Tugboat
tugboat.co.uk
Tugboat is a specialty tea and coffee retailer based in Truro, Cornwall, offering premium loose leaf teas, specialty coffee beans, hot chocolate, and gift boxes. The store emphasizes quality products with fast dispatch and provides free UK delivery on orders over £35.
Products
170
Collections
43
Pages
23
Blog Posts
150
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
72/100
Top Recommendations
- Improve PageSpeed performance to 70+ for better 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
-5 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.7s
Faster than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.2s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
—
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 1794 Food & Drink stores
#4 in Food & Drink
Top 0% of stores
28% below average
170 products vs 235 avg
Faster than 99% of Food & Drink stores
PageSpeed score: 51/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 1794 stores in Food & Drink
28% below average
avg
26% above average
avg
28% above average
avg
226% above average
avg
Category Intelligence
How Tugboat compares to other food & drink stores
12%
of Food & Drink stores use judge.me
16%
of Food & Drink stores use Zip (Quadpay)
Insights
- 52% of Food & Drink stores offer PayPal
Theme & Design
Theme Name
BespokeType
Custom / Bespoke
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Reviews Platform
judge.me
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 0% by catalog size
high
Strong content (150 blogs, 23 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Mature stack
Business Sophistication
Established
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Tugboat
Tugboat is a food & drink ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 170 products organized across 43 collections, making it comparable in size for the food & drink category.
Theme and Design
Tugboat 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, Tugboat achieves a performance score of 51/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 86/100 for accessibility and 85/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Tugboat uses judge.me for customer reviews 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, Tugboat 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
