
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 retail giant is set to open or renew 20 stores by the end of the financial year, creating 800 new jobs, signalling an acceleration in its store estate renewal.
As it gears up for growth, M&S is strategically opening stores with optimal space in prime locations, aiming to modernise its store estate while doubling its food business. To achieve this, the retailer plans to expand its Food stores to offer a wider range of products and attract more customers for their weekly shop.
The company reported that new M&S Food stores opened in the past three years have been successful, prompting it to broaden its search for suitable sites. This includes areas currently without an M&S store, such as Hove, Marlborough and Wallingford.
These proposed stores will feature the new renewal format, boasting an extended range of MandS Food, wider aisles for larger shopping trolleys, and spacious 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, according to the chain.
M&S is currently scouting 500 potential sites to expand its modernised store format across existing markets and introduce Food shops to fresh locations. The retailer expects over half its estate, including convenience outlets, to feature the renewal format by April 2028.
Alex Freudmann Managing Director, 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 MandS 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 expansion follows a challenging period in which profits dropped by more than half after a significant cyber attack earlier this year caused online home and fashion sales to crash by over 40% when website orders were suspended.
The high street chain saw underlying pre-tax profits slump 55.4% to £184.1 million during the six months ending September 27.
On a reported basis, profits were virtually eliminated, collapsing to £3.4 million from £391.9 million the previous year. MandS 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.
The attack is expected to impact profits by around £136 million, including an additional £34 million in the last six months of its financial year, according to M&S .
Sales in the fashion division fell by 16.4% as the cyber attack caused chaos, with online sales down 42.9% and in-store sales 3.4% lower.
The high street giant had to halt all online sales for approximately six weeks and faced empty shelves due to disruption to its logistics systems after hackers targeted the business around Easter weekend.
Hackers also stole customer personal data, which could have included names, email addresses, postal addresses and dates of birth.
M&S has announced locations for new stores:
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
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.
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
