Trends · data through July 2026

Grocery Stores in Bedford

Iceflower tracks 114 stores from 60 grocery stores chains in Bedford. M&S Simply Food grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Tesco and Co-op Food.

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
60
Tracked stores
114
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked grocery stores 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 Tesco 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 T Tesco logo Tesco - -0.1%
3 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - -0.6%
4 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's - -3.9%
5 L Lidl logo Lidl - -4.2%
6 A ALDI logo ALDI - -4.2%
7 M Morrisons logo Morrisons - -5.9%
8 C Costcutter ▲1 -23.3%
9 B Budgens ▼1 -39.0%
  • Tesco
  • Sainsbury's
  • Lidl
  • ALDI
  • Morrisons
  • Co-op Food
  • Waitrose & Partners
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

114 tracked store locations in Bedford. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Tesco (11)
  • Sainsbury's (7)
  • Lidl (6)
  • ALDI (4)
  • Morrisons (6)
  • Co-op Food (15)
  • Waitrose & Partners (2)
  • Other tracked chains

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 Lidl logo Lidl 6
  • 5 M Morrisons logo Morrisons 6
  • 6 A ALDI logo ALDI 4
  • 7 C Costcutter 4
  • 8 H Holland & Barrett 3
  • 9 B Budgens 3
  • 10 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food 3
  • 11 I Iceland 2
  • 12 W Waitrose & Partners logo Waitrose & Partners 2
  • 13 S Southfields News 1
  • 14 J Jannotha Superstore 1
  • 15 M M&M Off license 1
  • 16 U Upper Caldecote Stores 1
  • 17 P P&T Convenience Store 1
  • 18 G Grape Tree 1
  • 19 O Odra 1
  • 20 K Kempston News 1
  • 21 M Midland Local Store 1
  • 22 B Bedford Food And Wine 1
  • 23 C Central Oriental Supermarket 1
  • 24 P P J Supermarket 1
  • 25 K Kasztelan 1
  • 26 P Peter's Mini Market 1
  • 27 L Lambert 1
  • 28 P PD Express Food & Wine 1
  • 29 K Kempston Service Station 1
  • 30 P Prime Food & Wine 1
  • 31 P Pumpernickel 1
  • 32 G Great Barford Stores 1
  • 33 P Pinners 1
  • 34 I Ideal Supermarket 1
  • 35 G Greyfriars Food and Wine 1
  • 36 C Chiltern Stores 1
  • 37 W Welcome 1
  • 38 F Farmfoods 1
  • 39 W Welcome Wixams 1
  • 40 E Essential Supermarket 1
  • 41 L Lamberts 1
  • 42 F Ford End Road Food & Wine 1
  • 43 C Central Co-op Food 1
  • 44 S Samra Supermarket 1
  • 45 W Wisla 1
  • 46 S Super Euro Halal 1
  • 47 F Food Plus 1
  • 48 T The Store 1
  • 49 S Sandy Supermarket 1
  • 50 A Ampthill Road Food and Wine 1

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