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