Meadowhall: Mystery over plans for 'refit' at M&S

The retail giant has applied to Sheffield City Council to refit the store at the end of The Arcade at the megamall.

M&S and Meadowhall did not comment on the application.

The company has an “ongoing strategy to modernise its UK store estate.”

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In 2022, Sheffield architects Whittam Cox said it had worked on an expansion of the food area, making it one of the largest food halls across the firm’s estate.

In 2023 M&S applied to refurbish the cafe on site.

The modernisation strategy also involves some closures. It was announced this week the M&S Foodhall at Central Square Leeds is closing.

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M&S is one of just 20 stores still open that have been at Meadowhall since it opened on September 4, 1990.

The company has a large store on Fargate in Sheffield city centre.