M&S opens first airside food stores at Heathrow
Marks & Spencer has opened its first-ever airside food stores at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5.
The two stores add 1,500 sq ft to M&S’s estate and open as the UK Summer Holidays start, offering a selection of the M&S Food on the Move range at Gate A, and a second gifting store situated at Gate B.
As part of M&S’s store rotation and renewal programme, the stores will expand the retailer’s existing convenience estate, which consists of fifteen landside airport stores across the UK and Europe.
Alex Freudmann, managing director at M&S Food, said: “Our stores programme is focused on making sure we have the right stores in the right place with the right space, whether these are full-line, food halls or convenience stores. Terminal 5 is the UK’s busiest terminal, making it the perfect location to debut our airside offer.
“This launch builds on the success of our well-established landside airport stores across the UK and allows us to serve customers even closer to their departure gates. Whether travellers are looking for breakfast, lunch or dinner, or a British gift to take home, we’re aiming to bring some M&S magic to their journey through Heathrow.”
Ross Baker, chief commercial officer at Heathrow, added: “We are delighted to welcome M&S’s first airside food stores to Heathrow. This partnership reflects our ambition to make every journey better by offering passengers more choice, quality and convenience at every stage of their trip. M&S is a much-loved British brand, and we are confident the new stores will prove popular with passengers passing through Terminal 5 this summer.”