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Butlers Winecellar

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butlers-winecellar.co.uk

Butler's Wine Cellar is an independent wine merchant based in Brighton offering a curated selection of red, white, rosé, and rare wines from around the world. Operating for over four decades with physical retail outlets and online ordering, the store provides mail order and internet sales alongside wine tastings, educational podcasts, and expert wine guidance.

Food & Drink
Bespoke
GB / GBP
judge.me
PayPal +1
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Performance Needs Attention

This store scores 49/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.

Products

786

Collections

60

Pages

36

Blog Posts

371

CommerceRank Score

Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors

B

70/100

performance5/25 (Poor)
catalog20/25 (Established)
tech Stack20/20 (Complete)
theme10/15 (Custom theme)
content15/15 (Rich)

Top Recommendations

  • Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions

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

-7 below avg

Category Avg LCP

1.7s

Slower than avg

49

Performance

86

Accessibility

85

SEO

Core Web Vitals

LCPgood

2.0s

Largest Contentful Paint

CLSgood

0.010

Cumulative Layout Shift

INPgood

103ms

Interaction to Next Paint

Additional Metrics

FCPgood

1.0s

First Contentful Paint

TTFBgood

629ms

Time to First Byte

SIpoor

10.7s

Speed Index

Store Audit

Actionable insights compared to 1794 Food & Drink stores

#4 in Food & Drink

Top 0% of stores

234% above average

786 products vs 235 avg

Faster than 99% of Food & Drink stores

PageSpeed score: 49/100

Category Benchmarks

Compared to 1794 stores in Food & Drink

Products786 / avg 235

234% above average

avg

Collections60 / avg 34

76% above average

avg

Pages36 / avg 18

100% above average

avg

Blog Posts371 / avg 46

707% above average

avg

Theme & Design

Theme Name

Bespoke

Type

Custom / Bespoke

Tech Stack

Platform

shopify

Reviews Platform

judge.me

Payment / Finance

PayPal
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

high

Strong content (371 blogs, 36 pages)

Tech Stack Maturity

Advanced stack

Full tech stack adopted

Business Sophistication

Mature

International

Store Timeline & History

Feb 2026

786 products60 collections36 pages371 blogs

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About Butlers Winecellar

Butlers Winecellar is a food & drink ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 786 products organized across 60 collections, making it larger than average for the food & drink category.

Theme and Design

Butlers Winecellar uses the Bespoke theme, a custom-built solution tailored specifically for this store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.

Performance Analysis

Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Butlers Winecellar achieves a performance score of 49/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 86/100 for accessibility and 85/100 for SEO optimization.

Tech Stack

Beyond the core Shopify platform, Butlers Winecellar uses judge.me for customer reviews and offers PayPal, Zip (Quadpay) for payment flexibility.

Competitive Positioning

Within the Food & Drink category, Butlers Winecellar 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 22, 2026

Butlers Winecellar | Food & Drink Store Analysis | CommerceRank