MARKS and Spencer will keep around 400 shops open until midnight in the run-up to Christmas.
The posh supermarket says the longer hours will give customers extra time to grab last-minute food or presents.
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The extended opening times include almost all of M&S’ food-only branches, along with some clothing and food stores.
The midnight closing applies on December 21, 22 and 23. Christmas Eve hours are likely to be different to regular opening times, but the midnight hours won’t apply.
Last year, most M&S stores shut at 6pm on Christmas Eve and didn’t open again until Boxing Day. We’ve asked Marks and Spencer for its Christmas Eve and Boxing Day hours and we’ll update this article when we know more.
M&S recommends customers check its store finder tool for the latest hours.
Supermarket Christmas opening times 2020
NOT all supermarkets have confirmed their Christmas opening times, but here’s what we know so far:
- Aldi: Most stores will open until 11pm on December 21, 22 and 23. Branches will shut at 6pm on December 24 and will remain closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
- Asda: Asda has yet to confirm its Christmas opening times.
- Co-op: The Co-op has yet to confirm its Christmas opening times.
- Lidl: Lidl has yet to confirm its Christmas opening times.
- M&S: M&S will keep around 400 shops open until midnight on December 21, 22 and 23. The rest will open until 10pm. Shops are expected to shut at 6pm on Christmas eve and remain closed on Christmas Day.
- Morrisons: Morrisons has yet to confirm its Christmas opening times.
- Tesco: Tesco has yet to confirm its Christmas opening times.
- Sainsbury’s: Sainsbury’s has yet to confirm its Christmas opening times.
- Waitrose: Waitrose will keep smaller stores open until 11pm on December 21, 22 and 23, while larger stores will shut at 10pm. The majority of stores will close at 6pm on Christmas Eve and will remain shut on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Shops that aren’t open until midnight will close at around 10pm.
Last year, M&S opened just 15 of its branches until midnight. Marks and Spencer has around 900 shops across the UK.
Sacha Berendji, M&S’s Retail, operations and property director said: “We want our customers to be able to shop with confidence this Christmas, which means supporting social distancing in our stores and minimal queueing outside as the weather gets colder.
“To help with this, we’ll be operating our longest ever opening hours just before Christmas.
“Along with the wider industry, we continue to ask for Sunday trading hours to be extended to help us increase our capacity to serve everyone safely this festive season.”
Marks and Spencer isn’t the first supermarket to confirm its Christmas opening hours.
Aldi confirmed it’s extending its opening hours until 11pm in most stores on December 21, 22 and 23. Its stores will shut at 6pm on December 24 and will remain closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Waitrose has also revealed details of its Christmas opening times. Smaller stores will stay open until 11pm on December 21, 22 and 23, while larger stores will shut at 10pm.
The majority of Waitrose stores will close at 6pm on Christmas Eve and will remain shut on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
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Asda, Co-op, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco are yet to confirm their festive hours.
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