Premier Stores food hygiene ratings
There are 542 Premier Stores sites in the United Kingdom with a published food hygiene rating. Each is inspected by its own local council, the chain does not rate itself, and a rating earned in one town says nothing about the branch in the next. 120 sites are in Scotland, which uses a pass-or-improve scheme rather than a score out of five, and so are not counted in the figures below.
How Premier Stores scores
51% of rated Premier Stores branches hold the top score of 5, and 79% hold a 4 or better. The chain averages 4.20 out of 5, behind the roughly 70% of all UK food businesses that manage a 5, so it is worth checking the specific branch rather than trusting the name.
| 5 out of 5 | 212 | 51% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 115 | 28% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 56 | 14% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 15 | 4% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 12 | 3% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 2 | <1% |
A further 130 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated Premier Stores branches
29 branches hold a rating of 2 or below, including 2 rated 0. That is 7% of Premier Stores's rated sites. A low rating is not a closure order, the business is required to fix what the inspector found.
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| Branch | Council | Rating | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier CW2 6JU | Cheshire East | 0 - Urgent improvement necessary | 16 April 2026 |
| Premier S70 1UH | Barnsley | 0 - Urgent improvement necessary | 15 January 2026 |
| Premier SO17 2FS | Southampton | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 19 May 2026 |
| Premier BB2 3EP | Blackburn | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 19 March 2026 |
| Premier CO9 3PP | Braintree | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 4 February 2026 |
| Premier M24 2WH | Rochdale | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 4 February 2026 |
| Premier PO16 9XB | Fareham | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 14 January 2026 |
| Premier Store YO16 7DJ | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 11 December 2025 |
| Premier Store SA13 1DN | Neath Port Talbot | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 2 December 2025 |
| Premier FY4 1HT | Blackpool | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 27 August 2025 |
| Premier Stores TF2 6AA | Telford and Wrekin Council | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 10 July 2025 |
| Premier M24 2NU | Rochdale | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 28 April 2025 |
| Premier NG15 8AR | Ashfield | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 17 February 2025 |
| Premier Store BN12 6BS | Worthing | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 10 January 2025 |
| Premier OL12 8UJ | Rossendale | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 21 May 2026 |
Questions about Premier Stores
What is Premier Stores's food hygiene rating?
Premier Stores does not have a single rating. Every one of its 542 UK sites is inspected and rated separately by its own local council. 51% of them hold the top score of 5, and the chain averages 4.20 out of 5.
Is Premier Stores clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 51% of Premier Stores branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, and 29 branches score 2 or below.
Which Premier Stores has the worst hygiene rating?
The lowest-rated branches are listed on this page, worst first. 29 hold a rating of 2 or below out of 412 rated sites.
Who inspects Premier Stores?
Not Premier Stores. Environmental health officers at each site's local council carry out the inspection, unannounced, and set the rating. The Food Standards Agency publishes the result. A chain cannot rate itself, and cannot change a rating.
Where the branches are
The councils inspecting the most Premier Stores branches.
Rhondda Cynon Taf, Sheffield, Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire, Fife, Caerphilly, Bristol, Milton Keynes
Other chains
Data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland under the Open Government Licence. Branches are identified from the business names councils publish; one trading under an unusual name may not be counted here. This site is not affiliated with Premier Stores.