Sainsbury’s scooped five awards at last night’s Retail Industry Awards 2012, held at London’s five-star Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane.
The retailer took the Supermarket of the Year title for the second year in a row, along with awards for Fresh Flower Supermarket of the Year, Multiple Drinks Retailer of the Year, Most Sustainable Retailer of the Year and Convenience Retailer of the Year (multiple chain) for its Sainsbury’s Local stores.
Among the categories for independently-owned stores, Budgens was named Symbol/Fascia Group of the Year for the first time, while Mo’s Convenience Store, Premier, Glasgow, won the award for best independent store under 1,000sq ft.
See below for the full list of winners from last night.
Supermarket of the Year
supported by JTI
WINNER: Sainsbury’s
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Waitrose
Symbol/Fascia Group of the Year
sponsored by Mars Chocolate UK
WINNER: Budgens
Independent Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Kraft Foods
WINNER: Up to 1,000sq ft: Mo’s Convenience Store, Premier, Glasgow
WINNER: Between 1,001sq ft and 2,999sq ft: Fraser’s Budgens of Yarnton, Oxfordshire
WINNER: 3,000sq ft and over: Crawfords, Maghera, County Londonderry
Convenience Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Dairy Crest
WINNER: National Chain: Sainsbury’s Local
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Waitrose convenience
WINNER: Regional Chain: North East Convenience Stores
HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Southern Co-operative
WINNER: Multiple Convenience Store: Spar Brackenvale, Henderson Retail, Carryduff, County Antrim
Forecourt Retailer of the Year
WINNER: Independent: Spar Saintfield Road, Lisburn, County Antrim
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Red Tiles Service Station, Mace, Witton Gilbert, County Durham
WINNER: Company-owned: Spar Glenwell, Henderson Retail, Newtownabbey, Belfast
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Spar Castlerock Road, Coleraine, County Londonderry
Community Retailer of the Year
sponsored by P&G
WINNER: Independent: Londis Hemingbrough, Selby, Yorkshire
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Mo’s Convenience Store, Premier, Blantyre, Glasgow
WINNER: Company-owned: Spar Elton, Blakemore Retail, Elton, Cheshire
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Spar Castlerock Road, Coleraine, County Londonderry
Most Sustainable Retailer of the Year
sponsored by PepsiCo
WINNER: Multiple: Sainsbury’s
HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Co-operative Group
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Marks & Spencer
WINNER: Individual store: James Graven, Spar, Littleport, Cambridgeshire
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Thornton’s Budgens, London
Drinks Retailer of the Year
sponsored by HEINEKEN
WINNER: Multiple: Sainsbury’s
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Waitrose
WINNER: Independent: Warner’s Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Spar Seasalter, near Whitstable, Kent
WINNER: Independent beer and cider retailer: Warner’s Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
WINNER: Multiple beer and cider retailer: Waitrose
Most Improved Store
sponsored by Booker
WINNER: McGirr’s Spar Omagh, County Tyrone
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Sherston Post Office Stores, Sherston, Wiltshire
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Spar Seasalter, near Whitstable, Kent
WINNER: Tobacco Opportunity Award: Budgens of Islington
Independent Newsagent of the Year
sponsored by Parfetts
WINNER: Palatine News, Northenden, Manchester
Discount Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Packaging News
WINNER: Aldi
Store Manager of the Year
sponsored by Kerry Foods
WINNER: Independent: Nick Davey, Knight’s Budgens of Hassocks, West Sussex
WINNER: Multiple: Chris Walters, Spar Lampeter, Blakemore Retail, Ceredigion
Independent Sales Assistant of the Year
sponsored by Loco
WINNER: Becky Chilvers, Londis Hemingbrough, Selby, Yorkshire
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Janice Boe, Spar Saintfield Road, Lisburn, County Antrim
Fresh Flower Supermarket of the Year
WINNER: Sainsbury’s
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Asda
Fresh Produce Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Dole Fresh UK
WINNER: Multiple: Asda
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Morrisons
WINNER: Company-owned: Budgens
COMMENDED: AF Blakemore & Son
WINNER: Independent: Crawfords, Maghera, County Londonderry
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Thornton’s Budgens, Belsize Park, London
Seafood Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Alaska Seafood
WINNER: Morrisons
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Waitrose
For further information, go to www.retailindustryawards.com
