2011 Winners

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Independent Newsagent of the Year
sponsored by Parfetts

Winner: Hendersons Mace, Luton, Bedfordshire
Highly commended: The Front Page, Thamesmead, London

Most Improved Store
sponsored by Booker

Winner: Nisa Local, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Highly commended: Spar Dungannon Road, Portadown, County Armagh

Community Retailer of the Year
sponsored by P&G

Independent
Winner: Warner’s Budgens, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire

Multiple Store
Winner: The Co-operative, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Highly commended: Tates Spar, Crewe, Cheshire

Store Manager of the Year
sponsored by Kerry Foods

Winner: Jerry Tweney, Warner’s Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Highly commended: Gary Bilbrough, Nisa Local, Toddington, Bedfordshire
Highly commended: Damien Yates, Warner’s Budgens, Broadway, Worcestershire

Drinks Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Heineken UK

Independent
Winner: Spar Seasalter, near Whitstable, Kent

Beer and cider retailer
Winner: Malcolm’s Store, Costcutter, Coventry

Multiple
Winner: Morrisons

Seafood Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Alaska Seafood

Winner: Waitrose
Highly commended: Morrisons

Most Sustainable Retailer of the Year
sponsored by PepsiCo

Independent
Winner: Thornton’s Budgens, London
Highly commended: James Graven, Spar, Littleport, Cambridgeshire

Multiple
Winner: The Co-operative

Green Retailer of the Year
Winner: Henderson Retail

Fresh Flower Supermarket of the Year
sponsored by Flower Council of Holland

Winner: Morrisons
Highly commended: Asda

Fresh Produce Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Dole Fresh UK

Independent:
Winner: Hegarty’s SuperValu, Fintona, County Tyrone
Highly commended: Eurospar, Hatfield, Derry, County Londonderry

Company-owned:
Winner: Budgens

Multiple:
Winner: Morrisons

Forecourt Retailer of the Year
sponsored by TalkingRetail.com

Independent store up to 1,000sq ft
Winner: Darnall Service Station, Mace, Sheffield

Independent store over 1,001sq ft
Winner: Fraser’s Budgens, Yarnton, Oxfordshire
Highly commended: James Graven, Spar, Littleport, Cambridgeshire
Highly commended: SuperValu Dromore, County Down
Special mention: Tollgate Service Station, Spar, Gravesend, Kent

Company-owned forecourt
Winner: Spar Castlerock Road, Coleraine, County Londonderry
Highly commended: Spar Randalstown, County Antrim

Multiple
Winner: The Brookfield Group

Convenience Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Dairy Crest

Multiple Convenience Store
Winner: Tates Spar Chirk, Wrexham
Highly commended: Mace Wednesbury, Motor Fuel Group, West Midlands

Regional Convenience Chain
Winner: David Sands
Highly commended: North East Convenience Stores

National Convenience Chain: Sainsbury’s Local

Discount Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Packaging News

Winner: Poundland

Independent Retailer of the Year
sponsored by Cadbury

Up to 1,000sq ft
Winner: Londis Hemingbrough, Selby, Yorkshire

Between 1,001sq ft and 2,999sq ft
Winner: Malcolm’s Store, Costcutter, Coventry

3,000sq ft and over
Winner: Warner’s Budgens, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire

Symbol/fascia Group of the Year
sponsored by Mars Chocolate UK

Winner: Nisa
Highly commended: Mace

Supermarket of the Year
supported by JTI

Winner: Sainsbury’s

Outstanding Achievement Award
sponsored by Independent Retail News

Winner: Bestway

Product Launch of the Year
sponsored by Mace

Alcohol
Bella Vie
Treasury Wine Estates

Chilled and frozen
Magnum Gold
Unilever

Confectionery
Wrigley’s Extra Ice
The Wrigley Company

Grocery
Cadbury Crunchie, Caramel & Turkish Biscuits
Burtons Foods

Non-food
Flash with Febreze
Proctor & Gamble

Snacks
Walkers Extra Crunchy
PepsiCo

Soft drinks
Mountain Dew Energy
Britvic Soft Drinks

Tobacco
Pall Mall RYO
British American Tobacco