Percy Pig stans and Colin the Caterpillar devotees, time to get excited. The British icons could be coming to a town near you very soon, as M&S is opening half a dozen new stores across the country.
Way back at the start of 2023, Marks and Sparks announced that it would be investing £480 million into a string of ‘bigger and better’ shops over 2023 and 2024. Last year M&S opened 13 new stores across the UK, and in the near future it’s opening a similarly admirable number of new outlets. Six new M&S Food Halls are set to open, and a further 11 are getting huge revamps.
Could your local area be getting a brand-new M&S? Here’s everything we know so far.
Where is M&S opening new stores?
M&S’s new stores are all food halls, and they’re all in London. Here are those.
- Clapham
- Covent Garden
- Fulham Broadway
- Putney
- New Malden
- Leytonstone
Which M&S stores are getting refurbished?
These 11 Marks and Sparks shops are getting a revamp.
- Pantheon Oxford Street, London
- Brooklands
- Islington, London
- Brent Cross, London
- Whetstone, London
- Wimbledon, London
- Chiswick, London
- Clapham South, London
- Euston (station branch), London
- St Pancras (station branch), London
- Charing Cross (station branch), London
Where has M&S already opened stores?
In 2023, 2024 and 2025, the retailer has brought new or renewed stores and food halls to:
- Purley Way
- Croydon
- White Rose Centre, Leeds,
- Liverpool ONE
- Stockport
- Clacton
- Birmingham Bullring
- Lakeside Shopping Centre, Thurrock
- Trafford Centre, Manchester
- Uckfield
- Earlsfield
- Barnsley
- The Galleries, Washington
- Ladymead Retail Park, Guildford
- Sidcup, London
- Friern Barnet, London
- Gallagher Retail Park, Dundee
- Largs, North Ayrshire
M&S has also spruced up and reopened stores in Camberley, Handforth and Newcastle.
What can we expect from the new Marks and Spencer stores?
The revamped outlets will apparently feature a ‘brand-new produce section, ambient and freezer sections twice the size and a larger bakery offering coffee to go’.
What has M&S said?
Sacha Berendji, operations director at M&S said: ‘London has always been a special place for M&S, growing from penny bazaars in the early 20th century into fresh Foodhalls like the one in Brixton we reopened last year.
‘We serve thousands of customers in the capital across our full line offering in larger stores on Oxford Street, which are soon to be redeveloped, to food on the move in train stations and we are always looking at what we can do next. Our pipeline of stores demonstrates our continued investment in London, and we will continue to bring the very best of M&S to customers from Brixton to Barnet for years to come.’
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