Most popular supermarket chains in the UK Q3 2024

In the United Kingdom, Aldi, M&S Food, and Lidl were the most popular three supermarket chains in Q4 2024. All three topped the ranking with 78 percent of respondents having a positive opinion of the food retailer. Sainsbury's and Tesco came in second and third places and were popular with 74 percent and 72 percent of those polled in this study, respectively.

UK grocery market

The entire UK grocery market was worth almost 212 billion British pounds in 2021. Market leader Tesco operated over 4,100 stores in 2023. In comparison, mixed retailer M&S operated slightly over 1,050 stores in the UK.

Marks & Spencer as a grocery retailer

M&S is a mixed retailer and sometimes not even included in statistics about the UK grocery market. When viewed as a grocery store, the company had a market share of slightly over three percent as of August 2021. Compared other grocery and food retailers, M&S is only a minor player on the market. Since the first of September 2020, M&S grocery products can be ordered via the online grocery store Ocado.