The retailer has detailed what customers can expect when it reopens in a few weeks
M&S Foodhall at Anlaby Retail Park(Image: Google Maps)
The Marks and Spencer Food Hall at Anlaby Retail Park will be shut for more than a month from this weekend for a ‘refresh’ with new additions being made. After closing at the end of Saturday (January 24), the store is not expected to reopen until March.
M&S told Hull Live the transformation will deliver a bigger, brand-new produce section, in-store bakery and coffee counter, serving a range of barista-made drinks, a ‘cheese barge’ and dedicated flower and wine shops. The store is also getting new flooring and lighting. The store’s team of over 60 colleagues will temporarily join nearby stores while work is underway.
Earlier this month, East Riding Of Yorkshire Council approved an application for a number of alterations to the store’s exterior. These included a new main sign which will read “M&S Food.” The current sign reads “M&S Foodhall.”
On social media the store announced that January 24 will be its last trading day until March. The exact date of its reopening has not been confirmed.
The Anlaby store first opened in July 2010 when it was known as M&S Simply Food. It was the first retailer to open at the then newly-constructed retail park off Springfield Way.
The Anlaby Retail Park store isn’t the only M&S store in the area that is set for change. The current store at Kingswood is planned to close to make way for a new full range store located in part of the nearby Matalan unit which is set to be ready to welcome customers by late 2027.
The new store will be Hull’s first full-line M&S since the closure of the historic Whitefriargate store in 2019. Ever since, shoppers in Hull have had to leave the area to visit a store stocking clothing and homeware ranges with the nearest located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Doncaster and York.
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