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After much anticipation, Marks & Spencer yesterday (Wednesday 14th June) officially opened its new Foodhall in Stockport, ending the retailer’s five year absence from the town centre.
Over 300 local customers started queuing from 7am to get the first look inside the store on Stockport Retail Park.
The M&S Stockport team gathered at the store entrance at 10am with Store Manager, Anna Priest, who was joined by guest of honour Percy Pig, to cut the ribbon and declare the store officially open.
The new 16,000 sq ft store offers local shoppers a fresh-market-style Foodhall, and will support 110 jobs in Stockport town centre.
The store is part of a significant £500 million investment by the retailer in its stores, which aims to create over 3,400 new jobs nationwide. The new M&S Stockport Foodhall is among the first of 20 new M&S stores that are due to open across the country in 2023, including major new stores due to open later this year in Manchester’s Trafford Centre and the Liverpool ONE shopping centre.
Opening day celebrations also saw the team handed out 200 golden tickets to the first customers through the door. Every golden ticket holder was guaranteed a win – whether it’s a free bag of Percy Pigs or freshly baked cookies from the new M&S bakery, and to mark the occasion one lucky customer won a £200 M&S voucher!
Store Manager Anna Priest said:
“We are thrilled to open our brand-new Foodhall today in Stockport. The last few weeks have been spent putting the finishing touches to our new store and I’m exceptionally proud of my amazing team who have all worked so hard to make sure everything is ready for our big opening day.
“The store is an exciting investment in the future of M&S in Stockport, and I can’t wait for our customers to explore all the new features that the store has to offer. We’re proud to introduce over 110 new recruits to our M&S Stockport Foodhall, who can’t wait to meet all our new customers. With an amazing fresh-market feel and a bigger range of products than ever before, we really do have the best of M&S Food here for everyone to enjoy!”