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United Kingdom store visits

Our store visit reports feature floor plans, store photos and full commentary written by our team of international retail experts. Dozens of reports are made every year of stores that feature new concepts in food and grocery retail.

Videos

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Store of the month: March 2023: Kavanagh's Budgens, Belsize Park, UK
1/03/2023
See inside our pick for March’s store of the month, Kavanagh’s Budgens in Belsize Park, UK. Be inspired by the store’s outstanding execution in food-to-go, fresh produce, counters, bakery, and meal solutions.
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Store of the month: June 2022: Shell Select, Fulham, UK
06/06/2022
See inside our pick for June's store of the month, Shell Select, Fulham, UK, Shell's first electric vehicle only station in the UK.
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Store of the month: February 2022: Aldi Shop&Go, London, UK
28/02/2022
See inside our pick for February’s store of the month, Aldi Shop&Go, London, UK. It is the retailer’s first checkout-free store in the UK.
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Store of the month: January 2022: Asda, Milton Keynes, UK
05/01/2022
See inside our pick for January’s store of the month, Asda, Milton Keynes, UK. See how the new flagship store has been transformed from a functional hypermarket to a leisure oriented retail destination.
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Store of the month May 2021: Eataly, London, UK
25/05/2021
See inside our pick for May’s store of the month, Eataly, London, UK. Be inspired by how the retailer attracts shoppers back into the City of London with its amazing counters, fresh ingredients and open kitchens.
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Presentations

The seven things we love about Booths
22/05/2023
We visited Booths' Burscough, Hesketh Bank, and Penwortham stores and identified seven things we think contribute to making the retailer a success.
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Kavanagh’s Budgens: raising the bar in UK grocery
15/05/2023
The Kavanagh Group opened its fifth Budgens store in early 2023: this unit in Belsize Park. The outlet was already a Budgens, but an extensive refit has seen it evolve significantly. The store trades from 10,000 sq. ft. and offers over 10,000 SKUs. Its core grocery offer is augmented by a wealth of service counters, food-for-later counters and food-for-now facilities. The focus of the store is on elevated merchandising, adept use of technologies, strong customer service and catering for a variety of shopper missions.
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Sephora’s comeback in the UK 2023
28/04/2023
Sephora has opened its first physical store in the UK after its 17-year-absence. Explore what’s there in the store.
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Majestic: A smaller concept for growth
12/04/2023
Majestic, the UK’s largest specialist wine retailer, has opened a new small store concept in Harpenden as it trials new ways of expanding its bricks-and-mortar presence.
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Tesco Kelly’s Market Food To Go
12/04/2023
Tesco partners with KelliDeli to launch new food to go counter, Kelly’s Market.
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Bradley’s: excellence in community convenience
24/03/2023
Bradley’s Supermarkets is a very well-regarded two store Nisa operator, trading through two convenience stores in the Leicestershire villages of Quorn and Rothley.
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B&M New Southgate
27/02/2023
See in-store B&M’s recently opened store in New Southgate, London, United Kingdom. The store is uniquely position in a retail park made up of just two discounters Aldi and B&M. It is perfectly positioned in its range and stock to capture Aldi shoppers looking for alternative discounted products.
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Jollyes: a look at a high-growth pet care specialist
21/02/2023
With pet care still a rapidly growing sector on the back of surging pet ownership during the pandemic, both specialist retailers and supermarkets are looking to capture market share. This reports sheds some light on Jollyes, the second-largest specialist retailer in the UK market. Value-driven, the chain is putting down plenty of new space and is carving out a differentiated place in the market.
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The Electric Forecourt: Gridserve's shining temple to the EV revolution
31/01/2023
We visited the UK's first all-electric forecourt to see how the switch to EV ownership is beginning to change roadside retail.
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Five reasons to visit M&S Battersea Power Station, London
13/12/2022
We take a first look at the new M&S renewal store at Battersea Power Station.
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