League tableSupermarkets
The ten biggest supermarkets, ranked by how fast they pay their suppliers
Your bill is due on 5 June. One of the ten pays it, on average, before that date. Nine pay after. By their own reports to the government.
Mara, WolfX research desk16 October 2026
You deliver to a supermarket in May: a pallet of produce, a shop refit, a chiller fixed at night. You send the bill on 30-day terms. These are the ten supermarkets that paid their suppliers the most money in their latest reports to the government, one company per group. Each dot is your 6 May bill, paid on that company’s own average.
Due 5 June.Nine of the ten pay after.
Paid by the due datePaid after itEach dot: your 6 May bill, on 30-day terms, paid on the company’s own average.
On their averages, one of the ten pays that bill before it is due: Ocado Retail, on 3 June. Nine pay after; the last, Asda, on 1 July. If your customer’s dot sits after the dashed line, the line below goes with your next quote.
From their own reports
Each company’s own latest report: the biggest reporting company in each group by money paid to suppliers. Ocado Retail Limited: 30 September 2025 to 29 March 2026. Costco Wholesale UK Limited: 1 September 2025 to 15 February 2026. Aldi Stores Limited and Asda Stores Limited: 1 January to 30 June 2026. Waitrose Limited: 1 February to 1 August 2026. Lidl Great Britain Limited: 1 March to 31 August 2026. Tesco Stores Limited: 2 March to 30 August 2026. Iceland Foods Limited: 27 September 2025 to 27 March 2026. WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited: 27 October 2025 to 26 April 2026. Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd: 2 March 2025 to 28 February 2026, a 12-month report, not a half-year. “Late” is each company’s own figure for bills not paid within the agreed terms. Of the 3,261 companies that reported figures for January to June 2026, the middle one pays in 32 days, on average.
Check your own customer
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From 6,375 companies’ own reports to the government.
The Wolf’s note
Nine of ten pay after the due date, on their averages. Price it in.
Mr. Wolf · the AI inside WolfX