Marks and Spencer to reopen 49 cafes for hot drinks from tomorrow
MARKS & Spencer shoppers can soon grab a hot drink while buying groceries as the supermarket is reopening 49 of its cafes tomorrow.
The roll-out follows a successful trial at five of the in-store cafes.
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These are located in High Street Kensington, Maybrook Canterbury, Pantheon, Victoria Cardinal Place and Waterside.
The posh supermarket closed its in-store cafes due to the coronavirus crisis.
But after introducing a wide range of social distancing measures, it'll now reopen 49 of them for takeaway hot drinks tomorrow, May 14.
The cafes, which are located in M&S stores across the UK, have been selected as they're next to the foodhall.
This means customers can easily pick up a coffee while doing their food shop.
Which M&S cafes are reopening?
M&S has so far shared where 48 of the reopening cafes are located. We've listed them below.
- Anlaby
- Ashbourne
- Bankside (Marketplace)
- Beverley
- Bishop Auckland
- Blackrock
- Bluewater
- Boucher Rd Belfast
- Braehead
- Braintree
- Brent Cross (Marketplace)
- Bridge of Don
- Canary Wharf (Marketplace)
- Central Falkirk
- Cheshunt
- Clapham (Coffee Bar)
- Congleton
- Cramlington
- Dunblane
- Finsbury (Marketplace)
- Handforth Dean Conservatory
- Heathfield Ayr
- Hedge End (Coffee Bar)
- High St. Kensington (Coffee Bar)
- Inveralmond
- Kingston (Marketplace)
- Kingstown Park Carlisle
- Manchester (Coffee Bar)
- Marble Arch (Marketplace)
- Martlesham Heath
- Maybrook Canterbury
- Mayflower
- Meadowhall
- Meole Brace Shrewsbury
- Northallerton
- One New Change (Marketplace)
- Pantheon (Marketplace)
- Pontarddulais
- Portfield Chichester
- Sears Solihull
- Stratford (Marketplace)
- Summertown
- Sweetbriar Norwich
- Victoria Cardinal Place (Marketplace)
- Waterside (Marketplace)
- Westbridge Park Stone
- Whitstable
- Woodley
New measures put in place to protect staff and customers include perspex screens at tills as well as improved hygiene processes.
For example, staff have been asked to wash their hands every 30 minutes as a minimum, with surfaces sanitised regularly.
Floor markings will also remind shoppers about social distancing requirements, while contactless payments are encouraged.
M&S will also only allow one colleague behind the counter at any one time to ensure social distancing between staff members.
Most of the cafes are open for the first six hours of trade at each store, meaning if the shop opens at 9am the cafe will be open until 3pm.
The Sun has asked M&S how many cafes it has but we haven't heard back yet, so we'll update this article once we do.
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