The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in West Northamptonshire
East Midlands · 4,059 registered food establishments · 78.2% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council
77 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 47 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 285 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore West Northamptonshire interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 179 improved 183 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
108 days median · 162 days average
across 913 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 285 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).
Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.
Latest published ratings in West Northamptonshire
New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.
| Date | Business | Rating | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | You Want Beef? | → | NN1 4ES |
| 2026-09-30 | The Northampton Cheese Company Ltd | → | NN1 1PN |
| 2026-09-30 | The Northampton Charcuterie Company | → | NN1 1PN |
Contact the council
Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.
These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.
If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.
Chains in West Northamptonshire
Every branch of these chains here, with its rating, rating date and inspection standards. The number is how many branches.
Co-op · 26 Costa Coffee · 21 Tesco · 18 Caterlink · 17 Subway · 14 Londis · 13 Greggs · 12 McDonalds · 12 One Stop · 10 Domino's Pizza · 9 Impact Food Group · 9 Slimming World · 9 Aldi · 8 Premier · 8 Boots UK Ltd · 7 Travelodge · 7 Morrisons Daily · 6 B & M Retail Ltd · 5 Breakfast Club · 5 KFC · 5 Lidl · 5 Sainsbury's · 5 Starbucks · 5 Waitrose · 5 Asda · 4 Busy Bees · 4 Card Factory · 4 Costcutter · 4 Fox And Hounds · 4 Gather & Gather Limited · 4 Nisa Local · 4 Papa Johns · 4 W H Smith · 4 Argos · 3 Baxterstorey · 3 Burger King · 3 Holiday Inn · 3 Holland & Barrett · 3 Next Thing Education Camps · 3 Pizza Hut · 3 The George Inn · 3 Aramark · 2 Breakfast and After School Club · 2 Caprinos Pizza · 2 Chaiiwala · 2 Dine Contract Catering · 2 Esquires Coffee · 2 Family Shopper · 2 Heron Foods · 2 Iceland · 2 Marks & Spencer · 2 Mr Whippy · 2 Nando's · 2 Next Retail Ltd · 2 Olive Catering Services · 2 Poundland · 2 Rio's Piri Piri · 2 Saffron · 2 Savers Health & Beauty · 2 Superdrug · 2 Taco Bell · 2 The Barley Mow · 2 The Butchers Arms · 2 The Cock Inn · 2 The Kitchen · 2 The Salvation Army · 2 The Star Inn · 2 The Sweet Spot · 2 Thomas Franks · 2 Well Pharmacy · 2 White Horse Inn · 2 Yo! To Go! · 2 Auntie Anne's · 1 Best One · 1 Booker Cash & Carry · 1 Budgens · 1 Buzz Bingo · 1 Cook · 1 Corner Cafe · 1 Costcutters · 1 Crown Hotel · 1 Dixy Chicken · 1 Dragon Inn · 1 Fireaway Pizza · 1 Five Guys · 1 Food Warehouse · 1 German Doner Kebab · 1 Go Outdoors · 1 Golden Fry · 1 Halfords · 1 Heavenly Desserts · 1 Home Bargains · 1 Hotel Chocolat · 1 Kaspas Desserts · 1 Little Dessert Shop · 1 Lucky House · 1 Majestic Wine Warehouse · 1 Mayflower · 1 Merkur Slots · 1 Odeon Cinema · 1 Oxfam · 1 Pepe's Piri Piri · 1 Pizza Go Go · 1 Pizza Hut Restaurants - Dine In · 1 Pizza Time · 1 Red Lion Hotel · 1 Snack Shack · 1 Spar · 1 Sushi Daily · 1 TG Jones High Street Limited · 1 The Beehive · 1 The Bulls Head · 1 The Coach House · 1 The Crown Inn · 1 The Entertainer · 1 The Green Man · 1 The Greyhound Inn · 1 The Olive Tree · 1 The Pavilion · 1 The Plough Inn · 1 The Range · 1 The White Swan · 1 TK Maxx · 1 Tops Pizza · 1 Wagamama · 1 Wenzels The Bakers · 1 Wetherspoons · 1 Wickes Building Supplies Ltd · 1 Wingstop · 1 Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited · 1
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