MARKS and Spencer will maintain round 400 outlets open till midnight within the run-up to Christmas.
The luxury grocery store says the longer hours will give prospects further time to seize last-minute meals or presents.
M&S will maintain round 400 outlets open till midnight within the run-up to ChristmasCredit score: AFP or licensors
The prolonged opening occasions embody nearly all of M&S’ food-only branches, together with some clothes and meals shops.
The midnight closing applies on December 21, 22 and 23. Christmas Eve hours are more likely to be completely different to common opening occasions, however the midnight hours will not apply.
Final 12 months, most M&S shops shut at 6pm on Christmas Eve and did not open once more till Boxing Day. We have requested Marks and Spencer for its Christmas Eve and Boxing Day hours and we’ll replace this text after we know extra.
M&S recommends prospects examine its store finder tool for the most recent hours.
Grocery store Christmas opening occasions 2020
NOT all supermarkets have confirmed their Christmas opening occasions, however here is what we all know to date:
- Aldi: Most shops will open till 11pm on December 21, 22 and 23. Branches will shut at 6pm on December 24 and can stay closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
- Asda: Asda has but to verify its Christmas opening occasions.
- Co-op: The Co-op has but to verify its Christmas opening occasions.
- Lidl: Lidl has but to verify its Christmas opening occasions.
- M&S: M&S will maintain round 400 outlets open till midnight on December 21, 22 and 23. The remaining will open till 10pm. Outlets are anticipated to close at 6pm on Christmas eve and stay closed on Christmas Day.
- Morrisons: Morrisons has but to verify its Christmas opening occasions.
- Tesco: Tesco has but to verify its Christmas opening occasions.
- Sainsbury’s: Sainsbury’s has but to verify its Christmas opening occasions.
- Waitrose: Waitrose will maintain smaller shops open till 11pm on December 21, 22 and 23, whereas bigger shops will shut at 10pm. Nearly all of shops will shut at 6pm on Christmas Eve and can stay shut on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Outlets that aren’t open till midnight will shut at round 10pm.
Final 12 months, M&S opened simply 15 of its branches till midnight. Marks and Spencer has round 900 outlets throughout the UK.
Sacha Berendji, M&S’s Retail, operations and property director stated: “We wish our prospects to have the ability to store with confidence this Christmas, which implies supporting social distancing in our shops and minimal queueing exterior because the climate will get colder.
“To assist with this, we’ll be working our longest ever opening hours simply earlier than Christmas.
“Together with the broader business, we proceed to ask for Sunday buying and selling hours to be prolonged to assist us enhance our capability to serve everybody safely this festive season.”
Marks and Spencer is not the primary grocery store to verify its Christmas opening hours.
Aldi confirmed it is extending its opening hours till 11pm in most shops on December 21, 22 and 23. Its shops will shut at 6pm on December 24 and can stay closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Waitrose has additionally revealed particulars of its Christmas opening occasions. Smaller shops will keep open till 11pm on December 21, 22 and 23, whereas bigger shops will shut at 10pm.
Nearly all of Waitrose shops will shut at 6pm on Christmas Eve and can stay shut on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Asda, Co-op, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco are but to verify their festive hours.
To get you within the Christmas spirit, here is what you may count on from M&S’ Christmas range together with a festive Colin the Caterpillar cake.
M&S is selling Percy Pig pies for Christmas 2020 they usually style just like the sweets.
