Overview

• The closures affect fewer than 4% of M&S’s 316 food shops, with cafe space repurposed inside smaller locations.
• M&S says all affected colleagues will remain in-store with no job losses.
• The action sits within a broader investment to expand larger food halls and modernise food sites.
• New coffee-shop formats will open elsewhere, including a barista-led outlet at the Bristol Cabot Circus store.
• The retailer is still recovering from an April cyberattack that halted online orders for six weeks and is estimated to cost about £300m.