Five places where new M&S food stores will open on former Homesbase sites
Marks & Spencer plans to open 12 new shops on former Homebase sites over the next 14 months.
Ten new M&S food shops and two full line stores will welcome shoppers in places like Abingdon, Cannock, Farnham, Godalming and Northampton.
The investment on former Homebase sites will create over 550 new jobs.
Two of the shops, in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and Cannock, Staffordshire, will open their doors as soon as this year.
The other ten will all be ready to serve customers by July 2026.
One of the new outlets will break an M&S record for its size.
A new food hall planned for Godalming, Surrey, will be their largest standalone food store ever.
New M&S stores opening in the next 14 months.
- Abingdon- 18k sq foot food hall expected to open in late 2025
- Cannock -18k sq foot food hall expected to open in late 2025
- Farnham -18k sq foot food hall expected to open in spring 2026
- Godalming – 22k sq foot food hall expected to open in summer 2026 – the largest standalone Food store to date
- Northampton – 16k sq foot food hall expected to open in summer 2026
M&S’s expansion forms part of the retail giant’s ‘rotation and renewal programme’, which aims to deliver 420 larger and more modern stores.
These new renewal stores promise to include larger car parks, brand new coffee bakeries.
They will also offer an expanded frozen section and more spacious aisles for customers to shop in.
The opening follows on from six food stores and two full line stores, in Dundee and Washington Galleries, that M&S welcomed last year.
The company’s chief executive Stuart Machin said of the plans: ‘Investing in new and renewed stores is one of our key transformation priorities.
‘Securing these highly desirable sites in priority locations will accelerate this strategy, drive further growth in our M&S food business and most importantly give our customers the best possible M&S shopping experience.’
The news comes as M&S faced continued disruption from a cyber attack.
The high street shop was targeted by hackers in April, which disrupted contactless payments and Click and Collect – just one of many major retailers that have been hacked recently.
The retailer then confirmed that customer data had been stolen, although it said no passwords or card details were accessed.
M&S and customers face further disruption from the attack, expected to last through to July.
Its operating profits will be reduced by around £300 million due to the impact of the attack, M&S warned.
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