"Being recognised as Grocer of the Year for the first time in nearly two decades is a moment of immense pride for everyone at Sainsbury’s. This prestigious award reflects our unwavering commitment to our customers, ensuring they receive outstanding value, unbeatable quality food and great service.

This is testament to the hard work and dedication of our brilliant colleagues, suppliers and farmers. Without them, we couldn’t achieve our purpose of making good food joyful, accessible, and affordable for everyone, every day."

"After multiple failed experiments and input from teams of experts, we finally cracked a more sustainable solution for delivering, collecting and refilling organic milk. This award is testament to the hard work that went into developing this UK-first packaging innovation and we couldn’t be more delighted to see this recognised by the judges. The Grocer Gold Awards are a brilliant celebration of retail innovation."

"We are thrilled that Premier have won Grocer Gold Symbol Retailer of the Year for the third year running, to be the first ever symbol to have won this award three consecutive times is a great privilege and a testament to the exceptional dedication and hard work of the teams. The Grocer Gold awards are highly regarded within our industry and to win in a category with strong competition is a testament to exceptional dedication and hard work shown by everyone in the business. This milestone reminds us of the incredible strides we have made on Premier's growth and success. The award has pride place at our head office."