters Hill.
53. Shoreditch.
54. South Romford.
55. South Woodford.
56. Stoke Newington.
57. Surrey Quays / Canada Water.
58. Sydenham.
59. Tufnell Park.
60. Turnpike Lane.
61. Upminster.
62. Upper Walthamstow.
63. Walthamstow.
64. Wapping.
65. Whitechapel Station.
66. Winchmore Hill.
67. Woodford.
South London and West End
1. Abbey Wood.
2. Addlestone.
3. Balham.
4. Banstead.
5. Barnes.
6. Biggin Hill.
7. Blackfen.
8. Burgh Heath.
9. Carshalton.
10. Caterham.
11. Cheam.
12. Chertsey.
13. Chessington.
14. Chislehurst.
15. Clapham.
16. Claygate.
17. Cobham.
18. Coulsdon.
19. Crayford.
20. Crystal Palace / Upper Norwood.
21. Dartford.
22. East Bromley.
23. East Putney.
24. East Sheen.
25. Egham Hythe.
26. Elmers End.
27. Esher.
28. Ewell.
29. Gipsy Hill.
30. Hackbridge.
31. Ham.
32. Hampton.
33. Hanworth.
34. Hayes : Bromley.
35. Herne Hill.
36. Hersham.
37. Kingswood.
38. Locksbottom.
39. Lower Morden.
40. Molesey.
41. Morden.
42. New Malden.
43. Nine Elms.
44. North Cheam.
45. Oxshott.
46. Penge.
47. Petts Wood.
48. Raynes Park.
49. Sanderstead.
50. Selsdon.
51. South Orpington.
52. St Margarets.
53. Stoneleigh.
54. Surbiton.
55. Tadworth.
56. Thames Ditton.
57. Tooting Bec.
58. Vauxhall.
59. Wallington.
60. Walton-on-Thames.
61. Wandsworth.
62. Warlingham.
63. Welling.
64. Weybridge.
65. Whitton.
66. Wimbledon Chase.
67. Wimbledon Village.
68. Worcester Park.
Scotland
1. Anniesland.
2. Bishopbriggs.
3. Bridge Of Don Aberdeen.
4. Broughty Ferry.
5. Clarkston.
6. Coatbridge Faraday.
7. Craigleith.
8. Cults / Garthdee.
9. Cumbernauld.
10. Dumbarton.
11. Dumfries.
12. Dunblane.
13. Dunfermline.
14. Elgin.
15. Ellon.
16. Glenrothes.
17. Inveralmond Perth.
18. Inverness.
19. Inverurie.
20. Irvine.
21. Kings Park Glasgow.
22. Kingsgate East Kilbride.
23. Lanark.
24. Leith.
25. Livingston.
26. Milngavie.
27. Montrose.
28. Morningside Edinburgh.
29. St Andrews.
30. Stonehaven.
31. Uddingston.
32. Westhill.
Midlands and North East
1. Aldridge.
2. Ashbourne.
3. Balsall Common.
4. Belper.
5. Bingley.
6. Birstall.
7. Bishop Auckland.
8. Blyth / Ashington.
9. Boldon / Harton.
10. Bridgnorth.
11. Brighouse.
12. Bromsgrove.
13. Chilwell / Bramcote.
14. Cleveland Middlesbrough.
15. Congleton.
16. Consett.
17. Cortonwood Barnsley.
18. Cramlington.
19. Dorridge.
20. Driffield.
21. Ecclesall Road.
22. Great Barr Birmingham.
23. Grimsby.
24. Guisborough.
25. Hartlepool.
26. Hexham.
27. Holmfirth.
28. Ilkley.
29. Kidderminster.
30. Knaresborough.
31. Louth.
32. Mansfield.
33. Mosborough.
34. Netherfield Nottingham.
35. Northallerton.
36. Norton College Sheffield.
37. Pontefract.
38. Princess Park, Birmingham.
39. Quinton.
40. Redditch.
41. Richmond.
42. Rugeley.
43. Scarborough.
44. Scunthorpe.
45. Sleaford.
46. South Doncaster.
47. Stourbridge.
48. Team Valley Gateshead.
49. The Springs Leeds.
50. Thirsk.
51. Trentham.
52. Wakefield Rd Huddersfield.
53. Wednesbury.
54. West Huddersfield.
55. West Park Darlington.
56. Wetherby.
57. Whitley Bay.
58. Wickersley.
59. Wolverhampton.
60. Wombourne.
61. Yarm.
North West
1. Abergele.
2. Altrincham.
3. Ashton-in-Makerfield.
4. Bamber Bridge / Clayton.
5. Barrow.
6. Bromborough.
7. Burnley.
8. Buxton.
9. Chorley.
10. Clitheroe.
11. Didsbury.
12. Frodsham.
13. Garstang.
14. Glossop.
15. Hale Barnes.
16. Knutsford.
17. Lancaster.
18. Leigh.
19. Lytham.
20. Market Drayton.
21. Marple.
22. Menai / Bangor.
23. Middlewich.
24. Mold.
25. North East Bolton.
26. Northwich.
27. Oldham.
28. Ormskirk.
29. Oswestry.
30. Penrith.
31. Prescot.
32. Prestwich.
33. Rawtenstall.
34. Stockton Heath.
35. Ulverston.
36. Upton.
37. West Cheadle.
38. Widness.
39. Workington.
Midlands/East Anglia
1. Ashby De La Zouch.
2. Basildon.
3. Bedford, South.
4. Benfleet/ Leigh-on-Sea.
5. Bicester.
6. Billericay.
7. Bishop Stortford.
8. Braintree.
9. Brentwood.
10. Corby.
11. Daventry.
12. Diss.
13. Ely.
14. Fletchamstead, Coventry.
15. Flitwick.
16. Grantham.
17. Great Dunmow.
18. Great Yarmouth.
19. Harlow.
20. Hertford.
21. Holt/ Cromer.
22. Huntington.
23. Kenilworth.
24. Kettering.
25. Leicester, North.
26. Letchworth.
27. Loughborough.
28. Lutterworth.
29. Maldon.
30. Market Harborough.
31. Martlesham Heath, Ipswich.
32. Melton Mowbray.
33. Newmarket.
34. North Cambridge.
35. North Norwich.
36. Northampton, West.
37. Nuneaton/Hinckley (A5).
38. Oadby.
39. Potters Bar.
40. Putnoe – Bedford.
41. Rayleigh.
42. Royston.
43. Saffron Walden.
44. South Cambridge.
45. Spalding.
46. Stamford.
47. Sudbury.
48. Towcester.
49. Westway Chelmsford.
50. Witham.
51. Woodham Ferrers.
52. Wymondham/Cringleford.
Home Counties
1. Acorn Park Crawley.
2. Ascot/ Sunningdale.
3. Ashford.
4. Aylesbury.
5. Berkhamsted.
6. Billinghurst.
7. Bognor Regis.
8. Borough Green.
9. Buckingham.
10. Burgess Hill.
11. Calcot Reading.
12. Canterbury.
13. Chalfont St Peter.
14. Chineham, Basingstoke.
15. Cranleigh.
16. Crowborough.
17. Dover.
18. East Grinstead.
19. Farnborough.
20. Fetcham/ Leatherhead.
21. Fleet.
22. Folkestone.
23. Harpenden.
24. Haslemere.
25. Haywards Heath.
26. Hazlemere.
27. Heathfield, East Sussex.
28. Hemel Hempstead.
29. Henley-on-Thames.
30. Herne Bay.
31. Hook, Hampshire.
32. Leighton Buzzard.
33. Lewes.
34. Marlow.
35. Marshalswick, St Albans.
36. North Brighton.
37. Oxted.
38. Petersfield.
39. Princes Risborough.
40. Reigate.
41. Rustington.
42. Seaford.
43. South Reading.
44. Storrington.
45. Strood SF.
46. Thame.
47. Tonbridge.
48. Tring.
49. Wendover.
50. West Basingstoke.
51. West Woking.
52. Whitstable.
53. Windsor.
54. Wokingham/ Arborfield.
55. Woodley Reading.
56. Worthing.
57. Wycombe Marsh.
South West and Wales
1. Abergavenny.
2. Aberystwyth.
3. Andover.
4. Bath, West.
5. Bishops Waltham.
6. Blandford Forum.
7. Bodmin.
8. Bridgend.
9. Bridgwater.
10. Broadstone.
11. Caerphilly.
12. Carmarthen.
13. Chandler’s Ford.
14. Chepstow.
15. Chippenham.
16. Chipping Norton.
17. Cirencester.
18. Clevedon.
19. Cwmbran.
20. Devizes.
21. Dursley.
22. East Exeter.
23. Emersons Green.
24. Evesham.
25. Exmouth.
26. Falmouth.
27. Ferndown.
28. Frome.
29. Gloucester Brockworth.
30. Headington.
31. Henleaze.
32. Honiton.
33. Ilminster.
34. Imperial, Bristol.
35. Llanishen, Cardiff.
36. Locks Heath/Fareham.
37. Lyme Regis/Axminster (A35).
38. Monmouth.
39. Mumbles.
40. North Dorchester.
41. North Neath.
42. Ocean RP Portsmouth SF.
43. Penarth.
44. Pentwyn.
45. Plymstock/ Sherford.
46. Pontarddulais.
47. Porthcawl.
48. Portishead.
49. Radstock/Midsomer Norton.
50. Ringwood/Verwood.
51. St Austell.
52. Stroud / Nailsworth.
53. Summertown.
54. Talbot Green.
55. Teignmouth.
56. Tiverton.
57. Trowbridge.
58. Waterlooville.
59. Wellington.
60. Weston Super Mare.
61. Winscombe.
62. Witney.
63. Yate.
