A BIG supermarket is closing all 400 stores for two days over Christmas to give employees time off to spend with friends and loved ones.
Marks and Spencer has revealed to The Sun that all its locations will be closed on Christmas Day and Christmas Day this year.
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M&S is closing all its stores on Christmas Day and Boxing Day this year Credit: Getty
However, all of its stores will be open between December 18 and 22, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Meanwhile, the retailer said many of its stores will be open until 10pm on December 23 and until 4pm on Christmas Eve.
You should check the opening hours of your local branch. You can do this using the retailer’s store locator on their website.
It came after a number of other retailers announced they would close their doors on Boxing Day.
Aldi will close the shutters on all its stores so staff can spend more time with their families.
This is on top of being closed on Christmas Day, as it is every year.
Meanwhile, Home Bargains is closing its stores on December 26, as well as on New Year’s Day, January 1.
Iceland will close the shutters on all its stores to give its employees some well-deserved time off.
The frozen food specialist will close on Boxing Day, it has been confirmed to The Sun.
In addition, Poundland will close the shutters on all its stores to give staff a “well-earned break”.
The retailer will close on Christmas Day (December 26), a day that is usually quite busy for shoppers, as well as New Year’s Day on January 1.
This is on top of being closed on Christmas Day, as it is every year.
Meanwhile, Waitrose & Partners exclusively revealed to The Sun that it will close all of its 364 branches on both Christmas Day and Christmas Day.
Most of the chain’s stores will then trade according to normal opening hours between December 27 and New Year’s Eve.
In other news, reporter Lynsey Hope tested all the supermarket festive pies filled with pigs and blankets – and the budget chain beat M&S.
In addition, Tesco customers have branded the retailer’s new tills “crazy” – and claim they are encouraging shoplifting.
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