M&S has revealed how the vast new cafe inside its new Trafford Centre megastore will look when it launches next week. The 138-seat M&S Cafe will also be one of the first in the country to feature a "new look and branding" as well as table service.
The huge new Marks and Spencer store will finally be unveiled to the public on Thursday, November 30. Bosses have been transforming the former Debenhams department store at the far end of Regent Crescent for its new-look store.
It will open just in time for the festive shopping rush at the mall. And bosses have confirmed that the full festive menu, which features turkey toasties with dipping gravy and Colin the Caterpillar hot chocolates, will be available in the new-look M&S Cafe.
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Bosses have said that M&S Trafford Centre will be one of the first stores across the UK to have the new design which sees a "complete step change with new branding and improved all day delicious menus".
The store’s new look M&S Café will offer customers table service which will be music to the ears of anyone who has ever stood for ages in a queue at the popular cafes. Bosses say it will be a "super stylish space to eat, drink and relax, with freshly prepared M&S Food, barista-made hot drinks and comfy lounge seating".
M&S Café favourites will be on the menu, including its trademarked Magic Coffee®, the new style of coffee exclusive to M&S, and an all-new Winter Menu, which includes Beer Battered Fish & Chips and "Our Best Ever Mac & Cheese" – all for under £9.
Opening in time for Christmas, customers will be able to tuck into the M&S Christmas menus which include the new Turkey & Ham Hock Toastie with gravy dipper, Turkey Pot Pie, and Giant Festive Cheesy Rarebit Crumpet.
Colin The Caterpillar Hot Chocolates will be in the cafe - which are billed as an indulgent hot chocolate, topped with whipped chocolate cream, Colin sprinkles and a Christmas Colin face. Customers will also be able to try the Gingerbread Frappe dressed with Speculoos sauce then topped with lashings of whipped cream and a gingerbread man biscuit.
Store Manager, Laura Smith, who has worked at M&S for a number of years, said: “We’re really excited to share a sneak peek of our new award winning cafe design and we’re proud that M&S Trafford Centre will be one of the first stores in the country to open with this stylish new look.
"The team are all working hard to get the whole store ready for opening and we can’t wait to welcome customers through the door on 30th November and share everything we’ve been working on.”
The current M&S store in the Trafford Centre, on Peel Avenue, will close once the new store has opened. Existing staff will transfer over to the new site, while 180 new jobs have been created with the megastore launch.
