Marks & Spencer (M&S) is closing nearly a dozen of its in-store cafés.

The high street giant confirmed to Metro that it is closing down 11 coffee shops in its food-hall stores to make space for more groceries.

Metro understands that a full list of the closures is not public yet, as the company is informing impacted staff about the shake-up.

No jobs will be lost, with staff being moved elsewhere. The retailer operates more than 300 cafés, coffee shops and coffee-to-go kiosks, with the closings impacting just 4% of its 316 food locations.

More fresh produce and meal options will instead be offered in the 11 stores as the shuttered cafes are ‘re-purposed’, M&S told Metro.

This is all part of an £300million investment to increase the number of M&S food halls to 420 by the end of 2028.

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