MEET THE 2026 WINNERS!

Huge congratulations to all our winners and highly commended!

Independent categories

Best Use of Technology – Independent

Winner: Kislingbury Village Store & Post Office, Northamptonshire

Highly Commended: Racetrack Pitstop, Wishaw, Lanarkshire

Community Retailer of the Year – Independent

Winner: Mulkerns Eurospar, Newry, County Armagh

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Drinks Retailer of the Year – Independent

Winner: Campbell’s of Leyburn, North Yorkshire

Highly Commended: Lusty’s Centra Larne, County Antrim

Food-to-go Retailer of the Year – Independent – under 3,000 sq ft

Winner: Nisa Local Fletton, Cambridgeshire

Highly Commended: Centra Donegall Square West, Belfast

Highly Commended: Conway’s Centra Littlebridge, County Londonderry

Food-to-go Retailer of the Year – Independent – over 3,001sq ft

Winner: Spar Ulceby Cross Services, Alford, Lincolnshire

Highly Commended: Mulkerns Eurospar, Newry, County Armagh

Forecourt Retailer of the Year – Independent – up to 3,000sq ft

Winner: Woolsey’s Centra, Scotch Street Filling Station, Portadown, County Armagh

Highly Commended: Mace Roguery Road, Toomebridge, County Antrim

Forecourt Retailer of the Year – Independent – over 3,001sq ft

Winner: Spar Ulceby Cross Services, Alford, Lincolnshire

Highly Commended: Hawtree & Sons, Riverside, West Stour, Dorset

Fresh & Chilled Retailer of the Year – Independent

Winner: Campbell’s of Leyburn, North Yorkshire

Highly Commended: White’s of Calver, Derbyshire

Independent Retailer of the Year – up to 1,500sq ft

Winner: Centra Annaclone, County Down

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Independent Retailer of the Year – 1,501sq ft to 3,000sq ft

Winner: Nisa Local Torridon Road, Lewisham, London

Highly Commended: Malcolm’s Stores, Coventry, West Midlands

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Independent Retailer of the Year – 3,001sq ft to 6,000sq ft

Winner: Warner’s Supermarkets, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire

Highly Commended: Mulgrews Food Hall, Carryduff, County Down

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Independent Retailer of the Year – over 6,000sq ft

Winner: Campbell’s of Leyburn, North Yorkshire

Highly Commended: Fruitfield SuperValu, Richhill, County Armagh

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Most Improved Store

Winner: Spar Ulceby Cross Services, Alford, Lincolnshire

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Post Office Retailer of the Year – Independent

Winner: McCammond Spar Abbots Cross, Newtownabbey, County Antrim

Responsible Retailer of the Year

Winner: Malcolm’s Stores, Coventry, West Midlands

Rising Star Award

Winner: Soundari Sivarajah, Nisa Local Orton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Highly Commended: Becky and Lucy McCammond, McCammond Spar Abbots Cross, Newtownabbey, County Antrim

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Store Manager of the Year – Independent

Winner: Charlene Louise Foley, Pant Premier Stores & Kitchen, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan

Highly Commended: Don Antony Manavalan, Nisa Local Northfields, Stamford, Lincolnshire

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Tobacco Alternatives Retailer of the Year

Winner: RaceTrack Pitstop Strathclyde, Glasgow

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Store Team of the Year – Independent

Winner : Malcolm’s Stores, Coventry, West Midlands

Special Mention : Over Wallop Post Office, Hampshire

Trailblazer of the Year

Winner: Kaual Patel, Nisa Local Torridon Road, Lewisham, London

Highly Commended: Nathalie Fullerton, Go Local Partick, Glasgow

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Symbol/Franchise categories

Symbol/Franchise Group of the Year

Winner: Centra NI

Highly Commended: Morrisons Daily

Multiple categories

Best Use of Technology – Multiple

Winner: OurCoop

Chilled Retailer of the Year – Multiple

Winner: Aldi

Community Retailer of the Year – Multiple

Winner: Henderson Retail

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Convenience Retailer of the Year

Winner: Henderson Retail

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Award - 2026

Winner: Morrisons

Highly Commended: Lidl

Drinks Retailer of the Year – Multiple

Winner: Aldi

Food-to-Go Retailer of the Year – Multiple Convenience

Winner: Henderson Retail

Forecourt Retailer of the Year – Multiple

Winner: Henderson Retail

Fresh Flower Supermarket of the Year

Winner: Aldi

Fresh Produce Retailer of the Year – Multiple

Winner: Lidl

Most Sustainable Retailer Initiative of the Year

Winner: Lidl - Live Well

Store Manager of the Year – Multiple

Winner: Nigel Walker, Eurospar Hardford Link, Newtownards, County Down

Supermarket of the Year

Winner: Tesco

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Company-owned categories

Forecourt Retailer of the Year – Company-owned under 6,000sq ft

Winner: Spar Route Service Station, Ballymoney, County Antrim

Forecourt Retailer of the Year – Company-owned over 6,001sq ft

Winner: Eurospar Wallace Village, Lisburn, County Antrim

Post Office Retailer of the Year – Company-owned

Winner: Spar Malone Road, Belfast

Store Team of the Year – Company-owned

Winner: Eurospar Carrickfergus Milestone, County Antrim

Highly Commended: Eurospar Downpatrick, County Down