Lancaster and Morecambe Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer 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. Post Office and ALDI sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	P Post Office	▲3	+18.4%
2	A ALDI	-	+3.6%
3	T Tesco	-	+0.9%
4	S Sainsbury's	-	-0.3%
5	M McDonald's	-	-1.3%
6	S SPAR	-	-3.5%
7	G Greggs	-	-3.9%
8	T The Royal Hotel	▲1	-5.3%
9	C Co-op Food	-	-7.3%
10	L Londis	▲1	-12.1%
11	M Morrisons	-	-12.2%
12	S Subway	▼1	-22.3%
13	N Nisa Local	-	-23.4%
14	A Argos	▼1	-25.0%
15	B Bargain Booze	-	-26.4%