This week has been dominated by the Grocer Gold Awards on Tuesday, the culmination of a huge endeavour to recognise and celebrate the wide ranging achievements of individuals, teams and enterprises (big and small) over the past year through the selection of 33 awards.

So what are the lessons? First, these awards matter. For some the recognition is the highlight of their careers, whether that’s for Grocer Cup winner Alex Whitehouse or Store Manager of the Year Chloe Summons from Morrisons Norwich. And there can be no better expression of their importance than Bio&Me’s Jon Walsh proudly taking his two awards to the Wimbledon tennis championships the following day.