Marks and Spencer is looking at 500 sites for potential new stores across the country as it aims to double in size. The supermarket has revealed which towns and cities it plans to target as part of its massive expansion. M&S wants to double the size of its food business. As part of this, it plans to open bigger food stores with a wider range of products. It has been said that the new M&S food stores that recently opened have performed "excellently".
M&S says these stores would be in its renewal format, with more with an extended range of M&S Food, wider aisles for bigger shopping trolleys and larger car parks for more family shoppers. "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," said M&S Managing Director Alex Freudmann.
He continued: "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."
M&S has revealed the 500 places in the UK it wants to target, breaking them up by region. Here is the full list.
