Overview
- The M&S café at Acorn Retail Park in Crawley closed on Saturday, February 21, as confirmed by a store notice.
- Regional managers said cafés in Congleton and Stone will be converted to expand product choice, with final closure dates not yet set.
- An updated list from Express includes further sites that have closed or are slated to close across Kent, Yorkshire, Scotland and other areas.
- M&S frames the closures as part of a drive to modernise its food business, targeting roughly 500 areas and delivering more than twenty store openings or modernisations before the financial year ends.
- Local shoppers expressed disappointment at losing café spaces, while the company cites strong demand for a broader M&S Food offer.