Chain · United Kingdom · data through September 2026

H Heron Foods logo Heron Foods

Iceflower tracks 340 Heron Foods stores across 9 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #5 of 13 tracked UK discount grocers by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +2.4% over the last year.

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 stores
340
Regions
9
Category
Discount Grocers
Category rank
#5

Growth

Heron Foods against its category

The biggest tracked UK discount grocers by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Heron Foods's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 A ALDI logo ALDI +4.5%
2 L Lidl logo Lidl -16.3%
3 I Iceland logo Iceland -
4 F Farmfoods logo Farmfoods -
5 H Heron Foods logo Heron Foods +2.4%
6 C Company Shop logo Company Shop +17.1%
7 W Way 2 Save -
8 B Buy 2 Save -
9 W Where 2 Save -
10 S Super Saver logo Super Saver -

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 114.4 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

340 tracked Heron Foods locations across 9 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • Yorkshire and The Humber 88
  • North West 74
  • North East 64
  • East Midlands 48
  • West Midlands 44
  • Wales 12
  • East of England 7
  • South West 2
  • South East 1

Customer overlap

Who shops at Heron Foods

Tracked chains Heron Foods customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

A ALDI logo ALDI 100
A Asda logo Asda 74
B B&M Stores logo B&M Stores 67
F Farmfoods logo Farmfoods 51
I Iceland logo Iceland 45
P Poundland logo Poundland 37
M Morrisons logo Morrisons 35
O One Stop logo One Stop 29
G Greggs logo Greggs 28

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