Major supermarkets including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons, Lidl and ASDA have failed hygiene inspections, MailOnline can reveal.
Sixteen stores scored zero, the worst possible rating.
These include a Sainsbury’s in Leyton, East London and a Morrison’s Down the Road in nearby Chingford.
MailOnline’s interactive map names and shames all the supermarkets and corner shops that failed their last inspection.
Allows you to see if your location is on the list.
Food Standards Agency (FSA) data shows there are 287 Supermarkets that are this dirty have failed their last published food hygiene inspection.
This, MailOnline can reveal, equates to almost one in 40.
The term covers corner stores and smaller convenience stores, as well as huge supermarkets outside the city.
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This Sainsbury’s in Leyton, East London, pictured, received a zero food standards rating

Like this Morrison is in nearby Chingford. A total of 16 stores in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received a food standards rating.
According to inspection data maintained by the FSA, four of the worst offenders, meaning they scored zero, were in Birmingham.
Brent and Plymouth had two each, as did Waltham Forest, home of Leyton and Chingford stores.
The remaining zero-rated stores were scattered across Charnwood, Harrow, Hull City, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Sandwell and Wigan.
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, all places that serve food have a scale between zero and five.
Companies that score two or less have not met the minimum standards and at least ‘some’ improvement is necessary.
Inspectors who visit such places may find rotten food and rodent droppings or see unsafe food storage habits.
In Scotland, venues are graded on a binary pass/fail basis.
Of the companies on the failure list outside Scotland, MailOnline’s analysis of FSA data shows 127 received a rating of two.

Data from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) shows there are 287 supermarkets that are so dirty they failed their last published food hygiene inspection. Photo: Pound barga in Wigan which is rated zero

Inspectors visiting locations rated below two may find rotten food and rodent droppings or see unsafe food storage habits. Pictured: The Mr Grocery site in Loughborough, which is rated zero

Brent and Plymouth had two supermarkets that scored zero, as did Waltham Forest. Pictured: The African Grocery Ltd site in Plymouth, which is rated zero
A further 116 were rated one, meaning significant improvement is required, and 16 received the lowest possible rating of zero, where ‘urgent improvement’ is required.
The data was correct as of January 23, 2025.
In Scotland, 28 businesses were rated as ‘improvement required’.
Local authorities are responsible for inspecting businesses in their area at least once every two years.
This can include retailers, workplaces, schools, hospitals and even prisons.
The information in the database may change daily.
MailOnline’s analysis was accurate as of January 23, 2025.
Last December, MailOnline showed how 50,000 businesses serving food have never been inspected.

Companies that score two or less have not met the minimum standards and at least ‘some’ improvement is necessary. Pictured: The Temmy African Superstore site in Kingston-upon-Thames, which is rated zero
Another 160,000 had not been inspected in two years.
Of the 50,000 businesses that had never been inspected, 1,991 of them were bars, pubs or nightclubs.
The FSA has called for greater investment by local authorities in their environmental health departments carrying out food standards inspections.
Many local authorities have struggled to recruit enough qualified staff and have failed to carry out enough inspections.
The FSA says the inspection is a ‘snapshot’ of food hygiene standards.
Ratings do not cover issues such as food quality, customer service, culinary skill, presentation or comfort.
They focus on the handling of food, how it is stored and prepared. They also consider the cleanliness of the facility and how food safety is handled.
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