List of Convenience stores of the United Kingdom

This is a list of the Convenience stores of the United Kingdom.

Current Convenience stores of the UK

Store name	Image	Founded / Came to UK	Owned by	Notes
Bargain Booze Select Convenience		1981	Conviviality Retail	Chain of franchised convenience stores operated by Britain's biggest off licence chain
Best-One		1990	Anwar Pervez	600 convenience stores located in England & Jersey, CI
Blakemore Retail		1917	Privately owned	UK's largest family owned operator of convenience stores; operate as a member of Spar UK. Took on a number of My Local stores after the collapse of the chain.
Co-op Food		1844	Part of The Co-operative brand	'The Co-op' is a federation of 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 stores for a UK convenience store multiple
Costcutter		1986	Bibby Group	Symbol group and convenience stores; operates under the Costcutter, mycostcutter, Mace, Supershop and kwiksave brands
Family Choice				Symbol Group
Family Shopper		2014	Booker Group	Discount symbol group set up by Booker to run alongside Premier and offer more discounted lines[1]
Go Local Extra			A G Parfetts Cash & Carry	Symbol group for independent stores owned by A G Parfetts
GT Retail				Chain of convenience stores located in the Midlands and North of England[2]
HKS Retail Ltd		1984[3]		Operator Petrol stations and convenience stores across the Midlands
Jones Convenience Stores		1911	Privately owned	Chain of 16 convenience stores located in Somerset
Lifestyle Express			Landmark Wholesale	Symbol group of independent stores, roughly 2000 in number operating
Little Waitrose		2008	Waitrose	Small convenience stores selling Waitrose goods; aim to have 300 stores by 2018
Loco		2012	Nisa Group	Symbol group run by Nisa, which had 50 stores nationwide by 2013[4]
Londis		1959	Booker Group	Symbol group and convenience stores
Marks and Spencer Simply Food @ BP Connect		2005	franchise arrangement between BP & Marks & Spencer	120 convenience stores based within BP Connect roadside fuel stations
McColl's			McColl's Retail Group	Convenience store chain operating in England & Wales; in Scotland, operate under the RS McColl's brand
Nisa		1977	UK private company	Retailers' cooperative and symbol group; formerly Nisa-Today
One Stop			Tesco
Premier Stores		1994	Booker Group	Symbol group with over 2400 stores that are independently owned
RS McColl's			McColl's Retail Group	Convenience stores located in Scotland; England & Wales operate under McColl's name
Sainsbury's Local		1998	Sainsburys	Chain of 600 convenience stores run by Sainsburys
Select & Save				Chain of 100 symbol group convenience stores supplied by Nisa[5]
Shop'N Drive		2012	Rontec	Chain of convenience stores located at roadside fuel stations
Simply Fresh				Symbol group of 25 convenience stores, affiliated to Costcutter
Spar (retailer)		1957	Owned by independent retailers	Symbol group
Today's Extra		1985	Private company	Retailers' cooperative & symbol group of around 400 convenience stores; formerly part of Nisa-Today
Tesco Express			Tesco	Second smallest stores in Tesco family; 1672 stores nationwide

Defunct Convenience stores of the UK

Store name	Image	Founded / Came to UK	Purchased by	Notes
Aberness			Bought by Somerfield in 2004[6]	Scottish convenience chain
Alldays		1991	Bought by the Co-operative Group[7]	Convenience store group set up in 1991 by Watson & Philip which went into receivership in 2002
All 'Ours			Merged with Premier Stores888	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[8]	Small chain of 54 convenience stores in the North East England
Botterils Convenience Stores		c.1950s	Bought by Scotmid in 2010.[9]	Small chain of 51 convenience stores in Scotland
Circle K			Bought by Watson & Philip in 1993 for £21m and re-branded Alldays[10]	American-owned convenience stores
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[11]	Chain of 28 convenience stores located in Scotland
Dawn Til Dusk		1986	Went into receivership in 1999	was an English chain of 90 convenience stores located throughout the North of England
Dillons				Symbol group
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 in 2000[12]	Chain of 98 convenience stores
Jackson's		1991	Bought by Sainsbury's in 2004, branded as Sainsbury's at Jackson's before being converted to Sainsbury's Local[13]	Regional in Yorkshire and North Midlands
Local Plus		2001	Bought by the Co-operative Group[14]	Chain of 64 convenience stores created by a management buyout of South West Alldays stores
Melias			Bought by Dee Corporation	Chain of convenience stores owned by Fine Fare; rebranded or sold after Gateway purchase
Morning, Noon & Night		1991	Bought by Scotmid in 2004[15]
My Local		2011		Chain of convenience stores created by Morrisons initially under M Local name; sold as part of re-organisation and was renamed My Local in September 2015. The chain however suffered and filed for Administration in Late June 2016.
7-Eleven			Taken over by Budgens[16]	Convenience store chain[17]
Ugo		2011	Owned by Haldanes Group	Chain of 22 convenience stores created by Haldanes after purchasing stores from Netto; went into administration in 2012
VG			Stores rebranded either Spar or Alldays
Wavy Line				Small chain of small supermarkets and convenience stores located in the South and South East of England

See also

• List of supermarket chains in the United Kingdom

References

1. "Discount Debut Family Shopper stores - Scottish Grocer p. January 2014". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
2. "Welcome to GT Retail". Retrieved 1 May 2015.
3. "HKS Retail Limited - About Us". Retrieved 1 May 2015.
4. "About Us - Nisa Loco". Retrieved 31 May 2016.
5. "Nisa and Select & Save extend contract for a further five years - The grocer p. 15 October 2011". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
6. "Somerfield acquires Aberness - IGD Retail Analysis p. 19 March 2004". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
7. "Co-op steps in as Alldays calls for receivers - Daily Telepgraph p. 29 October 2002". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
8. J Sainsbury plc Bells Stores acquisition announcement "J Sainsbury plc Bells Stores acquisition announcement" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 27 April 2015.
9. "Scotmid acquire the Botterills family chain". The Grocer. 12 November 2010.
10. "Alldays comes in for Circle K - The Herald p.27 August 1994". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
11. "David Sands stores sold to Co-op". BBC News. BBC.co.uk. 2012-01-10. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
12. "Acquisition of Day & Nite Stores Limited". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
13. "Sainsbury's snaps up Jacksons convenience sctore chain - The Independent p.17 August 2004".
14. "Co-operative Group buys Conveco". thegrocer.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
15. "Dundee firm sold for £30 million". Evening Telegraph. 3 August 2004.
16. "New name for 7-11 stores - The Independent p.1 April 1998". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
17. "7-Eleven set to enter UK convenience market - Convenience Store p.25 March 2014". Retrieved 27 April 2015.