In 2021, the size of the UK grocery market stood at around 212 billion British pounds. The market has been steadily growing since 2004 and is estimated to reach over 241 billion British pounds by 2027.

Grocery retail channels

It was estimated that in 2027 supermarkets will be the largest sales channel for grocery retail with a value of almost 97 billion pounds. Online channels are expected to amount to 26.9 billion pounds.

UK grocery market

The five leading companies on the grocery market are Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, and Aldi. It was only the German discounter Aldi that saw rapid growth and has proven to be a significant disruptive force on the market. On average, households in the UK spent 63.7 British pounds on food and non-alcoholic drinks per week in 2020.

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In 2021, the total market value of grocery retailing came to approximately 211.9 billion British pounds (GBP) in the United Kingdom. Of the five major sales channels, supermarkets had the largest share of the market value with 91 billion pounds. Supermarkets had more than twice as big a market value as the convenience channel, the second largest channel. By 2027, the value of grocery retailing is expected to increase to over 241 billion British pounds.

Where UK shoppers buy groceries

Some 88 percent of surveyed grocery shoppers stated that they regularly shopped at supermarkets in the UK. Online retailers ranked in second place, with 27 percent. Market leader Tesco held just over one-quarter of the market share of all grocery stores in Great Britain in September 2022. Together with Sainsbury's, the two retailers had a combined market share of 41.5 percent. Tesco operated roughly 4,050 stores in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in 2022. With this presence the company regularly reached 56 percent of shoppers according to a recent survey.

The total value of retail sales, including fuel, reached a peak value of approximately 509.77 billion British pounds in 2023. For the retail industry excluding fuel sales, this figure similarly indicated a record value that year.   UK retail business as usual   Generally, retail sales in the UK displayed steady growth with the exception of 2009, when annual sales experienced a noticeable drop. Forecasts project that both store-based and e-commerce sales will continue their steep increase by 2026, with online sales reaching over 200 billion British pounds by that period.    Holiday spending: industry’s best friend   When we look at the monthly breakdown of retail sales value, an unmistakably clear picture of rigorous holiday spending greets us. December is the month when retail has its best days. This was particularly true in December 2019, when the sales value of retail in Great Britain was recorded at over 50 billion British pounds.

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