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Shortbreadhouse

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shortbreadhouse.co.uk

Shortbread House of Edinburgh is a luxury Scottish food brand that produces handmade shortbread biscuits in Edinburgh. They offer premium shortbread in decorative tins positioned as gifts, with free UK delivery and click & collect options available.

Food & Drink
Alchemy
GB / GBP
Zip (Quadpay)
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Products

49

Collections

8

Pages

9

Blog Posts

22

CommerceRank Score

Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors

D

54/100

performance12/25 (Needs work)
catalog10/25 (Small)
tech Stack10/20 (Partial)
theme10/15 (Established theme)
content12/15 (Rich)

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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

+4 above avg

Category Avg LCP

1.7s

Faster than avg

60

Performance

92

Accessibility

100

SEO

Core Web Vitals

LCPgood

1.4s

Largest Contentful Paint

CLSgood

0.010

Cumulative Layout Shift

INPgood

78ms

Interaction to Next Paint

Additional Metrics

FCPgood

1.0s

First Contentful Paint

TTFBgood

528ms

Time to First Byte

SIpoor

6.8s

Speed Index

Store Audit

Actionable insights compared to 1794 Food & Drink stores

#4 in Food & Drink

Top 0% of stores

79% below average

49 products vs 235 avg

Faster than 99% of Food & Drink stores

PageSpeed score: 60/100

Category Benchmarks

Compared to 1794 stores in Food & Drink

Products49 / avg 235

79% below average

avg

Collections8 / avg 34

76% below average

avg

Pages9 / avg 18

50% below average

avg

Blog Posts22 / avg 46

52% below average

avg

Category Intelligence

How Shortbreadhouse 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

Alchemy

Type

Theme Store

Theme Store ID

657

Tech Stack

Platform

shopify

Payment / Finance

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 (9 pages)

Tech Stack Maturity

Developing stack

No review platform (26% of category uses one)

Business Sophistication

Emerging

Modern Theme

Store Timeline & History

Feb 2026

49 products8 collections9 pages22 blogs

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About Shortbreadhouse

Shortbreadhouse is a food & drink ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 49 products organized across 8 collections, making it comparable in size for the food & drink category.

Theme and Design

Shortbreadhouse uses the Alchemy theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.

Performance Analysis

Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Shortbreadhouse achieves a performance score of 60/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 92/100 for accessibility and 100/100 for SEO optimization.

Tech Stack

Beyond the core Shopify platform, Shortbreadhouse has not implemented a third-party review platform and offers 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, Shortbreadhouse 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

Shortbreadhouse | Food & Drink Store Analysis | CommerceRank