Extra MSA Services Ltd is a company that operates nine motorway service stations in

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, mainly on primary routes. It is based at Beaconsfield services, previously being in the centre of Lincoln. It is also known as Extra MSA Forecourts Ltd. Many of the brands at Extra locations including M&S Simply Food,

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and

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are operated by Moto, the UK's largest service area operator and Extra's biggest competitor.

Market position

Extra is the fourth largest service station operator in the UK behind Moto (1st), Welcome Break (2nd) and

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(3rd). It came into operation after the government deregulated motorway services to encourage more competition and its first site opened in December 2000, at Cambridge. Peterborough opened in January 2001 and Baldock in July 2001.

Outlets

Service stations

Extra developed its first three service stations at a cost of £60 million. The parent company was set up in 1992 by Stephen Spouge, who is now Chairman. Its service stations are designed by Nash and Partners of

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. The fuel reservoirs are built by WEFCO of Gainsborough. It originally planned 17 service stations and currently operates a total of nine service stations, and two petrol stations at competitor owned sites: *

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- A1/

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J10, via A507 *

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- M40 J2, via A355 * Blackburn with Darwen - M65 J4 * Cambridge - A14 J24 *

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- M5 J28 * Peterborough - A1/

J17, via A605 * Cobham - M25 between J9 & J10 * Leeds Skelton Lake - M1 J45

Petrol stations with basic services

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(formerly Chesterfield) - M1 between J28 & J29 *

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- M3 between J8 & J9

Future stations

The most recent station to open was at Leeds Skelton Lake in March 2020. Future sites plan to maximise areas of the road system that have few service areas, and will be developed by Swayfields Ltd, who own the Extra company. Service stations due to open: * Sheffield - M1 J35 * Solihull - M42 between J5 & J6 Proposed stations: * Chalfont St Peter - M25 between J16 and J17

Facilities

Restaurants Coffee houses Retail outlets Petrol stations Hotels

References

External links

Extra (Official Website)
{{Authority control Catering and food service companies of the United Kingdom British companies established in 2000 Retail companies established in 2000 Food and drink companies established in 2000 Hospitality companies established in 2000 Companies based in Buckinghamshire Companies based in Lincoln, England South Bucks District