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Forestwines

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forestwines.com

Forest Wines is an independent wine shop located in Walthamstow, East London, specializing in organic, natural, and craft beverages including wines, beers, and spirits. They offer a curated selection across multiple wine styles and categories, with free next-day delivery to local postcodes and free UK delivery on orders over £80.

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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

1,930

Collections

258

Pages

26

Blog Posts

57

CommerceRank Score

Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors

C

55/100

performance5/25 (Poor)
catalog25/25 (Large catalog)
tech Stack0/20 (Minimal)
theme10/15 (Custom theme)
content15/15 (Rich)

Top Recommendations

  • 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
  • Consider BNPL options to increase average order value

PageSpeed Performance Analysis

Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026

Overall Ranking

#13170 / 16375

Faster than 20% of stores

Food & Drink Ranking

#1082 / 1334

Top 81% in category

Category Avg Performance

56

-12 below avg

Category Avg LCP

1.7s

Faster than avg

44

Performance

92

Accessibility

92

SEO

Core Web Vitals

LCPgood

1.6s

Largest Contentful Paint

CLSgood

0.000

Cumulative Layout Shift

INPgood

95ms

Interaction to Next Paint

Additional Metrics

FCPgood

1.0s

First Contentful Paint

TTFBgood

512ms

Time to First Byte

SIpoor

12.6s

Speed Index

Store Audit

Actionable insights compared to 1794 Food & Drink stores

#54 in Food & Drink

Top 3% of stores

721% above average

1,930 products vs 235 avg

Slower than 81% of Food & Drink stores

PageSpeed score: 44/100

No BNPL options

52% of Food & Drink stores offer PayPal

Category Benchmarks

Compared to 1794 stores in Food & Drink

Products1,930 / avg 235

721% above average

avg

Collections258 / avg 34

659% above average

avg

Pages26 / avg 18

44% above average

avg

Blog Posts57 / avg 46

24% above average

avg

Category Intelligence

How Forestwines compares to other food & drink stores

Insights

  • 52% of Food & Drink stores offer PayPal

Theme & Design

Theme Name

Bespoke

Type

Custom / Bespoke

Tech Stack

Platform

shopify

No additional integrations detected

Business Profile

Store maturity and operational indicators

Growth Trajectory

Stable

Tracking History

NaN+ year

Since Invalid Date

Market Position

Top 10% largest catalog

Top 3% by catalog size

Content Investment

medium

Above-average content investment

Tech Stack Maturity

Basic stack

No review platform (26% of category uses one)No BNPL detected (62% of category offers BNPL)

Business Sophistication

Emerging

Store Timeline & History

Feb 2026

1,930 products258 collections26 pages57 blogs

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About Forestwines

Forestwines is a food & drink ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 1,930 products organized across 258 collections, making it larger than average for the food & drink category.

Theme and Design

Forestwines 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, Forestwines 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 92/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.

Tech Stack

Beyond the core Shopify platform, Forestwines has not implemented a third-party review platform. Compared to other food & drink stores, 52% of food & drink stores offer paypal

Competitive Positioning

Within the Food & Drink category, Forestwines ranks #54 out of 1794 stores we track. This places them in the top 3% of food & drink stores by product catalog size.

Last scanned

Feb 20, 2026

Forestwines | Food & Drink Store Analysis | CommerceRank