Finalists 2025

Congratulations to all of our finalists


Consumer Initiative of the Year

  • AF Blakemore - SPARaoke bringing joy to local communities
  • Asda - Cashpot for Schools
  • Birds Eye - Give Staying in a Spin!
  • Co-op - Co-op Live Member presale
  • Little Dish - The Felix Project Partnership
  • Mondelez International - Cadbury 200
  • Tesco - Stronger Starts


Social Impact Initiative of the Year

  • Aduna Superfoods - #MakeBaobabFamous: Organic Superfood Blends
  • Ahmad Tea - Hand Picked Profit Shared
  • Co-op - Fighting To Save Our Communities from Retail Crime
  • Iceland Foods - Iceland Food Club
  • Jamie Oliver - Ministry of Food 10 Skills School Programme
  • Sainsbury’s - Nourish the Nation partnership with Comic Relief
  • The Jolly Hog - Jolly Good Deeds
  • Tony’s Chocolonely - Tony’s Open Chain


Supply Chain Initiative of the Year

  • Coca-Cola Europacific Partners - Wakefield: The Factory of the Future
  • JJ Foodservice - JJAO Internal Hub
  • Polytag - Polytag Ecotrace Programme
  • Simply Supply Chain with Asda - Cutting chilled logistics costs without compromising availability or waste
  • Tesco - Tesco Rail Network


Sustainability Initiative of the Year (Corporate) - sponsored by GS1 UK

  • Booker Group - Fleet decarbonisation and logistics efficiency
  • Chetan Wholesalers - Sustainability Initiative
  • Co-op - Bramhope net zero transition and low carbon heating store
  • Global Brands - Introduction of energy efficiency technologies at the Global Brands distribution centre
  • Retail Insight with Southern England Co-op – AI contributing to its ESG goals
  • The Midcounties Co-operative - Empowering Innovation: A member-led sustainability strategy


Sustainability Initiative of the Year (Products & Services) - sponsored by GS1 UK

  • Bord Bia, ICBF & Teagasc - AgNav
  • Future of Food - The future of food competition
  • Global Salmon Initiative - ESG Feed Risk Assessment Tool
  • Ocado - Online reuse system
  • Sinclair - T55: A dual certified home & industrial compostable fruit label
  • Weetabix - Weetabix net zero carbon wheat
  • Wildfarmed - Life changing bread


Technology Initiative of the Year - sponsored by KPMG

  • Deliveroo - The Deliveroo Order Picker
  • Focal Systems and Morrisons Supermarkets - Project Optic
  • Henderson Technology - EDGEPoS
  • Polytag & Interket UK - Barcode-level data to track plastic recycling
  • *shopt - *shopt retail app
  • VusionGroup - EdgeSense


Waste Not Want Not Award

  • Beyond Belief Brewing Co - Free Thinking Drinking
  • Daily Dose - Reducing waste along the supply chain
  • FareShare - Flex Programme
  • Morrisons - The Great Root Reroute
  • Retail Insight with East of England Co-op - AI to save 1.8million meals from landfill
  • Waitrose - Food donation as part of the Coronation Food Project


Drinks Brand of the Year - sponsored by Encirc

  • Birra Moretti
  • Brothers Cider
  • Cruzcampo
  • Estrella Damm
  • Jubel Beer
  • Mother Root


Soft Drinks Brand of the Year - sponsored by Boughey Distribution

  • Daily Dose
  • Hip Pop
  • Mogu Mogu
  • Pepsi
  • Plenish
  • The Turmeric Co
  • Trip
  • Unrooted Drinks


SME Brand of the Year

  • Bio&Me
  • Dash Water
  • Grind
  • GrowUp Farms
  • Hilltop Honey
  • Moju
  • Monty Bojangles
  • St. Ewe Free Range Eggs
  • Surreal
  • The Tofoo Co


Food Brand of the Year

  • Babybel
  • Bio&Me
  • Cheez-It
  • Doritos
  • Ginsters
  • Little Dish
  • Pip & Nut
  • Rowse Honey
  • St Pierre
  • Tilda


Health & Beauty Brand of the Year

  • Applied Nutrition
  • Fussy
  • Lynx
  • Ordo
  • Phizz
  • Wype


Household Goods Brand of the Year (includes PetFood)

  • Cheeky Panda
  • Naturo Natural Petfood
  • OceanSaver
  • Persil
  • Spruce
  • Wype


Own-Label Range of the Year

  • Aldi UK - Specially Selected
  • Asda - Little Angels
  • JJ Foodservice - Own Brand
  • Waitrose - No.1
  • WHSmith - Smith's Family Kitchen


Employer of the Year

  • Aldi UK
  • Arla Foods
  • Glanbia Performance Nutrition
  • Lidl GB
  • Mackle Petfoods
  • Noble Foods


Exporter of the Year

  • Applied Nutrition
  • Curatyx
  • Foods of Europe
  • Ramsden International
  • Trip


Entrepreneur of the Year - sponsored by VusionGroup

  • Alex Wright and Jack Scott, Dash Water
  • Amelia Christie-Miller, Bold Bean Co
  • Barty Walsh, Ordo
  • Olivia Ferdi & Daniel Khoury, Trip
  • Scott Davies, Hilltop Honey
  • Thomas Robson-Kanu, Innate-Essence


Store Manager of the Year – sponsored by Uber Eats

  • Brian Ross, Tesco Riverside, Dundee
  • David Hughes, Waitrose, Pontprennau
  • Karl Money, Morrisons, Swansea
  • Shane Dyke, Sainsbury's, Fosse Park
  • Shaun Parker, Asda, Boldon Colliery


Startup of the Year

  • Icon Foods
  • Jux Food
  • Nice Rice
  • Peachies


Online Service of the Year - sponsored by PayPal

  • Co-op
  • Deliveroo
  • Ocado Retail
  • Snappy Shopper
  • The Bread & Butter Thing


Specialist Online Service of the Year

  • Abel & Cole
  • Marleybones
  • Milk & More
  • Parsley Box
  • Who Gives A Crap


Independent Retail Chain of the Year - sponsored by Allwyn

  • Henderson Retail - Spar
  • Jempsons Supermarkets
  • Spar G&E Murgatroyd
  • Sterling Meat Company


Symbol/Franchise Retailer of the Year - sponsored by The SHS Group

  • Bestway Retail Dual Branded Stores
  • Londis
  • One Stop
  • Premier
  • SimplyFresh and SimplyLocal


Specialist Wholesaler of the Year

  • Cress Co
  • Fresh Direct
  • LWC
  • PriceCheck
  • Ramsden International


Regional Wholesaler of the Year

  • Harlech Foodservice
  • JW Filshill
  • Kff
  • Turner Price


National Wholesaler of the Year - sponsored by Aqua Carpatica

  • Bestway Wholesale
  • Booker Group
  • Brakes (Sysco GB)
  • Creed Foodservice
  • JJ Foodservice


Own-Label Supplier of the Year

  • Beechdean
  • DCS Group
  • Kingfisher Foods
  • LJ Fairburn and Son
  • Noble Foods
  • Ornua Foods UK


Supplier of the Year - sponsored by AlixPartners

  • Carlsberg Britvic
  • Charlie Bigham's
  • Danone UK & Ireland
  • KP Snacks
  • Warburtons


The Grocer of the Year - sponsored by AlixPartners

  • Co-op
  • Lidl GB
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Sainsbury's
  • Tesco
  • Waitrose
  • Wm Morrison Supermarkets