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title: "Bidfood vs Gilmours: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Bidfood or Gilmours? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Wholesale and cash and carry stores set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Bidfood vs Gilmours: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Bidfood or Gilmours? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Wholesale and cash and carry stores set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Bidfood and Gilmours
- **Competitive set**: Wholesale and cash and carry stores
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Bidfood Share of Search**: 11.6%
- **Gilmours Share of Search**: 21.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Bidfood or Gilmours?

- In August 2026, Gilmours had more branded searches than Bidfood among wholesale and cash and carry stores in New Zealand. Gilmours was estimated to have 41.9K branded searches compared to Bidfood’s 22.8K, and held a 21.3% Share of Search versus Bidfood’s 11.6%.
- Gilmours was ahead of Bidfood in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Bidfood’s estimated Share of Search among wholesale and cash and carry stores in New Zealand moved from 12.4% to 11.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 24.8K to 22.8K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Gilmours’ estimated Share of Search among wholesale and cash and carry stores in New Zealand moved from 25.2% to 21.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 50.5K to 41.9K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand wholesale and cash and carry stores in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Gilmours in New Zealand fell 17.2% over 11 measured months, from 50.5K to 41.9K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Bidfood estimated searches | Bidfood Share of Search | Bidfood rank | Gilmours estimated searches | Gilmours Share of Search | Gilmours rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 24.8K | 12.4% | 3 | 50.5K | 25.2% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 24.9K | 11.3% | 3 | 50.5K | 22.9% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 23.9K | 10.6% | 3 | 52.4K | 23.2% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 23.9K | 12.6% | 3 | 41.4K | 21.8% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 23.8K | 14.2% | 3 | 41.9K | 24.9% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 28.8K | 13.4% | 3 | 51K | 23.8% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 24.2K | 10.7% | 3 | 44.2K | 19.6% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 24.1K | 11.9% | 3 | 42.5K | 21% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 22.9K | 12.3% | 3 | 42.5K | 22.9% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 22.7K | 11.2% | 3 | 43.2K | 21.3% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 22.8K | 11.6% | 3 | 41.9K | 21.3% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Bidfood’s and Gilmours’ names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Bidfood**: Measured on the search terms “bidfood”, “bidfood cash and carry”, “bidfood co nz”, “bidfood hamilton”, “bidfood limited”, “bidfood napier”, “bidfood near me”, “bidfood north”, “bidfood nz”, “bidfood online”, “bidfood price list”, “bidfood products”, “bidfood south”, “bidfood wellington”, “bidfood wholesale” and “my bidfood”, summed into one figure.
- **Gilmours**: Measured on the search terms “gilmours”, “gilmours cash and carry”, “gilmours co nz”, “gilmours meat”, “gilmours meat prices”, “gilmours near me”, “gilmours nz”, “gilmours online”, “gilmours online shop”, “gilmours online shopping”, “gilmours price list”, “gilmours shop online”, “gilmours wholesale” and “online gilmours”, summed into one figure.

- [Bidfood profile](/demand/nz/brands/bidfood)
- [Gilmours profile](/demand/nz/brands/gilmours)
- [All wholesale and cash and carry stores in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-wholesale-food-suppliers): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Bidfood or Gilmours?

In August 2026, Gilmours had more branded searches than Bidfood among wholesale and cash and carry stores in New Zealand. Gilmours was estimated to have 41.9K branded searches compared to Bidfood’s 22.8K, and held a 21.3% Share of Search versus Bidfood’s 11.6%.

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