List of convenience shops in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of convenience shops in the United Kingdom.

History

In mid-September 2015 Booker Group announced it would acquire Musgrave Retail Partners GB, owner of the Londis and Budgens brands for £40m, adding Londis's 1,630 convenience shops and 167 Budgens franchise outlets to its estate.[1]

In December 2016, McColl's announced it would acquire 298 former Co-op shops[2]

In August 2017,

Co-operative Group has entered talks to acquire Nisa. In November, the Co-op announced that the Nisa board had recommended members accept the Co-op's £140m offer for the company.[5][6] In 2022, McColl's was placed in voluntary administration and purchased by Morrisons.[7]

Current

The list of current convenience stores has been split into those run by major retailers, and those that are symbol groups.

Major retailers

Shop
name 		Image Founded
/ Came to UK 		Owned
by 		Notes
Aldi Local Aldi Smaller city centre c-store format, sized around 6,500 sq. ft.[8]
Amazon Fresh 2021 Amazon Chain of cashierless c-stores. Amazon also partner with several UK retailers including Morrisons, Booths and Co-op to sell groceries online through the Amazon UK website.[9][10]
Asda Express Asda Chain of smaller c-store shops within the wider Asda business started in 2022, with plans for 300 by 2026.[11] Asda also operate a petrol forecourt c-store estate and work with partners through the 'Asda On The Move' brand.[12]
Circle K Alimentation Couche-Tard Leading forecourt and convenience retailer on the island of Ireland, with 49 sites in Northern Ireland.[13]
Co-op Food 1844 Various
consumers' co-operatives
 Co-op Food is a brand used by a federation of approx. 15 UK
Co-operative Retail Trading Group, and has the largest number of shops for a UK convenience shop multiple. The Co-operative Group is the largest member with around 2,400 owned and franchised stores (including larger supermarkets).[14]
Heron Foods B&M Group Chain of approx. 300 convenience shops.
Iceland Local 2023 Iceland New convenience format launched in 2023.[15]
Lidl Lidl Smaller store format for predominantly urban locations.[16]
Little Waitrose
 2008 Waitrose Small convenience shops selling Waitrose goods; aim to have 300 shops by 2018
Marks & Spencer Simply Food 2005 Marks & Spencer and BP franchise agreement 120 convenience shops based within
BP Connect
roadside fuel stations
McColl's Morrisons Convenience shop chain operating in England & Wales; in Scotland, operate under the RS McColl's brand. Morrisons currently rebranding 1,000 stores to the Morrisons Daily format.[17]
Morrisons Daily 2019 Morrisons Convenience shop chain with approx. 480 company-owned and franchise stores[18]
One Stop Tesco Approx. 1,000 owned and franchised stores.[19][20]
Poundland Local Poundland Chain of convivence shops
RS McColl's Morrisons Convenience shops located in Scotland; England & Wales operate under McColl's name. Morrisons currently rebranding McColl's stores to the Morrisons Daily format.[17]
Sainsbury's Local 1998 Sainsbury's Chain of approx. 800 convenience shops run by Sainsburys[21]
Tesco Express
 Tesco Second smallest shops in Tesco family; approx. 2,000 shops nationwide[22]

Symbol groups and chains

Shop
name 		Image Founded
/ Came to UK 		Owned
by 		Notes
Bargain Booze Select Convenience 1981 Bestway Wholesale Chain of franchised convenience shops operated by Britain's biggest off licence chain. Bargain Booze Purchased Central Stores in December 2017.
Best-one 1990 Bestway Wholesale A Symbol group with over 2,000[23] convenience shops located in England & Jersey, CI
Blakemore Retail
 1917 Privately owned UK's largest family owned operator of convenience shops; operate as a member of Spar UK. Took on a number of My Local shops after the collapse of the chain.
Budgens 1872 Tesco (Booker Group) Symbol group in England and Wales founded in 1872.
Central Convenience Stores Bestway Wholesale Central is a franchise based convenience shop chain based in the Dorset area.[24]
Costcutter 1986 Bestway Wholesale
Mace
, Supershop and kwiksave brands
Day-Today 2003 United Wholesale (Scotland) Symbol group founded in 2003, there are now over 300 Day-Today convenience stores in Scotland.
EG on the Move 2001 EG Group EG Group operate a fuel forecourt business in the UK alongside associated foodservice and convenience retail operations. In 2023, EG Group sold the majority of its forecourt sites in the UK and Ireland for £2bn to Asda to pay down debt. EG Group retained 32 forecourt sites as part of the transaction.[25]
Family Choice Tesco (Booker Group) Symbol Group
Family Shopper 2014 Tesco (Booker Group) Discount symbol group set up by Booker to run alongside Premier and offer more discounted lines[26]
Go Local Extra A G Parfetts Cash & Carry Symbol group for independent shops owned by A G Parfetts
Greens Retail Greens Scotland's leading chain of Convenience Stores (formerly Eros Retail). Operating 16+ stores throughout Scotland as of March 2023, with substantial growth aspirations and plans to achieve a £100m annualised sales target from 50+ stores..[27] [28]
GT Retail James Retail Group Chain of convenience shops located in the Midlands and North of England[29]
HKS Retail Ltd 1984[30] Operator Petrol stations and convenience shops across the Midlands
Jones Convenience Stores 1911 Privately owned Chain of 16 convenience shops located in Somerset
KeyStore J.W Filshill A leading Scottish convenience symbol group.
Lifestyle Express Unitas Wholesale Symbol group of independent shops, roughly 2000 in number operating
Londis 1959 Tesco (Booker Group) Symbol group and convenience shops
Mace Bestway Wholesale (United Kingdom) and Musgrave (Northern Ireland)[31] Symbol group
mfg Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) Leading forecourt operator with around 900 sites alongside associated foodservice and convenience retail.[32]
Nisa 1977 The Co-operative Group Symbol group; formerly Nisa-Today, which supplies around 5,000 stores[33]
Premier 1994 Tesco (Booker Group) Symbol group with over 2400 shops that are independently owned
Proudfoot Supermarkets
 1946 Privately owned Chain of supermarkets/convenience stores in the Borough of Scarborough
Select & Save Privately owned Chain of 100 symbol group convenience shops supplied by Nisa[34]
Shop'N Drive 2012 Rontec Chain of convenience shops located at roadside
fuel stations
Simply Fresh Bestway Wholesale Symbol group of 25 convenience shops, affiliated to Costcutter
Spar 1957 Owned by independent retailers, with five strategic wholesalers - James Hall & Co., Henderson Wholesale Ltd, CJ Lang & Son Ltd, Appleby Westward Group Ltd and AF Blakemore. Symbol group
Today's Extra 1985 Unitas Wholesale Retailers' cooperative & symbol group of around 400 convenience shops; formerly part of Nisa-Today
USave 2003 United Wholesale (Scotland) Symbol group founded in 2003, there are now over 200 USave convenience shops in Scotland.
Welcome Southern Co-op Franchised convenience chain with approx. 69 stores focused on southern England.[35]
Whistlestop
Select Service Partner
 Convenience chain primarily focused on rail, coach and airport locations.
Select Service Partner
also operate Marks & Spencer Simply Food sites at major railway and motorway service stations.

Defunct

Shop
name 		Image Founded
/ Came to UK 		Purchased by Notes
Aberness Bought by Somerfield in 2004[36] Scottish convenience chain
Alldays
 1991 Bought by the
Co-operative Group[37]
 Convenience shop group set up in 1991 by Watson & Philip which went into receivership in 2002
All 'Ours Merged with
Premier Stores
 Symbol group within the Moffat company
Bells Stores Bought by Sainsbury's in 2004, branded as Sainsbury's at Bells before being converted to Sainsbury's Local[38] Small chain of 54 convenience shops in the North East England
Botterils Convenience Shops c.1950s Bought by Scotmid in 2010.[39] Small chain of 51 convenience shops in Scotland
Central Shops 2013 Conviviality Retail in 2017
Circle K Bought by Watson & Philip in 1993 for £21m and re-branded
Alldays[40]
 American-owned convenience shops
Cullens 2004 Bought by Tesco from Adminstore Presence in central London, operating since 1876; part of Adminstore group which also owned Europa and Harts
David Sands 1812 Bought by
Co-operative Group in 2012[41]
 Chain of 28 convenience shops located in Scotland
Dawn Til Dusk 1986 Went into receivership in 1999 was an English chain of 90 convenience shops located throughout the North of England
Dillons Symbol group. Rebranded as One Stop in early 2000’s
Europa 2004 Bought by Tesco from Adminstore Presence in central London; part of Adminstore group which also owned Cullens and Harts
Happy Shopper Booker Group Formerly a
Premier Stores after the purchase of parent company Nurdin and Peacock
Harts 2004 Bought by Tesco from Adminstore Presence in central London; part of Adminstore group which also owned Cullens and Europa
Healds Day & Nite Bought by Tesco owned One Stip in 2000[42] Chain of 98 convenience shops
Jacksons Stores 1991 Bought by Sainsbury's in 2004, branded as Sainsbury's at Jacksons Stores before being converted to Sainsbury's Local[43] Regional in Yorkshire and North Midlands
Local Plus 2001 Bought by the
Co-operative Group[44]
 Chain of 64 convenience shops created by a management buyout of South West Alldays shops
Loco 2012 The Co-operative Group (Nisa Group) Symbol group run by Nisa, which had 50 shops nationwide by 2013[45] Fascia retired and replaced with Nisa Express format.[46]
Misselbrook & Weston (M&W) Original operator of One Stop, later bought out by T&S Stores operator of Dillons
Melias Bought by Dee Corporation Chain of convenience shops owned by Fine Fare; rebranded or sold after Gateway purchase
Morning, Noon & Night 1991 Bought by Scotmid in 2004[47]
My Local 2011 Went into administration in late June 2016, all shops closed by early July 2016. Chain of convenience shops created by
M Local
name; sold as part of re-organisation and was renamed My Local in September 2015.
7-Eleven Taken over by Budgens[48] Convenience shop chain[49]
Sperrings 1985[50] Became Alldays A chain of convenience stores founded by Bob Sperring[51]
Swift Iceland Foods Chain of convenience shops. Stores closed in 2023. [52]
Ugo 2011 Owned by Haldanes Group Chain of 22 convenience shops created by Haldanes after purchasing shops from Netto; went into administration in 2012
VG
 Shops rebranded either Spar or Alldays
Wavy Line Small chain of small supermarkets and convenience shops located in the South and South East of England

See also

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