This follows the opening of the 100th Simply Food point of sale by the BP and M&S partnership at a BP Connect location in September 2008. The M&S franchise format trial will be conducted with a carefully chosen independent retailer, according to BP.

Karen Hubbard, BP’s UK convenience retail director, said: M&S is very pleased with the way the relationship is going with BP and would like to extend it further. But we do not have company-owned locations right across the UK.