Marks and Spencer announces plans for 32 new Scottish stores and ‘showstopping’ UK flagship

Marks and Spencer has unveiled a list of 500 potential locations for new and revamped Food stores as it plans to double the size of its food business

Marks and Spencer has revealed plans for a new flagship store as part of an ambitious expansion drive. The retail giant, which is targeting doubling in size, confirmed the massive supermarket will launch at Bath SouthGate on February 4.

The high street stalwart has published a list of 500 potential sites for new and upgraded Food outlets, forming part of its bold strategy to double its food operation. According to the list, 32 of these outlets have been planned to open in Scotland.

In addition, the quintessentially British firm is poised to open or refurbish 20 stores by the end of the financial year in April. The move would generate 800 new positions and marks an acceleration of its estate transformation programme, reports the Mirror.

The new 83,000 sq ft flagship in Bath will showcase the “very best” of food, fashion, home and beauty offerings, the retailer confirmed. 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. 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 prepares for expansion, it’s concentrating on launching outlets with appropriate space in optimal locations. The objective is to double the scale of its food division whilst modernising its property portfolio.

To accomplish this, M&S intends to enlarge its Food stores to provide a broader selection and draw in more customers for their weekly shop. The firm revealed that new M&S Food stores launched in the past three years have been successful.

Consequently, it’s broadening the scope of locations in its site search, including areas where there isn’t currently an M&S store. These fresh outlets will showcase the latest renewal format, featuring an expanded range of M&S Food, wider aisles for larger shopping trolleys, and more spacious car parks to cater to more family shoppers.

The Food store in Selby, which opened on Three Lakes retail park last year, has surpassed expectations, delivering above-average food market share growth in the region.

M&S is actively seeking new locations, with 500 potential sites in mind to extend its proven store format. By April 2028, over half of the M&S stores, including convenience ones, are projected to adopt this new format.

Alex Freudmann, Managing Director of M&S Food, stated: “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 development follows a significant dip in the company’s profits due to a major cyber attack last year. The attack led to a drop of over 40 percent in online home and fashion sales when the company had to halt website orders.

The retail behemoth reported that its underlying pre-tax profits plunged by 55.4 percent to £184.1million in the six months up to September 27. On a reported basis, profits nearly vanished, falling to £3.4million from £391.9million the previous year.

M&S has disclosed that a cyber attack cost the company £324million in lost sales, slightly above its initial estimate of £300million. However, it managed to recover £100million in the first half of the year through an insurance payout.

Locations for new M&S stores

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

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. Ladbroke 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.

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.