# List of convenience shops in the United Kingdom

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.
In December 2016, McColl's announced it would acquire 298 former Co-op shops
In August 2017, Sainsbury's announced it had entered exclusive talks to acquire Nisa, however talks were abandoned in August due to concerns over monopoly and competition inquiries. It was then announced that the 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. In 2022, McColl's was placed in voluntary administration and purchased by Morrisons.

## 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 | Founded/ Came to UK | Owned by | Notes |
| Aldi Local | | Aldi | Smaller city centre c-store format, sized around 6,500 sq. ft. |
| 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. |
| Asda Express | | Asda | Chain of smaller c-store shops within the wider Asda business started in 2022, with plans for 300 by 2026. Asda also operate a petrol forecourt c-store estate and work with partners through the 'Asda On The Move' brand. |
| Circle K | | Alimentation Couche-Tard | Leading forecourt and convenience retailer on the island of Ireland, with 49 sites in Northern Ireland. |
| Co-op Food | 1844 | Various consumers' co-operatives | Co-op Food is a brand used by a federation of approx. 15 UK consumers' co-operatives, together forming a supermarket brand which sources products from the 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). |
| Heron Foods | | B&M Group | Chain of approx. 300 convenience shops. |
| Iceland Local | 2023 | Iceland | New convenience format launched in 2023. |
| Lidl | | Lidl | Smaller store format for predominantly urban locations. |
| 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 |
| Morrisons Daily | 2019 | Morrisons | Convenience shop chain with approx. 480 company-owned and franchise stores |
| One Stop | | Tesco | Approx. 1,000 owned and franchised stores. |
| Poundland Local | | Poundland | Chain of convenience shops |
| Sainsbury's Local | 1998 | Sainsbury's | Chain of approx. 800 convenience shops run by Sainsburys |
| Tesco Express | | Tesco | Second smallest shops in Tesco family; approx. 2,000 shops nationwide |

### Symbol groups and chains

| Shop name | 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 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. |
| Costcutter | 1986 | Bestway Wholesale | Symbol group and convenience shops supplied by Nisa; operates under the Costcutter, mycostcutter, 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. |
| 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 |
| 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.. |
| GT Retail | | James Retail Group | Chain of convenience shops located in the Midlands and North of England |
| HKS Retail Ltd | 1984 | | Operator Petrol stations and convenience shops across the Midlands |
| Jones Convenience Stores | 1911 | Privately owned | Chain of 16 convenience shops located in Somerset |
| KeyStore | 1995 | 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) | Symbol group |
| Nisa | 1977 | The Co-operative Group | Symbol group; formerly Nisa-Today, which supplies around 5,000 stores |
| Park & Shop | 1975 | Park Garage Group | Own-brand |
| 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 Scarborough area |
| Select & Save | | Privately owned | Chain of 100 symbol group convenience shops supplied by Nisa |
| 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 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. |
| 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 | Founded / Came to UK | Purchased by | Notes |
| Aberness | | Bought by Somerfield in 2004 | Scottish convenience chain |
| Alldays | 1991 | Bought by the Co-operative Group | 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 | Small chain of 54 convenience shops in the North East England |
| Botterils Convenience Shops | c.1950s | Bought by Scotmid in 2010. | 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 | 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 | 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 Symbol group but now a sub brand sold in 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 | 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 | Regional in Yorkshire and North Midlands |
| Local Plus | 2001 | Bought by the Co-operative Group | Chain of 64 convenience shops created by a management buyout of South West Alldays shops |
| McColl's | Morrisons | Bought in 2022 and converted to the Morrisons Daily format by September 2024. |
| Loco | 2012 | The Co-operative Group (Nisa Group) | Symbol group run by Nisa, which had 50 shops nationwide by 2013 Fascia retired and replaced with Nisa Express format. |
| 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 | |
| My Local | 2011 | Went into administration in late June 2016, all shops closed by early July 2016. | Chain of convenience shops created by Morrisons initially under M Local name; sold as part of re-organisation and was renamed My Local in September 2015. |
| RS McColl's | | Scottish McColl's stores, bought by Morrisons in 2022 and converted by September 2024. | |
| 7-Eleven | | Taken over by Budgens | Convenience shop chain |
| Sperrings | 1985 | Became Alldays | A chain of convenience stores founded by Bob Sperring |
| Swift | | Iceland Foods | Chain of convenience shops. Stores closed in 2023. |
| 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 |