M&S Foodhall now open in Leighton-Linslade’s Grovebury Road Retail Park
Thursday, 21 February 2019
The long-anticipated Marks & Spencer (M&S) Foodhall in the Grovebury Road Retail Park in Leighton-Linslade opened in February, bringing with it 46 new local jobs.
In 2017, we announced that we'd approved a change to the original planning restrictions and would now allow the sale of convenience food at Grovebury Road Retail Park. This enabled M&S to progress its ambition to open a Foodhall in Leighton-Linslade.
Councillor Nigel Young, our Executive Member for Regeneration and Business, said: "We are delighted to have another high-profile store for the residents of Leighton-Linslade to shop at. Now, loyal M&S customers no longer have to travel out of the area. An M&S here helps drive competition and creates a new premium offer for the town. Judging by the queues waiting to get in on opening morning, it will be a popular and busy store.
"There are now some great household-name stores for shoppers to visit at Grovebury Road Retail Park. The shopping park will provide even more retail facilities and jobs for local people, and we look forward to its formal opening in the summer."
The Grovebury Road Retail Park M&S store is open Monday to Saturday, from 8am until 9pm, and on Sundays from 11am until 5pm. The store offers the full range of M&S clothing and home products via its Collect in Store service. Customers can opt for next day collection if they order by 10pm the night before on the M&S website.
To celebrate the opening, the store gave away exclusive ‘Golden Ticket’ gift vouchers to the first 200 lucky customers through the doors.