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🛒Opening a Supermarket / mini-mart in Cardiff: a location research guide

Cardiff — The Welsh capital, with arcade-style city-centre retail and bay-side regeneration zones. If you're thinking about opening a supermarket / mini-mart here, the difference between the right block and the wrong block is often a 30% revenue swing in the first year. This guide walks through what to look at on the map before you sign a lease.

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What to look at on the map

For a supermarket / mini-mart, the location factors that matter most are different from a generic retail store. When you scan Cardiff on the interactive map, focus on these:

  • 🏠Residential density (500m)

    Households within 2km drive are primary catchment.

  • 🅿️Parking nearby

    Customers buy in volume — they need parking.

  • ⚔️Direct competitors (1km)

    Other supermarkets within 1km hurt.

Where to look in Cardiff

Cardiff has several commercial districts where supermarket / mini-mart businesses tend to cluster — useful both as starting points and as references for what "busy" looks like:

  • City Centre
  • Cardiff Bay
  • Pontcanna
  • Roath
  • Canton

30 supermarket / mini-marts mapped in Cardiff

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  • Sainsbury'sUnclaimed
    129-139 Queen Street Cathays Cardiff·site
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  • Co-op FoodUnclaimed
    Pierhead Street Cardiff·site
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  • Co-op FoodUnclaimed
    2 Station Road Cardiff·site
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  • SparUnclaimed
    Station Terrace Cardiff·site
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  • Baan Thai FoodsUnclaimed
    77 Whitchurch Road Cardiff
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  • AldiUnclaimed
    Western Avenue Cardiff·site
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  • Tesco ExtraUnclaimed
    Excelsior Road Cardiff·site
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  • Masala BazaarUnclaimed
    195-197 Richmond Road Cardiff
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  • International Food CentreUnclaimed
    101 City Road Cardiff
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  • Jing Xing ExpressUnclaimed
    155 City Road Cardiff·site
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  • Clare FoodsUnclaimed
    128A Penarth Road Cardiff
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  • M&S FoodhallUnclaimed
    Cardiff·site
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  • M&S FoodhallUnclaimed
    72 Queen Street Cardiff·site
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  • Heron FoodsUnclaimed
    40-46 Countisbury Avenue Cardiff·site
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  • Man Fung StoreUnclaimed
    113 Penarth Road Cardiff
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+ 15 more — see them all on the interactive map

Investment outlook

Before you commit, here's the real-world cost picture for a supermarket / mini-mart:

Mini-mart (200-400㎡): ¥50-150万. Full supermarket: way higher.

Common rookie mistakes

The mistakes that sink first-time supermarket / mini-mart owners aren't the ones you read about in startup blogs. The recurring ones are:

  • ⚠Underestimating cold chain / refrigeration cost
  • ⚠Picking locations without enough parking turnover

Open the interactive map

Ready to scan Cardiff block by block? Open the interactive map below — every hexagon is clickable for a per-block research breakdown.

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