Editing Scunthorpe (section)

===Retail===
[[File:The High Street, Scunthorpe (geograph 574901).jpg|thumb|High Street]]
Scunthorpe has two major shopping centres, effectively a single site: the Foundry Shopping Centre and the Parishes Centre. The former was constructed in the late 1960s/early 1970s during a wholesale reconstruction of the old town; the latter was constructed in the early part of the 2000s decade on the site of the town's old bus station. There are also many well known retailers on High Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefoundryscunthorpe.co.uk |title=The Foundry Shopping Centre|website=Thefoundryscunthorpe.co.uk |access-date=3 August 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theparishes.com |title=The Parishes Shopping Centre |website=Theparishes.com|access-date=3 August 2008 }}</ref> On 6 January 2011 [[Marks and Spencer]] closed their High Street store after 80 years of trading,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/all-about/yorkshire-humber|title=Yorkshire & Humber – Business news, local news, expert opinion |website=Business-live.co.uk|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> but a new Marks and Spencer store opened near the football ground in 2014.

However the size of the remaining retail units reflects the size of the area's population and with larger shopping facilities within reasonable travelling distance in [[Grimsby]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[Doncaster]], [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[Leeds]] and at [[Meadowhall Centre|Meadowhall]], [[Sheffield]].

The once-thriving market, mostly under cover in market halls just to the north of the Central Library, at the eastern end of the High Street, had shrunk noticeably in the last ten years, and has now moved to the new St John's Market, close to the Bus Station. The opening date was 22 March 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/opening-date-revealed-for-new-st-johns-market/  |title=New Market Opening Date Announced|website=Northlincs.gov.uk |access-date=25 January 2019 }}</ref>

All of the big food retailers are represented in the area. There is a [[Tesco Extra]], and an Aldi (in the former Toys R Us unit) opposite the football ground, while [[Sainsbury's]] (formerly a [[Safeway (UK)|Safeway]]) have their store on the site of the old Scunthorpe United stadium, The Old Show Ground. [[Morrisons]] have a store at the bottom of Mortal Ash Hill (known locally as "Motlash") ([[A18 road (England)|A18 road]]) at the Lakeside Retail Park, on the eastern entrance to the town, while [[Asda]] have a store on Burringham Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.multimap.com/clients/browse.cgi?client=asda_sf&f_id=44&origE=-0.66247238508067&origN=53.5687499614262&place=&db=&id=44&count=5&srec=0&icon=X&f_type=&george=&filter=pc%20!&rt=browse2&scale=10000 |title=Maps |publisher=Multimap.com |access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> In 2011 Asda opened another store in the former Netto, on Carlton Street.

On 24 October 2014 Marks and Spencer's returned to the town after almost a 4-year absence. The store is housed in a purpose-built location at the North Lincolnshire Shopping Park, beside Glanford Park. The shopping park also includes [[Boots UK|Boots]], B&M Bargains, [[Costa Coffee]] and [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]].