Trends · data through September 2026

Sandwich & Sub Shops in Manchester

Iceflower tracks 167 stores from 56 sandwich & sub shops in Manchester. Subway grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Upper Crust and The Lunch Box.

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
56
Tracked stores
167
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked sandwich & sub shops

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. Subway and Upper Crust sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Subway logo Subway - -5.8%
2 U Upper Crust - -29.5%
3 T The Lunch Box - -34.4%
  • Subway
  • The Manchester Deli
  • Euro Delikatesy
  • Upper Crust
  • Two Hares Deli
  • Lapwing Deli
  • Dutsons
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Subway (105)
  • The Manchester Deli (1)
  • Euro Delikatesy (1)
  • Upper Crust (3)
  • Two Hares Deli (1)
  • Lapwing Deli (1)
  • Dutsons (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Subway logo Subway 105
  • 2 U Upper Crust 3
  • 3 T The Lunch Box 3
  • 4 B Bap 2
  • 5 A Adams 2
  • 6 A Appleby's 2
  • 7 E Eileen's 1
  • 8 B Burtons 1
  • 9 V Vivs Sandwich Specialist 1
  • 10 B Back's Deli 1
  • 11 M Maddesons Sandwich Bar 1
  • 12 B Berrys of Unsworth 1
  • 13 B Buttylicious 1
  • 14 T The Deli 1
  • 15 T The Sandwich Shop 1
  • 16 S Sandwich Corner 1
  • 17 B Bake 'N' Butty 1
  • 18 S Sandwich Heaven 1
  • 19 M Montys Sandwich Shop 1
  • 20 A Astley Sandwich Bar 1
  • 21 P Piggy in the Middle 1
  • 22 T The Busy Bee 1
  • 23 N New Earth Street Sandwich Bar 1
  • 24 D Danny's Deli 1
  • 25 F Food Foundry 1
  • 26 G George Street Sandwich Bar 1
  • 27 D Disley Village Bakery 1
  • 28 B Bunters Sandwich Bar 1
  • 29 D Dinahs 1
  • 30 D Deli Fresh 1
  • 31 S Sasilicious 1
  • 32 T The Manchester Deli 1
  • 33 E Euro Delikatesy 1
  • 34 T Two Hares Deli 1
  • 35 L Lapwing Deli 1
  • 36 D Dutsons 1
  • 37 B Bagel Factory logo Bagel Factory 1
  • 38 C Caldwells Deli on the Lane 1
  • 39 V Vanilla Fudge 1
  • 40 K Katsouris Delicatessen 1
  • 41 L Lily's Deli 1
  • 42 F Food On Third 1
  • 43 S Sandwich 1
  • 44 A Ancoats Deli 1
  • 45 F Family Feast 1
  • 46 R Riverside Sandwich Bar & Cafe 1
  • 47 B Bread & Butties 1
  • 48 B Bada Bing Sandwich Deli 1
  • 49 C Cafe Xpress 1
  • 50 C Cheshire Cat 1

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