Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Canterbury

Iceflower tracks 154 stores from 103 grocery & convenience chains in Canterbury. M&S Simply Food grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sainsbury's 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
103
Tracked stores
154
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. M&S Simply Food and Sainsbury's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food - -3.8%
2 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's - -4.2%
3 A ALDI logo ALDI - -4.5%
4 T Tesco logo Tesco - -5.8%
5 I Iceland logo Iceland - -6.6%
6 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - -10.6%
7 P Premier logo Premier - -27.7%

Store footprint

Store map

154 tracked store locations in Canterbury, colored by category.

  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (40)
  • Other grocery stores (38)
  • Supermarkets (36)
  • Discount Grocers (11)
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers (6)
  • Butcher Shop (6)
  • Liquor Store (4)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food 12
  • 2 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's 9
  • 3 L Londis logo Londis 8
  • 4 T Tesco logo Tesco 7
  • 5 A ALDI logo ALDI 5
  • 6 P Premier logo Premier 5
  • 7 I Iceland logo Iceland 4
  • 8 M Morrisons logo Morrisons 3
  • 9 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food 3
  • 10 W Welcome logo Welcome 2
  • 11 O One Stop logo One Stop 2
  • 12 T Tesco Express logo Tesco Express 2
  • 13 C Costa Express logo Costa Express 2
  • 14 B Binnewith Express 1
  • 15 H Hardy's Market 1
  • 16 T Thais 'R' Us 1
  • 17 F Fern and Farrow Farm Shop 1
  • 18 C Canterbury Wholefoods 1
  • 19 C Canterbury Asian Groceries 1
  • 20 M McColl's logo McColl's 1
  • 21 K Kenwins 1
  • 22 B Best-one logo Best-one 1
  • 23 S Staines Farm Shop 1
  • 24 B Barham Village Store 1
  • 25 H Herne Bay Food Centre 1
  • 26 G Grape Tree logo Grape Tree 1
  • 27 M Mortimer Street Local 1
  • 28 D Day Day International Food Store 1
  • 29 R Right Choice 1
  • 30 M Military Food and Wine 1
  • 31 G Gurkha Store 1
  • 32 B Bargain Hunter UK Emporium 1
  • 33 S Shop on the Green 1
  • 34 B Burgate Express 1
  • 35 R Rough Common Stores 1
  • 36 M Munchies 1
  • 37 G George's Mini Market 1
  • 38 A Alldays Bettinge 1
  • 39 T The Bread Shed 1
  • 40 S St Stephens Newsagent 1
  • 41 N Northgate Mini Market 1
  • 42 M Murray's General Stores 1
  • 43 K Kings Road Store 1
  • 44 B Bon Bon Newsagents 1
  • 45 M Macknade Stores 1
  • 46 G Granny Smiths 1
  • 47 P Pumpkin Cakes 1
  • 48 T The Tartan Butchers 1
  • 49 S St Dunstans Stores 1
  • 50 W Whitstable Stores 1

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