Supermarkets in the UK
The nearest big shop, the one open at midnight, the discounter for the weekly basket, the Chinese supermarket for the ingredients the others do not stock, the Polish shop for the bread, a store with a pharmacy and a café, or where to collect an online order on the way home: find the supermarkets near you, with hours and what each one does.
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Finding a supermarket in the UK
Supermarkets in Britain are the big four and the discounters on the retail parks and high streets, the smaller convenience formats in town centres and on the way home, the premium chains, and the independent and international supermarkets — Asian, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Caribbean, African, Middle Eastern — that stock the world's food properly and cheaply and have become the best food shops in many towns. Hours run from the daytime-only to the 24-hour superstore, and most large stores carry a pharmacy, a café, a cash machine, a petrol station, click and collect and the delivery vans.
Choosing where to shop is a matter of price, range and convenience: the discounters win on the weekly basket, the big four on range and services, the premium chains on quality, and the international supermarkets on spices, rice, vegetables, halal and kosher meat, fresh fish and the brands from home at a fraction of the mainstream price. Delivery and click and collect are booked online with slots by the hour; loyalty schemes decide the price of half the shelf; and the small-format stores charge more than the big ones of the same chain for the same items.
The listings here show each supermarket's hours, format and services, delivery and click and collect, world food and specialisms, and contact details, so you can see what is nearby and open, which stores are 24 hours, and where people in your town do the big shop.
Kinds of supermarket
Big four and superstores: full ranges, clothing and homeware, pharmacies, cafés, petrol, click and collect and delivery, often open until late or 24 hours.
Discounters: smaller ranges, own-label and the middle aisle, the cheapest weekly basket, opening to ten.
Convenience and local formats: small stores in town centres and residential areas with long hours and higher prices.
Premium chains: quality ranges, food halls and counters, delivery and the shops in the wealthier towns.
International supermarkets: Asian and South Asian, Chinese and East Asian, Polish and Eastern European, Turkish, Middle Eastern, African and Caribbean food stores, with halal and kosher butchers and fresh fish.
Shopping well
- Check the hours; big stores and 24-hour stores are on the listing, and Sunday trading is six hours for large stores in England and Wales.
- Book delivery and click and collect slots early in the week; the weekend slots go.
- Use the loyalty scheme; the difference on many lines is a third.
- Try the international supermarket for spices, rice, vegetables, meat and fish; the prices are lower and the range wider.
- Compare the small-format store with the big one of the same chain; the same items cost more in the small one.
- Ask about the services: pharmacy, opticians, café, dry cleaning, key cutting, parcel points and photo printing.
Prices and services
Price differences between chains are tracked weekly by the consumer groups and run to 10 to 20 per cent on a comparable basket between the cheapest discounter and the dearest of the big four, with loyalty prices, own-label and the world-food aisles closing much of it; international supermarkets undercut the mainstream on spices, rice, pulses, vegetables and meat by a wide margin. Delivery costs £1 to £7 a slot or a monthly pass of £5 to £10; click and collect is free or a pound; pharmacies, cash machines and parcel points are free to use; and 24-hour trading is the superstores' advantage over the discounters.
The discounter for the basket, the international supermarket for the ingredients, and the big four for the things nobody else has: that is how the cheapest households shop.
Where is the nearest supermarket?+
Look at the supermarkets listed for your town, which show each store's format, hours, services, delivery and click and collect, sorted by distance, with the 24-hour and late stores marked. Most towns have a superstore, a discounter or two, several small-format stores and an international supermarket.
Which supermarkets are open 24 hours?+
Many of the big four's superstores in towns and cities open 24 hours from Monday morning to Saturday night, closing only for the Sunday trading limits; discounters and small formats close at ten or eleven. The listing shows hours for each store, and petrol station shops cover the gaps.
What are Sunday supermarket opening hours?+
Large stores over 280 square metres in England and Wales may open for six hours between 10am and 6pm on Sundays, typically 10 to 4 or 11 to 5, and close on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day; small stores can open all day, and Scotland has no restriction. The listing shows each store's Sunday hours.
Where can I find an Asian or Chinese supermarket?+
Look for Asian, Chinese, international or world food in the listings; most towns of any size have an international supermarket and cities have many, stocking spices, rice, noodles, fresh vegetables, halal meat and fish at prices well below the mainstream chains, and the brands from home. They are often the best food shops in town.
Is supermarket delivery worth it?+
For a weekly big shop, usually: slots cost £1 to £7 or £5 to £10 a month on a pass, minimum orders are £25 to £40, and the time saved is the point; substitutions and short-dated items are the irritation. Click and collect is free or a pound and avoids both.
Which supermarket is cheapest?+
The discounters on a comparable weekly basket, by 10 to 20 per cent against the dearest of the big four, with loyalty prices and own-label narrowing the gap on many lines; international supermarkets are cheapest of all for spices, rice, pulses, vegetables and meat. The consumer groups publish the comparison every month.
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