Retail Industry Awards 2009: the winners

Friday, 02 October 2009

Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Spar were among the big winners at this year's Retail Industry Awards, announced last night at a gala dinner in London.

Sainsbury's won Supermarket of the Year, while convenience group Spar took the Symbol/Fascia Group of the Year title.

Morrisons also picked up a raft of awards, including Seafood Retailer of the Year and Off-licence Retailer of the Year (multiple).

Cotswolds-based Warner's Budgens won three awards in the independent retailer categories, including Community Retailer of the Year, while Landmark Wholesale was handed the award for Outstanding Achievement.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Independent Newsagent of the Year
Winner: Dee Sedani, News ‘R' Us, Londis,
Etwall, Derbyshire

Most Improved Store
Winner: Nisa Local, Borth, Ceredigion

Community Retailer of the Year
Independent
Winner: Guy Warner, Warner's Budgens, Gloucestershire
Highly Commended: Gwen Patterson,
Centra Moat Filling Station, Donaghadee
Multiple (Individual Store Award)
Winner: Tesco Cheetham Hill, Manchester
Highly Commended: Tates Spar Wrexham
Multiple (Group Award)
Winner: Asda

Store Manager of the Year
Independent
Winner: Andrew Porter, Creightons of Finaghy, Belfast
Multiple
Winner: Lucy Denton, Morrisons, Kidderminster

Off-licence Retailer of the Year
Independent
Winner: Corks Out, Stockton Heath, Cheshire
Highly Commended Jempson's Superstore, Peasmarsh, East Sussex
Multiple
Winner: Morrisons
Highly Commended: Sainsbury's

Seafood Retailer of the Year
Winner: Morrisons
Highly Commended: Marks & Spencer

Fresh Flower Supermarket of the Year
Winner: The Co-operative Food
Highly Commended: Tesco

Fresh Produce Retailer of the Year
Independent
Winner: Creightons of Finaghy, Belfast
Highly Commended: Jempson's Superstore, Peasmarsh, East Sussex
Company-owned
Winner: Budgens
Multiple
Winner: Tesco

Forecourt Retailer of the Year
Independent store over 1,001sq ft
Winner: Jempson's Superstore, Peasmarsh, East Sussex
Highly Commended: Brennans Spar, Seaforde, County Down
Company-owned under 1,000sq ft
Winner: Murco Costcutter, Winchester
Company-owned over 1,001sq ft
Winner: Spar Castlerock Road, Coleraine, County Londonderry
Highly Commended: Spar Templepatrick, County Antrim
Multiple
Winner: Morrisons
Highly Commended Park Garage Group

Convenience Chain of the Year
Regional
Winner: Tates, Spar
National
Winner: The Co-operative Food

Independent Retailer of the Year
Under 1,000sq ft
Winner: Premier Singh's, Sheffield
1,001sq ft to 2,999sq ft
Winner: Warner's Budgens, Broadway, Worcestershire
Highly Commended: Nisa Local, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire
3,000sq ft and over
Winner: Warner's Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Symbol/fascia group of the year
Winner: Spar

Supermarket of the Year
Winner: Sainsbury's

Outstanding Achievement Award
Winner: Landmark Wholesale

Sponsors:
Shop-Equip, Booker, P&G, srcg, Seafish, Flower Council of Holland, Hortyfruta, Mars Chocolate UK, Christie + Co, Cadbury, Kellogg's, JTI