MARKS & Spencer is to open a 6,500 sq ft Simply Food store in Evesham's Riverside Centre.

The launch, on Friday, September 2, will create 50 new jobs in the area.

It will be one of more than 100 Simply Food stores in the UK, which sell Marks & Spencer food in convenient locations with extended opening hours.

The new store will stock more than 2,100 products including ready meals, fresh produce, sandwiches, salads, snacks and flowers.

The store will also feature a bakery that will offer a range of pastries, cakes and crusty breads freshly baked each day.

Anna Goodman, store manager, said: "It is extremely exciting to be opening a new Simply Food store in Evesham, providing the very best of Marks & Spencer food.