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Marks & Spencer will shut 11 cafes in its smaller food shops as part of a continued shake-up of its store estate.

The high street giant said on Monday that closing the cafes is part of efforts to create space for more popular products.

It stressed that no jobs will be cut as a result, with impacted staff maintaining roles in the stores.

The closures will affect fewer than 4 per cent of the group’s 316 food shops.

An M&S spokesman said: "As we look to modernise our food business and offer the best of M&S Food to more people, more often, we’re investing in our store estate to give our customers the widest possible product range.

"This includes opening brand-new coffee shops offering delicious food and barista-made fairtrade coffee, including at our brand-new Bristol Cabo

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