Britain’s M&S to reopen cafes for takeaway as lockdown eases

British retailer Marks & Spencer will begin to reopen its cafes to offer takeaway hot drinks, it said on Wednesday as the country tentatively began easing its coronavirus lockdown.

M&S, which operates at total of 420 cafes across the United Kingdom, said it will reopen 49 cafe locations from Thursday.

The UK government is loosening restrictions only gradually, for fear of triggering a second peak of infections. As of Wednesday, people in manufacturing and certain other sectors were being asked to return to work.

Reuters