TOP 50 FOOD STORES IN THE WORLD

July 7, 2022
The past 18 months have brought fundamental changes in consumer behaviors and in the perception of brick-and-mortar retail. While the pandemic kicked online shopping into high gear, the in-store experience remains as important as ever. To show that physical retail is very much alive, we have named the best 50 food stores around the world.

Called the Interstore | Schweitzer Collection, our list, established by an internal expert panel, ranks stores according to five criteria: atmosphere and space design; exceptional product presentation; expertise and craftsmanship; exciting ready-to-eat; and omnichannel and digital innovation. With this selection we, as a design and shopfitting company, would like to make a passionate statement for physical retail and inspire retailers all over the world.

“With business travel limited over the past 24 months due to the pandemic, our clients had been unable to seek the critical inspiration from international benchmarking that usually precede they’re major store investment programmes” says Nathan Watts, Creative Director at Interstore|Schweitzer. “To fill this gap, and to support ongoing demand for best-in-class retailing, we decided to apply our extensive international knowledge of food retail, resulting in this evolving selection of the very best stores from around the world.”

Here are the stores that have made it to the Top 50 in alphabetical order:

  1. Aldi Corner Store – Australia

2. Amazon Fresh – USA

3. Ametller Origen – Spain

4. Biltoki – France

5. Borough Market – UK

6. Bridge – Switzerland

7. Carrefour Market – Italy

8. Carulla Fresh Market – Colombia

9. Central Food Hall – Thailand

10. Coop Harastaden – Sweden

11. Cru – Holland

12. Culina at Como Dempsey – Singapore

13. Dallmayr – Germany

14. David Jones – Australia

15. Dunnes Cornelscourt – Ireland

16. Eataly – UK

17. Edeka Weserpark – Germany

18. Erewhon – USA

19. Exito Wow – Colombia

20. Farm Boy – Canada

21. Fresh Hippo – China

22. Frischeparadies – Germany

23. Globus – Switzerland

24. Goodwine – Ukraine

25. Harrods Food Halls – UK

26. Isetan, Shinjuku – Japan

27. Jagalchi Market – South Korea

28. Jumbo Foodmarket – Holland

29. KaDeWe Food Hall – Germany

30. La Boqueria – Spain

31. La Fromagerie – UK

32. La Grande Epicerie – France

33. Loblaws – Canada

34. Løgismose Vin – Denmark

35. Panzers Deli – UK

36. Pavillion Deli – UK

37. Perekrestok – Russia

38. Rewe Wiesbaden – Germany

39. Rob the Gourmet´s Market – Belgium

40. Santa Luzia – Brazil

41. Selgros – Poland

42. Sobeys – Canada

43. SSG Food Hall – South Korea

44. Tegut Theo – Germany

45. The Barn Bio – Belgium

46. Walmart – USA

47. Wegmans – USA

48. Wholefoods – USA

49. Zurheide – Germany

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