Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in Manchester

Iceflower tracks 420 stores from 369 cafes & bakery-cafes in Manchester. Village Cafe grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Pret A Manger and The Crown.

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
369
Tracked stores
420
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. Village Cafe and Pret A Manger sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 V Village Cafe - +18.0%
2 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger - -0.0%
3 T The Crown - -0.4%
4 C Cha Cha Chai - -5.8%
5 R Rhode Island Coffee logo Rhode Island Coffee - -7.9%
  • Pret A Manger
  • Sainsbury's Cafe
  • Rishton Lane Cafe & Diner
  • Chaiiwala
  • Bridgewater Cafe
  • Cafe Continental
  • Rhode Island Coffee
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

420 tracked store locations in Manchester. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Pret A Manger (14)
  • Sainsbury's Cafe (1)
  • Rishton Lane Cafe & Diner (1)
  • Chaiiwala (8)
  • Bridgewater Cafe (1)
  • Cafe Continental (1)
  • Rhode Island Coffee (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger 14
  • 2 C Chaiiwala logo Chaiiwala 8
  • 3 C Cha Cha Chai 5
  • 4 T The Crown 4
  • 5 R Rhode Island Coffee logo Rhode Island Coffee 4
  • 6 V Village Cafe 4
  • 7 T The Mill 2
  • 8 B Bird in Hand 2
  • 9 C Cafe Plus 2
  • 10 A All Things Nice 2
  • 11 R Refresh 2
  • 12 E Ezra & Gil 2
  • 13 G Grindsmith 2
  • 14 C Coffee Lab 2
  • 15 C Caramello 2
  • 16 A ASAP Coffee 2
  • 17 C Cafe Azul 2
  • 18 C Coffee Rules 2
  • 19 C Corner Cafe 2
  • 20 9 92 Degrees logo 92 Degrees 2
  • 21 C Cuppa Coffee 2
  • 22 B Boxx2Boxx Coffee 1
  • 23 R Rusticas Cafe 1
  • 24 A Anason Cafe 1
  • 25 F Fig + Sparrow 1
  • 26 R Riverbank Coffee 1
  • 27 L Lily's at Eden 1
  • 28 M Mistry's Bakery 1
  • 29 I Isca 1
  • 30 T The Locks Coffee House & Bar 1
  • 31 Y Y2 Cafe 1
  • 32 Y Yas Bean 1
  • 33 G Gastown Cafe Bar 1
  • 34 N Nest Cafe & Eatery 1
  • 35 B Bury Town Cafe 1
  • 36 J Just the Ticket 1
  • 37 C California Coffee and Wine 1
  • 38 A Allpress Espresso UK logo Allpress Espresso UK 1
  • 39 B Buzy Bee Cafe 1
  • 40 E Espresso Lab Cafe 1
  • 41 E Etherow Country Park Visitor Centre 1
  • 42 A Animaid Cafe 1
  • 43 P Procaffeinated 1
  • 44 T The Woodlands Cafe 1
  • 45 L Le Feast - Bolton 1
  • 46 S Snacks 1
  • 47 C CoffeeB 1
  • 48 O Odessa Cafe 1
  • 49 S Shirley's Sandwiches 1
  • 50 V Views Cafe 1

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