date:Oct 23, 2013
Britain's Marks Spencer will open 150 more Simply Food stores in the next three years as it looks to benefit from growing consumer demand for smaller, convenience outlets, it said on Tuesday.
The plans represent more than double the number of Simply Food stores currently opening each year. The firm currently has 427 such stores across the UK, which stock food and drink and also typically have a bakery and cafe.
Local convenience store channels are growing at about 20 percent a year in Britain