Marks & Spencer opens a spacious new food store, creating 50 jobs and offering a full range of products.

Marks & Spencer has opened its new 18,000 square foot store at Cannock’s Orbital Retail Park, landing just in time for the festive rush.

The site sits inside a former Homebase unit and is three times larger than the previous M&S food store a few yards away at Unit 4, which closed on Tuesday evening (December 2).

The move has created 50 jobs and marks the first of 12 former Homebase locations M&S plans to transform. Inside, shoppers will find a bakery, a coffee counter, a hot chicken counter, and a sushi counter.

The full M&S Food range is now available in the refreshed store layout. The coffee counter serves barista-made hot and iced drinks.

The store officially opened just before 8am on Wednesday, with long-serving colleagues and in-store bakers Trish and Sarah cutting the ribbon. They are celebrating 40 and 39 years with M&S.

The new store is triple the size of the previous store.

M&S Orbital is based at Unit 1 Voyager Drive, Orbital Retail Centre, Cannock. Opening hours run from 8am to 8pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am to 4pm on Sundays.