Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Crewe

Iceflower tracks 247 stores from 105 grocery & convenience chains in Crewe. Lidl grew fastest over the last year, ahead of M&S Simply Food and Sainsbury'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
105
Tracked stores
247
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. Lidl and M&S Simply Food sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L Lidl logo Lidl - +17.6%
2 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food - +12.8%
3 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's - +11.4%
4 C Costa Express logo Costa Express - +6.5%
5 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - +2.6%
6 P Premier logo Premier ▲1 +2.1%
7 I Iceland logo Iceland - -2.6%
8 A ALDI logo ALDI - -3.4%
9 A Asda logo Asda - -4.9%
10 B Bargain Booze logo Bargain Booze - -7.8%
11 T Tesco logo Tesco - -14.8%
12 N Nisa Local logo Nisa Local - -17.0%
13 W Waitrose & Partners logo Waitrose & Partners - -20.3%
14 S SPAR logo SPAR ▼1 -22.0%

Store footprint

Store map

247 tracked store locations in Crewe, colored by category.

  • Supermarkets (72)
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (49)
  • Other grocery stores (35)
  • Discount Grocers (24)
  • Liquor Store (24)
  • Vending & Micro-Markets (13)
  • Butcher Shop (12)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food 26
  • 2 M Morrisons logo Morrisons 17
  • 3 B Bargain Booze logo Bargain Booze 17
  • 4 M McColl's logo McColl's 15
  • 5 C Costa Express logo Costa Express 13
  • 6 T Tesco logo Tesco 11
  • 7 A ALDI logo ALDI 11
  • 8 P Premier logo Premier 8
  • 9 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's 7
  • 10 A Asda logo Asda 6
  • 11 S SPAR logo SPAR 5
  • 12 F Farmfoods logo Farmfoods 4
  • 13 L Lidl logo Lidl 4
  • 14 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food 3
  • 15 I Iceland logo Iceland 3
  • 16 W Waitrose & Partners logo Waitrose & Partners 3
  • 17 N Nisa Local logo Nisa Local 3
  • 18 L Littlers Butchers 2
  • 19 H Heron Foods logo Heron Foods 2
  • 20 O One Stop logo One Stop 2
  • 21 S Spice of Asia - Northwich 1
  • 22 F Fruitlands 1
  • 23 C Crewe Supermarket 1
  • 24 S S.T. Jathus Newsagents 1
  • 25 A Alsager Food & Wine 1
  • 26 I Infinity Mini Market 1
  • 27 M M1 Corner Shop 1
  • 28 H Hightown Food and Wine 1
  • 29 E Edwards Deli and Wine 1
  • 30 T The Country Store 1
  • 31 C Cuttleford Farm 1
  • 32 V Vinos Mini Market 1
  • 33 C C Webb & Sons 1
  • 34 B Bidlea Dairy 1
  • 35 B Brookshaws 1
  • 36 S Super Discount Store 1
  • 37 G Gainsborough Minimart 1
  • 38 A Asian Supermarket 1
  • 39 1 1st Stop 1
  • 40 I Ibbotsons Butchers 1
  • 41 C CW1 Butchers 1
  • 42 L Longman's Family Butcher 1
  • 43 K Knutsford Groceries Ltd 1
  • 44 K Kezbecc's General Store & Off License 1
  • 45 T The Co-operative Food 1
  • 46 B Bakkavor logo Bakkavor 1
  • 47 G Grove Convenience Store 1
  • 48 E European Shop 1
  • 49 S SKS Convenience 1
  • 50 B Birtwisle's Butchers 1

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