Trends · data through July 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Bedford

Iceflower tracks 156 stores from 86 grocery & convenience chains in Bedford. M&S Simply Food grew fastest over the last year, ahead of One Stop and Tesco.

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
86
Tracked stores
156
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. M&S Simply Food and One Stop sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food - +13.6%
2 O One Stop - +12.6%
3 T Tesco logo Tesco - -0.1%
4 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - -0.6%
5 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's - -3.9%
6 L Lidl logo Lidl - -4.1%
7 A ALDI logo ALDI - -4.1%
8 M Morrisons logo Morrisons - -5.8%
9 C Costcutter ▲2 -23.3%
10 M McColl's - -26.2%
11 B Budgens ▼1 -39.0%
12 L Londis ▼1 -40.8%

Store footprint

Store map

156 tracked store locations in Bedford, colored by category.

  • Grocery Store (114)
  • Convenience Store (30)
  • Butcher Shop (5)
  • Liquor Store (4)
  • Produce Store (1)
  • Food or Beverage Store (1)
  • Farmers Market (1)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food 15
  • 2 T Tesco logo Tesco 11
  • 3 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's 7
  • 4 L Londis 6
  • 5 L Lidl logo Lidl 6
  • 6 M Morrisons logo Morrisons 6
  • 7 O One Stop 5
  • 8 M McColl's 4
  • 9 C Costcutter 4
  • 10 A ALDI logo ALDI 4
  • 11 H Holland & Barrett 3
  • 12 N Nisa Local logo Nisa Local 3
  • 13 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food 3
  • 14 P Premier 3
  • 15 B Budgens 3
  • 16 I Iceland 2
  • 17 W Waitrose & Partners logo Waitrose & Partners 2
  • 18 K Kempston Service Station 1
  • 19 K Kasztelan 1
  • 20 P P J Supermarket 1
  • 21 F Fruit & Veg Shop 1
  • 22 C Central Oriental Supermarket 1
  • 23 T Top End Village Stores 1
  • 24 B Bedford Food And Wine 1
  • 25 M Midland Local Store 1
  • 26 K Kempston News 1
  • 27 O Odra 1
  • 28 G Grape Tree 1
  • 29 P P&T Convenience Store 1
  • 30 U Upper Caldecote Stores 1
  • 31 P Premier Bhavin Express 1
  • 32 M Meat Junction 1
  • 33 M M&M Off license 1
  • 34 J Jannotha Superstore 1
  • 35 S Southfields News 1
  • 36 D Dawn Cardington 1
  • 37 C Chiltern Stores 1
  • 38 G Greyfriars Food and Wine 1
  • 39 I Ideal Supermarket 1
  • 40 L Lidlington Store 1
  • 41 P Pinners 1
  • 42 G Great Barford Stores 1
  • 43 S Sandy Town Off-Licence 1
  • 44 P Pumpernickel 1
  • 45 P Prime Food & Wine 1
  • 46 7 7 Days Euro Market 1
  • 47 R Rai's Superstore 1
  • 48 P PD Express Food & Wine 1
  • 49 P Price Check 1
  • 50 L Lambert 1

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