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Marks & Spencer opens Simply Food store at Moto's Reading Eastbound service area
02 December 2005
The new store, which began trading on 1 December, has created 30 new full and part-time jobs for the area and will give motorway users the opportunity to stop off en route to pick up quality food products. Customers will be able to choose from a wide range of ready meals, fresh produce, sandwiches, salads, snacks and fresh flowers.
The new Reading store is the tenth Marks & Spencer Simply Food stores to open at Moto’s motorway service areas and follows the successful trial of the concept which was launched at Toddington northbound more than two years ago. Since then, other Simply Food stores have opened at Moto’s Cherwell Valley, Reading Westbound, Knutsford, Leigh Delamere, Stafford and Donington Park Service Areas.
Brian Lotts, Moto’s Managing Director, said: “We’re constantly looking at ways to increase the choice available to motorists who use motorway service areas. As well as increasing variety, the Marks & Spencer Simply Food offering is the perfect solution for busy commuters who need to top up their weekly shop on their way home.”
Paul Horwell, Simply Food Franchise Manager, said: “We are pleased to bring the successful Simply Food concept to Stafford. Feedback from motorists has been excellent since the first Marks & Spencer Simply Food format was introduced to Toddington Service Area in 2003 and we are sure that this will be echoed at Reading.”
The new store will be open from 8am-10pm Sunday to Friday and 8am-8pm on Saturdays.
Note to Editors
Moto Hospitality Ltd, part of Compass Group UK, is Britain’s biggest operator of motorway service areas, with 48 sites catering for the needs of over 120 million travellers every year.
Compass Group PLC is the world's largest foodservice organisation with annual revenues in excess of £11 billion and employing more than 375,000 people in over 98 countries. In the UK and Ireland, Compass Group has annual revenues in excess of £3 billion, employing over 110,000 people.
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