Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Aberdeen

Iceflower tracks 299 stores from 120 grocery & convenience chains in Aberdeen. McColl's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of M&S Simply Food and Scotmid.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
120
Tracked stores
299
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked grocery & convenience chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. McColl's and M&S Simply Food sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M McColl's logo McColl's - +14.9%
2 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food ▲1 +9.9%
3 S Scotmid logo Scotmid ▲1 +8.6%
4 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's ▲1 +8.1%
5 I Iceland logo Iceland - +4.8%
6 C Costa Express logo Costa Express - +4.5%
7 P Premier logo Premier - +3.5%
8 B Best-one logo Best-one ▲1 +1.7%
9 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - -1.2%
10 A Asda logo Asda - -2.0%
11 T Tesco logo Tesco - -7.2%
12 A ALDI logo ALDI - -7.3%
13 S SPAR logo SPAR - -14.6%
14 F Family Shopper ▼1 -23.3%
15 L Lidl logo Lidl ▼3 -57.7%

Store footprint

Store map

299 tracked store locations in Aberdeen, colored by category.

  • Supermarkets (98)
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (92)
  • Other grocery stores (37)
  • Discount Grocers (26)
  • Butcher Shop (13)
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers (9)
  • Vending & Micro-Markets (8)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food 40
  • 2 T Tesco logo Tesco 17
  • 3 P Premier logo Premier 16
  • 4 S SPAR logo SPAR 13
  • 5 M McColl's logo McColl's 12
  • 6 M Morrisons logo Morrisons 12
  • 7 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's 11
  • 8 L Londis logo Londis 9
  • 9 A ALDI logo ALDI 9
  • 10 S Scotmid logo Scotmid 8
  • 11 C Costa Express logo Costa Express 8
  • 12 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food 7
  • 13 F Farmfoods logo Farmfoods 6
  • 14 L Lidl logo Lidl 6
  • 15 I Iceland logo Iceland 5
  • 16 K KeyStore logo KeyStore 5
  • 17 A Asda logo Asda 4
  • 18 F Family Shopper 3
  • 19 B Best-one logo Best-one 3
  • 20 C Charles McHardy 2
  • 21 F Fountainhall Wines 2
  • 22 N Nisa Local logo Nisa Local 2
  • 23 C Costcutter logo Costcutter 2
  • 24 V Village Store 1
  • 25 W Wilson's Newsagent 1
  • 26 G Greenfern Convenience Store 1
  • 27 B Brunswick Stores 1
  • 28 P Premier Express logo Premier Express 1
  • 29 P Premier Dyce and Post Office 1
  • 30 D Dennis Paterson Butcher 1
  • 31 P Premier Stores Bucksburn 1
  • 32 H Hilton Convenience Store 1
  • 33 C Chattan Quality Meats 1
  • 34 G George Street Convenience Store 1
  • 35 G Graeme Barber Butcher 1
  • 36 C Colliebutchers 1
  • 37 W Westerton Farm 1
  • 38 T Tilly Butcher 1
  • 39 W William Strachan 1
  • 40 G G & A's Corner Shop 1
  • 41 A Angela's Africentre 1
  • 42 T Torry Convenience Store 1
  • 43 B Barry’s Butchery 1
  • 44 P Park Shop 1
  • 45 G Granite City Fish Ltd 1
  • 46 D Davidsons Butchers 1
  • 47 T The Neuk 1
  • 48 K Kemnay Farm Shop 1
  • 49 F Ferryhill Stores 1
  • 50 L Londis Stores King Street 1

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