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4continentsstores

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4continentsstores.com

4 Continents Stores is a specialty retailer offering a wide range of African and Caribbean food products, including bakery items, frozen goods, canned foods, dried fish, grains, and seasonings. The store also carries complementary product lines such as hair and beauty care products, household goods, and international call cards, available for both retail and wholesale customers.

Food & Drink
Supply
GB / GBP
Pipe +1
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Performance Needs Attention

This store scores 44/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.

Products

404

Collections

26

Pages

10

Blog Posts

2

CommerceRank Score

Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors

D

54/100

performance5/25 (Poor)
catalog15/25 (Growing)
tech Stack10/20 (Partial)
theme12/15 (Popular theme)
content12/15 (Rich)

Top Recommendations

  • Migrate from legacy OS 1.0 theme to OS 2.0 for better performance and features
  • Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
  • PageSpeed is 12 points below Food & Drink category average (56)
  • Add a reviews platform to build customer trust

PageSpeed Performance Analysis

Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026

Overall Ranking

#2 / 16375

Faster than 100% of stores

Food & Drink Ranking

#8 / 1334

Top 1% in category

Category Avg Performance

56

-12 below avg

Category Avg LCP

1.7s

44

Performance

76

Accessibility

100

SEO

Core Web Vitals

LCPunavailable

Largest Contentful Paint

CLSunavailable

Cumulative Layout Shift

INPunavailable

Interaction to Next Paint

Additional Metrics

Store Audit

Actionable insights compared to 1794 Food & Drink stores

#4 in Food & Drink

Top 0% of stores

72% above average

404 products vs 235 avg

Faster than 99% of Food & Drink stores

PageSpeed score: 44/100

Category Benchmarks

Compared to 1794 stores in Food & Drink

Products404 / avg 235

72% above average

avg

Collections26 / avg 34

24% below average

avg

Pages10 / avg 18

44% below average

avg

Blog Posts2 / avg 46

96% below average

avg

Category Intelligence

How 4continentsstores compares to other food & drink stores

Theme Adoption

0%

of Food & Drink stores use this theme

Finance Adoption

16%

of Food & Drink stores use Zip (Quadpay)

Insights

  • 52% of Food & Drink stores offer PayPal

Theme & Design

Theme Name

Supply

Type

Theme Store

Theme Store ID

679

Tech Stack

Platform

shopify

Payment / Finance

Pipe
Zip (Quadpay)

Business Profile

Store maturity and operational indicators

Growth Trajectory

Stable

Tracking History

NaN+ year

Since Invalid Date

Market Position

Top 10% largest catalog

Top 0% by catalog size

Content Investment

low

Basic content (10 pages)

Tech Stack Maturity

Mature stack

No review platform (26% of category uses one)

Business Sophistication

Emerging

InternationalLegacy Theme

Store Timeline & History

Feb 2026

404 products26 collections10 pages2 blogs

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About 4continentsstores

4continentsstores is a food & drink ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 404 products organized across 26 collections, making it larger than average for the food & drink category.

Theme and Design

4continentsstores uses the Supply theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.

Performance Analysis

Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, 4continentsstores achieves a performance score of 44/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 76/100 for accessibility and 100/100 for SEO optimization.

Tech Stack

Beyond the core Shopify platform, 4continentsstores has not implemented a third-party review platform and offers Pipe, Zip (Quadpay) for payment flexibility. Compared to other food & drink stores, 52% of food & drink stores offer paypal

Competitive Positioning

Within the Food & Drink category, 4continentsstores ranks #4 out of 1794 stores we track. This places them in the top 0% of food & drink stores by product catalog size.

Last scanned

Feb 23, 2026

4continentsstores | Food & Drink Store Analysis | CommerceRank