B&M to open 8 new stores before the end of 2026 - see the full list of locations

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B&M is continuing its rapid expansion with eight new stores set to open by the end of 2026.

The discount retailer already operates 799 stores across the UK, which welcome more than four million customers each week.

The major retail chain has opened several new sites already in 2026, most recently in Carmarthen, Plymstock, and Waltham Cross.

Full list of 8 new B&M stores opening before the end of 2026

B&M is set to open another eight new stores in the coming months:

• Acton - Unit 4C, The Oaks Shopping Centre, Acton, London, W3 6RE (October 24)
• Newtown - Pool Road, Newtown, Powys, SY16 3AF (November 7)
• Isle Of Wight - Unit 1, Newport Retail Park, Godric Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2LF (November 27)
• Middleton - Unit S8, Middleton Shopping Centre, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 4EL (November 27)
• Colchester - Unit 1, St John's Walk, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7AL (November 28)
• Kingswinford - 779 High Street, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 8AA (November 28)
• Stirling - Store 2, Thistles Shopping Centre, Goosecroft Road, Stirling, FK8 2ED (November 28)
• Southport - Unit 2, 41-49 Chapel Street, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 1AL (December 3)

110 former Whitbread restaurants set to reopen

Meanwhile, around 110 former Whitbread pubs and restaurants are set to reopen under new ownership.

Whitbread closed all of its 261 standalone branded restaurants last month as part of a five-year strategy to save £250 million, resulting in the loss of around 3,800 jobs.

The closures affected five Whitbread brands:

• Brewers Fayre (89 locations)
• Beefeater (106)
• Bar + Block (20)
• Table Table (32)
• Cookhouse + Pub (14)

Now, Queensway Inns has taken over 53 sites and plans to relaunch them as "value pubs".

Common Table Group, a newly established hospitality firm, also announced earlier this week that it had acquired 57 sites, including one Premier Inn hotel.

The new sites are expected to create more than 1,400 jobs.

The first lot of former Whitbread pubs and restaurants set to reopen as new Queensway Inns and Common Table sites, according to The Sun, are:

• Ashbridge Inn — Table Table (Cwmbran, Gwent)

• Balkerne Gate — Table Table (Colchester, Essex)

• Bideford — Brewers Fayre (Bideford, Devon)

• Bowling Green — Table Table (Clacton-on-Sea, Essex)

• Brampton Hut — Brewers Fayre (Brampton, Huntingdon)

• Brookes Oast — Brewers Fayre (Paddock Wood, Tonbridge)

• Broomside Park — Beefeater (Durham)

• Cannon Inn — Beefeater (Truro, Cornwall)

• Cotton Mill — Cookhouse + Pub (Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire)

• Craig House — Brewers Fayre (Musslebrugh, Edinburgh)

• French Connection — Table Table (Ashford, Kent)

• Glastonbury — Brewers Fayre (Glastonbury)

• Great Yarmouth South Beach Road — Beefeater (Yarmouth)

• Great Yarmouth Restaurant — Beefeater (Yarmouth)

• Griff House — Beefeater (Nuneaton)

• Hampton Inn — Brewers Fayre (Peterborough)

• Horse & Jockey — Table Table (Dunstable)

• Kembrey Inn — Brewers Fayre (Swindon)

• Kincardine Way — Brewers Fayre (Falkirk)

• King William IV — Brewers Fayre (Olscotes, Worksop)

• Langton Inn — Table Table (Harborough)

• Leamington Spa Town Centre — Bar + Block (Lemington Spa)

• Liskeard Tavern – Whitbread Inn (Liskeard)

• Loggans Moor — Brewers Fayre (Hayle, Cornwall)

• Mains of Balquharn — Brewers Fayre (Portlethen)

• Mill of Mundurno — Table Table (Bridge of Don, Aberdeen)

• Monkey Puzzle — Brewers Fayre (Farnbrough)

• Moor Mill — Beefeater (Radlett)

• Morris Dancers — Beefeater (Scarisbrick, Ormskirk)

• Ocean Park — Brewers Fayre (Cardiff)

• Old Nelson — Brewers Fayre (Stroud)

• Oyster Reach — Beefeater (Ipswich)

• Pantruthyn Farm — Table Table (Bridgend)

• Preston Brook — Beefeater (Runcorn)

• Smugglers Retreat — Table Table (Ramsgate)

• Stourbridge Town Centre – Premier Inn (Stourbridge)

• Swallow — Brewers Fayre (Ipswich)

• The Bridgewater Arms – Whitbread (Halmer End)

• The Colliers — Table Table (Rugeley, Staffordshire)

• The Freeman — Cookhouse + Pub (Bridlington)

• The Howgate — Brewers Fayre (Whitehaven)

• The Longford Inn – Beefeater (Cannock)

• The May Tree – Whitbread (Helston)

• The Plough, Dover — Beefeater (Dover)

• Three Fish — Beefeater (Newport)

• Trevithick Inn — Table Table (Camborne)

• Twelve Bells — Beefeater (Gloucester)

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• White Hart, Guestling — Beefeater (Hastings)

• Whiteley — Bar + Block (Farnham)

• Widnes — Brewers Fayre (Cheshire)

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