Multiple categories
Multiple categories are open to grocery retailers with more than 10 stores unless otherwise stated.
Best Use of Technology – Multiple
This award recognises operators who can demonstrate best-in-class use of technology within their business, whether that be online grocery retailing, digital marketing and social media, or in-store technologies such as shelf-edge labelling, self-checkout, media screens and payment apps.
Chilled Retailer of the Year – Multiple
This award recognises excellence in the retailing of chilled produce in-store, creating an offer that helps the business stand out from the crowd.
Convenience Retailer of the Year
This category is open to all multiple convenience chains operating on a national basis. This will include groups such as: the Co-op, M&S Simply Food, One Stop, Sainsbury’s Local, Tesco Express, and Waitrose convenience stores. Outlets must be company-owned.
Drinks Retailer of the Year – Multiple
This award recognises excellence in the area of beers, wines and spirits retailing. The winner will be a group that can demonstrate strong progress across the off-licence category.
Food-to-Go Retailer of the Year – Multiple Convenience
This award recognises retailers who can demonstrate excellence in the field of food-to-go (including hot and cold drinks) within a convenience store setting. It is open to multiple chains with more than 10 managed convenience stores and entries should be for the whole chain.
Forecourt Retailer of the Year – Multiple
This award is for a whole network of more than 10 forecourts, not individual sites. Outstanding individual sites operated by a multiple, or run by a contract/commission manager on their behalf, should be entered into the Company-owned category.
Fresh Flower Supermarket of the Year
Judges will be looking to reward the multiple grocery retailer that has achieved the greatest development and success in the cut flowers category over the past 12 months.
Fresh Produce Retailer of the Year – Multiple
The winner of this category will demonstrate success, innovation and creativity in the fresh produce category over the past 12 months.
Most Sustainable Retailer Initiative of the Year – Multiple
This award recognises a specific initiative by a grocery retailer aimed at improving the sustainability of its operations and/or enabling its customers to shop in a more environmentally friendly way.
Multiple Community Retailer of the Year
The Multiple Community Retailer of the Year accolade recognises and rewards retailers for investing in their communities, looking at how a business works within the community for mutual benefit.
Seafood Retailer of the Year
This category is open to multiple retailers of fresh and frozen, prepared and unprepared seafood. All eligible supermarkets will automatically be entered for this award, but retailers are strongly encouraged to submit their own entries.
Store Manager of the Year – Multiple
This award is open to managers of stores belonging to both major grocery multiples and company-owned convenience store chains. Managers may nominate themselves, or store owners may submit an entry on behalf of their store manager.
Supermarket of the Year
This award celebrates the UK’s top multiple supermarket retailer based on its business performance, customer initiatives, format developments, marketing and range innovations over the latest 12 month period.
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