Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Margate and Ramsgate

Iceflower tracks 141 stores from 86 grocery & convenience chains in Margate and Ramsgate. Sainsbury's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Costcutter and ALDI.

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
141
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. Sainsbury's and Costcutter sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's ▲1 +9.4%
2 C Costcutter logo Costcutter - +5.7%
3 A ALDI logo ALDI ▲1 +4.7%
4 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - +3.1%
5 T Tesco logo Tesco - -3.9%
6 A Asda logo Asda ▼2 -10.0%
7 I Iceland logo Iceland - -11.4%
8 B Best-one logo Best-one - -34.6%
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas
  • Other grocery stores
  • Supermarkets
  • Discount Grocers
  • Liquor Store
  • Vending & Micro-Markets
  • Butcher Shop
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

141 tracked store locations in Margate and Ramsgate, colored by category.

  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (44)
  • Other grocery stores (33)
  • Supermarkets (28)
  • Discount Grocers (10)
  • Liquor Store (6)
  • Vending & Micro-Markets (5)
  • Butcher Shop (4)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Premier logo Premier 12
  • 2 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food 10
  • 3 T Tesco logo Tesco 8
  • 4 L Londis logo Londis 6
  • 5 C Costa Express logo Costa Express 5
  • 6 C Costcutter logo Costcutter 4
  • 7 I Iceland logo Iceland 4
  • 8 A ALDI logo ALDI 4
  • 9 B Best-one logo Best-one 3
  • 10 A Asda logo Asda 3
  • 11 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's 3
  • 12 M Morrisons logo Morrisons 2
  • 13 S SPAR logo SPAR 2
  • 14 M McColl's logo McColl's 2
  • 15 D Days Supermarket 2
  • 16 R R C Wale & Son 1
  • 17 W Welcome Ramsgate, St Lawrence 1
  • 18 B Baltic Branch 1
  • 19 M Mace 1
  • 20 T The Grain Grocer 1
  • 21 P Panku Broadstairs 1
  • 22 W White Mill Farm Shop 1
  • 23 T The Shop on The Hill 1
  • 24 A Approach Road Mini Mart 1
  • 25 T Thanet Express 1
  • 26 F Family House logo Family House 1
  • 27 T The Strand Wine Company 1
  • 28 D DWG Meat & Pies 1
  • 29 I International Food Store 1
  • 30 R Ramsgate Minimart 1
  • 31 T Toni's News 1
  • 32 S Sholden Village Store 1
  • 33 B Best Moon Shop 1
  • 34 D Domingos Mini Market 1
  • 35 K King Edward Food and Wine 1
  • 36 W Westbrook Food and Wine 1
  • 37 C Canterbury Road Stores 1
  • 38 G Gilliver's Newsagents 1
  • 39 G Greens Of Minster 1
  • 40 S Severka Ramsgate 1
  • 41 P Prentis 1
  • 42 S Shop Locally Convenience Store 1
  • 43 B Bargain Booze logo Bargain Booze 1
  • 44 P Prentis Greengrocers 1
  • 45 D Dadds Family Butchers 1
  • 46 V Victory News 1
  • 47 A Ark Lane Stores 1
  • 48 A Andrew & Jill's General Store 1
  • 49 M Mill Shop 1
  • 50 B Bartlett & White 1

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