Finalists 2023

Congratulations to all of our finalists

Drinks Brand of the Year
  • CleanCo
  • Days Brewing
  • Dutch Barn Orchard Vodka
  • Lucky Saint
  • Madri Excepcional
  • Nice
  • Old Speckled Hen
  • Thatchers Cider

Soft Drinks Brand of the Year
  • Califia Farms
  • Double Dutch
  • Get More Vits
  • Mockingbird Raw Press
  • Mogu Mogu
  • Moju
  • Trip
  • Ty Nant Spring Water

Food Brand of the Year
  • Fox's Burton's Companies
  • Grenade
  • Hellmann's
  • Richmond Meat-Free
  • St Pierre
  • Walkers

SME Brand of the Year
  • Applied Nutrition
  • Fuel10K
  • Lucky Saint
  • Pura
  • Trip
  • Vit Hit

Health & Beauty Brand of the Year
  • Neat
  • Ordo
  • Sure
  • Wild Cosmetics

Household Goods Brand of the Year
  • Ineos Hygienics
  • Neat
  • OceanSaver
  • Scrub Daddy
  • Tails.com
  • Zoflora

Own-Label Range of the Year
  • Aldi - British Wagyu
  • Asda - Just Essentials
  • Asda - OMV! and Plant Based
  • John Lewis Partnership - Essential Waitrose
  • M&S Food - M&S Collection

Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Charlie Bigham, Bigham's
  • Gaz Booth & Tom Walker, Holy Moly
  • Nicci Clark, Re:Nourish
  • Peter McBride, McBride Retail Group
  • Sean Ramsden MBE, Ramsden International
  • Pete Sharman & Andy Shovel, This
  • Barty Walsh, Ordo

Store Manager of the Year
  • Steven Cartwright, Waitrose Harrogate
  • Ryan Cuthbert , Tesco Montrose
  • Martin Flower, Asda Sportcity, Manchester
  • Gary Perkins, Morrisons Stamford
  • Laura Smith, Sainsbury's Upton, Wirral

Employer of the Year
  • Aldi
  • Arla Foods
  • Ecotone UK
  • Sainsbury's
  • Tesco

Consumer Initiative of the Year
  • Aldi - Aldi's Next Big Thing
  • Asda - Kids Eat for £1 Cafe Meals
  • Burts Chips - Royal National Lifeboat Institution
  • CJ Lang & Son - Neighbours Not Customers
  • Co-op - Co-op & Your Local Pantry
  • Fearne & Rosie - BBC Children in Need Partnership
  • Lidl GB - Good to Give
  • Premier Foods - Best Restaurant in Town

E-commerce Initiative of the Year
  • Co-op and Starship Technologies - Rise of the Robots
  • Mars Wrigley - Moonpig Collaboration
  • One Stop Stores - One Stop and Deliverect
  • PepsiCo and Dunnhumby - Full-Funnel Omnichannel Football Campaign
  • Tesco – Whoosh

Supply Chain Initiative of the Year
  • Charlie Bighams - The Packaging Doomsday
  • Kepak Consumer Foods - Automated packing line
  • Pilgrim's UK - Human Rights Impact Assessment
  • Zeus - Low-carbon fully-managed multimodal solution

Recycling Initiative of the Year
  • Abel & Cole - Plastic Pick-Up
  • Dualit - EcoPress Pod Recycler
  • Müller UK & Ireland with Waitrose - Clear caps for fresh milk
  • Ocado Retail and Polytag - Pioneering a new approach to recycling
  • Pura - Nappy Recycling Trial

Sustainability Initiative of the Year
  • Central Co-op - Our Malawi Partnership
  • Morrisons - Scrap milk use-by dates
  • Tesco - Low carbon fertiliser
  • The Felix Project - The fridge and freezer initiative
  • Zeus - Low-carbon fully-managed multimodal solution

Technology Initiative of the Year
  • Asda - Rewards App
  • CPM International - *shopt
  • Henderson Technology - EDGEPoS
  • JJ Foodservice - JJ Advance Order
  • Nectar360 & Unilever - The Digital Trading Platform and Infosum.
  • One Stop Stores - One Stop and Deliverect
  • Scotmid Co-operative with Herbert Retail - Deployment of Electronic Shelf Label Technology.

Waste Not Want Not Award
  • Booker - No good food should go to waste
  • Co-op - Caboodle
  • Dash Water - #LoveWonky
  • Finnebrogue - The Food Shack
  • HelloFresh - The Felix Project Partnership
  • Westfalia Fruit UK - Pioneering the use of whole avocado within the supply chain

Exporter of the Year
  • Kendamil
  • Little Moons
  • Princes Limited
  • Ramsden International
  • Regal Food Products Group

Startup of the Year
  • Bold Bean Co
  • Simply Roasted
  • Takul Halal Kitchen
  • The Crimpit

Online Supermarket of the Year
  • Asda
  • Iceland
  • Ocado Retail

Specialist Online Retailer of the Year
  • Abel & Cole
  • Field & Flower
  • HelloFresh
  • Master of Malt
  • Mindful Chef

Independent Retail Chain of the Year
  • Central Co-op
  • Henderson Retail
  • Jempson’s Supermarkets
  • The Wilson Retail Group
  • Tout’s

Symbol/Franchise Retailer of the Year
  • Budgens
  • Costcutter
  • One Stop
  • Premier
  • Spar UK

National Wholesaler of the Year
  • AF Blakemore
  • Bestway
  • Bidfood UK
  • Booker
  • JJ Foodservice

Regional Wholesaler of the Year
  • Castell Howell
  • Henderson Wholesale
  • JW Filshill
  • Kff
  • Parfetts

Specialist Wholesaler of the Year
  • Cotswold Fayre
  • Hancocks
  • Pricecheck
  • Reynolds

Own Label Supplier of the Year
  • Albert Bartlett
  • Angus Soft Fruits
  • Dunbia
  • LDH (La Doria)
  • Pilgrim's UK

Supplier of the Year
  • Britvic Soft Drinks
  • Charlie Bigham's
  • Mars Wrigley
  • Princes Limited
  • Warburtons

The Grocer of the Year
  • Aldi
  • Lidl GB
  • M&S Food
  • Sainsbury's
  • Tesco