Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Preston

Iceflower tracks 336 stores from 130 grocery & convenience chains in Preston. Iceland grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Nisa Local and Sainsbury's.

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
130
Tracked stores
336
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. Iceland and Nisa Local sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 I Iceland logo Iceland - +13.0%
2 N Nisa Local logo Nisa Local - +12.8%
3 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's - +12.0%
4 B Booths logo Booths - +11.4%
5 P Premier logo Premier - +9.3%
6 S SPAR logo SPAR ▲1 +6.3%
7 A Asda logo Asda - +5.2%
8 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - +4.0%
9 C Costa Express logo Costa Express ▲1 -3.3%
10 M McColl's logo McColl's - -6.1%
11 T Tesco logo Tesco - -6.3%
12 O One Stop logo One Stop - -8.0%
13 A ALDI logo ALDI - -11.5%
14 C Costcutter logo Costcutter ▼1 -16.1%
15 H Heron Foods logo Heron Foods - -25.4%

Store footprint

Store map

336 tracked store locations in Preston, colored by category.

  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (110)
  • Supermarkets (73)
  • Other grocery stores (33)
  • Discount Grocers (33)
  • Liquor Store (25)
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers (19)
  • Butcher Shop (14)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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