Finalists 2026

Congratulations to all of our finalists


Consumer Initiative of the Year

  • Albert Bartlett – Roll on Jersey Royal season. Rebirthing a legend
  • Aldi UK – Period poverty
  • Birds Eye and Nectar – Nectar Millionaire - A first for frozen
  • Kimberly-Clark – Kimberly-Clark x Get Comfortable
  • Uber Eats Grocery – MyWaitrose loyalty launch
  • Warburtons – A National Pleasure


Social Impact Initiative of the Year

  • Ahmad Tea – Hand-picked profit shared programme
  • Asda – Tickled Pink
  • Fyffes – Delivering education and nutrition in partnership with Belizean banana-growing communities
  • In Kind Direct – Tesco Burst 5
  • Lidl GB – Fuelling the future: How Lidl Foodies is supporting children’s food education
  • Natasha Allergy Research Foundation – Allergy School


Supply Chain Initiative of the Year

  • Danone UK – Alpro British oats
  • Lineage – The Port-to-Pallet control tower
  • ManiLife – Building the ManiFactory to make peanut butter like no other
  • Spoon Cereals – Rebuilding the breakfast supply chain


Sustainability Initiative of the Year - sponsored by GS1 UK

  • ABP UK – Prism 2023 Programme
  • Ecosurety – Flexible Plastic Fund – FlexCollect project
  • Lidl GB – Rooted in Responsibility: Driving Systemic Change through the Greenhouse
  • Point74 with The Compleat Food Group and Sustained – A New Recipe for Sustainability
  • Wildfarmed


Technology Initiative of the Year - sponsored by KPMG

  • B2B.Store – ProConnect Platform
  • Deliveroo – Bundles – Multi-partner ordering
  • Iceland Foods & SAI Group – Real-time theft prevention
  • Lidl GB – Lidl Plus
  • Ocado Retail – Re-platforming to power the next wave of grocery disruption
  • Point74 with The Compleat Food Group and Sustained – A New Recipe for Sustainability
  • Vusion – Transforming the Shelf Edge


Waste Not Want Not Award

  • Barfoots in collaboration with FareShare and Saica Flex – Project Rubble
  • Booker Group – 25 million meals
  • Charlie Bigham's – Reaching Zero Edible Food Waste
  • Lidl GB – Too Good to Waste
  • Omega Pressery – From Waste to Worth


Drinks Brand of the Year

  • Cruzcampo
  • Hawkstone
  • Hooch
  • Mother Root
  • St Austell Brewery
  • Thatchers Cider


Soft Drinks Brand of the Year

  • Alpro
  • Dash
  • For Goodness Shakes
  • Hip Pop
  • Lucozade Sport
  • Mockingbird Raw Press
  • Red Bull
  • San Pellegrino
  • Trip


SME Brand of the Year

  • Bio&Me
  • Dash
  • Heck Food
  • Little Dish
  • Moju
  • Pip & Nut
  • Vidrate
  • Wuka


Food Brand of the Year

  • Bio&Me
  • Crosta Mollica
  • Little Dish
  • McCain Foods GB
  • Mutti
  • Nuii
  • Pip & Nut
  • Proper
  • Strings & Things
  • Tony's Chocolonely


Health & Beauty Brand of the Year

  • Applied Nutrition
  • Balance Activ
  • Fussy
  • Pärla
  • Sure
  • Symprove
  • Wuka
  • Zooki


Household Goods Brand of the Year (includes PetFood)

  • Cheeky Panda
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Kit & Kin
  • Who Gives a Crap
  • Wype


Own-Label Range of the Year – sponsored by Kerry Group

  • Marks & Spencer – Only Ingredients
  • Morrisons – The Best & The Best Signature Collection
  • Sainsbury's – Taste the Difference
  • Tesco Free From
  • Tesco Fred & Flo – Easy Fit Nappy Pants


Employer of the Year - sponsored by SHS Group

  • Aldi UK
  • Arla Foods
  • Müller UK & Ireland
  • Noble Foods
  • Pilgrim’s Europe
  • Proper Snacks
  • Tesco


Exporter of the Year

  • Doughlicious – The London Dough Co
  • Itsu Grocery
  • Pilgrim's Europe
  • Ramsden International
  • Trip


Entrepreneur of the Year - sponsored by Vusion

  • Alex Wright and Jack Scott, Dash Water
  • David Abrahamovitch, Grind
  • Dr Megan Rossi and Jon Walsh, Bio&Me
  • George Hughes-Davies, Daily Dose
  • Hillary Graves, Little Dish
  • Olivia Ferdi & Daniel Khoury, Trip
  • Paul Hargreaves, Cotswold Fayre
  • Ruby Raut, Wuka


Store Manager of the Year – sponsored by Uber Eats UK

  • Rachel Kennick – Asda Southport
  • Andy Frith – M&S Fosse Leicester
  • Chloe Summons – Morrisons Albion Way, Norwich
  • Sam Grogan – Sainsbury’s Dundee
  • Douglas Currie – Tesco Old Swan, Liverpool
  • Jared Hughes – Waitrose Holloway Road, London


Startup of the Year - sponsored by DHL

  • Better Eggs
  • Bob
  • Dot Dot Bubble Tea
  • Love Sum Dumplings
  • Omega Pressery


Online Service of the Year - sponsored by PayPal

  • Deliveroo
  • Morrisons
  • Ocado Retail
  • Tesco Whoosh
  • Uber Eats Grocery


Specialist Online Service of the Year

  • Abel & Cole
  • Citizens of Soil
  • Gousto
  • Milk & More
  • Sneak Energy
  • St Austell Wholesale


Independent Retail Chain of the Year - sponsored by Allwyn

  • Abu Bakr Supermarket
  • Henderson Retail - Spar
  • James Convenience Retail
  • Park Garage Group
  • Sterling Meat Company


Symbol/Franchise Retailer of the Year

  • Best-one
  • Budgens
  • GoLocal
  • Londis
  • Nisa Retail
  • Premier


Specialist Wholesaler of the Year

  • Campbells Prime Meats
  • Cotswold Fayre
  • Cress Co
  • Diverse Fine Food
  • Mevalco
  • Pricecheck Brand Partners
  • Ramsden International


Regional Wholesaler of the Year

  • Hunt’s Food Group
  • JW Filshill
  • Pilgrim Foodservice
  • Ribble Farm Fare
  • United Wholesale (Scotland)


National Wholesaler of the Year - sponsored by Aqua Carpatica

  • Bestway Wholesale
  • Booker Group
  • Co-op Wholesale
  • Creed Foodservice
  • JJ Foodservice
  • Parfetts
  • Sysco GB
  • United Wholesale (Scotland)


Own-Label Supplier of the Year

  • DCS Group
  • Drylock Technologies
  • Kingfisher Foods
  • Pilgrim's Europe
  • Primafruit


Supplier of the Year - sponsored by AlixPartners

  • Carlsberg Britvic
  • Danone UK
  • KP Snacks
  • Mackle Petfoods
  • Proper Snacks


The Grocer of the Year - sponsored by AlixPartners

  • Lidl GB
  • M&S
  • Ocado Retail
  • Sainsbury's
  • Tesco
  • Waitrose


The Grocer 33 Awards - sponsored by Assosia

  • Availability
  • Price
  • Service