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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.
Community Retailer of the Year - Multiple
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.
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.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Award - Multiple
The Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Award recognises the work or project a retailer has undertaken over the past year to promote equality, inclusion, diversity and fairness in their business.
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.
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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.
This category is open to any multiple retailers with more than 10 stores, for whom grocery products account for more than 50% of sales.
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.
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 development, marketing and range innovations over the latest 12-month period.
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Tobacco Retailer of the Year - Multiple
This award recognises excellence in the retailing of traditional tobacco products in-store – including cigarettes and cigars but not tobacco alternative products such as vaping or heated tobacco – creating an offer that helps the business stand out from the crowd.
Tobacco Alternatives Retailer of the Year - Multiple
This award recognises excellence in the retailing of tobacco alternative products – including vaping and heated tobacco products but not traditional tobacco products such as cigarettes or cigars – creating an offer that helps the business stand out from the crowd.
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