Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Chelmsford

Iceflower tracks 327 stores from 126 grocery & convenience chains in Chelmsford. Iceland grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sainsbury's and McColl's.

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
126
Tracked stores
327
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. Iceland and Sainsbury's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 I Iceland logo Iceland ▲1 +18.5%
2 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's - +15.8%
3 M McColl's logo McColl's - +12.1%
4 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - +12.0%
5 P Premier logo Premier - +11.3%
6 L Londis logo Londis - +6.9%
7 C Costcutter logo Costcutter - +5.8%
8 A Asda logo Asda ▲1 +4.7%
9 A ALDI logo ALDI - +0.9%
10 M Morrisons logo Morrisons ▲1 +0.1%
11 S SPAR logo SPAR ▼1 -2.4%
12 E East of England Co-op logo East of England Co-op - -3.4%
13 O One Stop logo One Stop - -5.3%
14 T Tesco logo Tesco - -6.7%
15 L Lidl logo Lidl ▼2 -27.1%

Store footprint

Store map

327 tracked store locations in Chelmsford, colored by category.

  • Supermarkets (116)
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (75)
  • Other grocery stores (36)
  • Vending & Micro-Markets (26)
  • Discount Grocers (18)
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers (16)
  • Liquor Store (10)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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