IAA 2022-23 Top 100 Independent Retailers
We are delighted to share the Independent Achievers Academy 2022-23 Top 100, an annual list of local news and convenience retailers who are aspiring for success – and achieving it.
The Top 100 represents stores that are delivering brilliant standards, offering fantastic service, and creating memorable experiences for their shoppers. All while juggling the many challenges that the convenience retail sector currently faces.
The Top 100 is decided by Newtrade Media’s expert team following rigorous, independent assessments to assess who qualifies for this widely respected and much-desired badge of success. These independent assessments entail a:
- Mystery shop and audit to assess customer experience, ease of shop, breadth of range, merchandising standards, availability levels and innovation.
- Retailer interviews to evaluate the strength of processes in place in attracting customers, adhering to legislation, developing staff and operating sustainably.
- Digital review to understand how many consumers are being reached, engagement levels with customers and the impact of each store’s online presence.
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Explore our map and take a look below to discover who made the sought-after list. Why don’t you find out where your nearest Top 100 store is and visit them to see what you can learn?
| Shop Name | Town | County |
| 1 Stop Go Local Extra | Derby | Derbyshire |
| Al-Amin Stores | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire |
| Baddesly stores limited | Baddesly Ensor | Warwickshire |
| Bassetts Londis Abbotsbury Road | Weymouth | Dorset |
| Bassetts Londis Stour Road | Christchurch | Dorset |
| Bassetts Londis Westham Road | Weymouth | Dorset |
| Bassett’s Morrison’s Daily Oaktree Road | Southampton | Hampshire |
| BB Nevison Superstore & Post Office | Pontefract | West Yorkshire |
| BB Superstore Love Lane | Pontefract | West Yorkshire |
| Betty’s News Ltd | Mawgan Porth | Cornwall |
| Bradley’s Supermarkets Quorn | Loughborough | Leicestershire |
| Bradley’s Supermarkets Rothley | Loughborough | Leicestershire |
| Broadfield Newsagent & Post Office | Crawley | West Sussex |
| Budgens Caterways | Horsham | West Sussex |
| Budgens Hemingford Grey | Hemingford Grey | Cambridgeshire |
| Budgens Hinchingbrooke | Hinchingbrooke | Cambridgeshire |
| Budgens of Southwater | Horsham | West Sussex |
| Carlton Convenience | Salford | Lancashire |
| Carlton Village Shop | Carlton | Bedfordshire |
| Cinderhill Premier Express | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire |
| Costcutter and the Food Shop Swanage | Swanage | Dorset |
| Costcutter Epsom | Epsom | Surrey |
| Costcutter Kirk Sandall | Doncaster | South Yorkshire |
| Cults Stores | Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire |
| Day-Today Alloa Road | Stenhousemuir | Stirlingshire |
| Desford Shop and Post Office | Desford | Leicestershire |
| Edgware Road Post Office | London | London |
| Eldred Drive Stores | Orpington | Kent |
| Eurospar Mulkerns | Newry | County Down |
| Fixby Stores | Huddersfield | West Yorkshire |
| Freshgo’s Budgens Carcroft | Doncaster | South Yorkshire |
| Freshgo’s Londis Armthorpe | Armthorpe | South Yorkshire |
| Freshgo’s Londis Beckfield Lane | York | North Yorkshire |
| Freshgo’s Londis Hyde Park | Doncaster | South Yorkshire |
| Go Local Wolviston | Stockton-on-Tees | Cleveland |
| Gostwick Road Convenience Store | Bedford | Bedfordshire |
| Gwilliam’s of Edington | Bridgwater | Somerset |
| H & R News | Camberley | Surrey |
| Harlaxton Road Convenience Store | Grantham | Lincolnshire |
| Hayers Meadvale | Weston-Super-Mare | Avon |
| Hayre Convenience Store | Leicester | Leicestershire |
| Heathcote Express and Postoffice | East Grinsted | West Sussex |
| Hopes of Longtown | Herefordshire | Herefordshire |
| Jimmy’s Shop | Northampton | Northamptonshire |
| Kings Fee Store & Post Office | Monmouth | Gwent |
| Kislingbury Mini Market | Kislingbury | Northamptonshire |
| Leys Road Convenience Store | St. Neots | Cambridgeshire |
| Londis Bexley Park | Dartford | Kent |
| Londis Chatsworth Road & Post Office | Chesterfield | Derbyshire |
| Londis Dagenham | Dagenham | Essex |
| London Road Bakery | Boston | Lincolnshire |
| Market Square News | Northampton | Northamptonshire |
| McLeish | Inverurie | Aberdeenshire |
| Mickleton Village Stores | Mickleton | Gloucestershire |
| Mulkerns Spar, Jonesborough | Newry | County Down |
| Mullaco Supermarket | Dewsbury | West Yorkshire |
| Nisa Local Beech Stores | Heysham | Lancashire |
| Nisa Local Colley Gate (Halesowen) | Halesowen | West Midlands |
| Nisa Local Fletton & Post Office | Peterborough | Cambridgeshire |
| Nisa Local Orton Malborne | Peterborough | Cambridgeshire |
| Nisa Local Paddington | London | London |
| Nisa Local Saint Neots | Saint Neots | Cambridgeshire |
| Nisa Local Stamford Northfields | Stamford | Lincolnshire |
| Nisa Local Stilton | Peterborough | Cambridgeshire |
| Nisa Local Thistle Drive | Peterborough | Cambridgeshire |
| Nisa Marsh Farm | Luton | Bedfordshire |
| Nisa Southfields | Peterborough | Cambridgeshire |
| Notay stores | Batley | West Yorkshire |
| One Stop Canterbury Stores | Canterbury | Kent |
| One Stop Draycott & Post Office | Draycott | Derbyshire |
| One Stop Packmoor | Stoke-on-Trent | Staffordshire |
| One Stop, Etwall | Derby | Derbyshire |
| One Stop, Gospel Lane | Birmingham | West Midlands |
| One Stop, Matlock | Matlock | Derbyshire |
| One Stop Wylde Green | Sutton Coldfield | West Midlands |
| Post Street Convenience Store | Godmanchester | Cambridgeshire |
| Premier Cavendish Square | Swindon | Wiltshire |
| Premier Green End Stores | Huntingdon | Cambridgeshire |
| Premier Linktown Local | Kirkcaldy | Fife |
| Premier Lower Darwen | Lower Darwen | Lancashire |
| Premier Mo’s Blantyre | Glasgow | Lanarkshire |
| Roslin Convenience Store | Roslin | Midlothian |
| Ruprai Food & Wines | Birmingham | West Midlands |
| Shop Around The Clock | St Michaels | Kent |
| Spar Beech Hill | Tidworth | Hampshire |
| Spar Errol | Errol | Perthshire |
| Spar Hackenthorpe | Sheffield | South Yorkshire |
| Spar Pennings Road | Tidworth | Hampshire |
| Spar Pewsey | Pewsey | Wiltshire |
| St Johns Budgens | Kenilworth | Warwickshire |
| St Marys Supermarket | Southampton | Hampshire |
| Tenby Stores & Post Office | Tenby | Dyfed |
| The Old Dairy – Pydar Stores | Truro | Cornwall |
| The Three Singh’s | Selby | North Yorkshire |
| Tysoe Village Stores | Warwick | Warwickshire |
| Welcome Co-Op Faversham | Faversham | Kent |
| Welcome Frobisher House | Southampton | Hampshire |
| Welcome Harbour Parade | Southampton | Hampshire |
| Welcome Liberty Quays | Southampton | Hampshire |
| Woosnam & Davies News | Llanidloes | Powys |
