Archive of all Events articles – Page 2
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Kingfisher wins Own-Label Supplier of the Year
As a key supplier of tinned fish to British supermarkets, Kingfisher faced an unprecedented supply shortage across many core products
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Lidl wins The Grocer of the Year
There can be no doubt that the growth of the discount sector slowed in 2024 – with one notable exception: Lidl
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Mackle wins Supplier Employer of the Year
It’s not easy hiring quality staff as a pet food manufacturer in rural Northern Ireland
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Bord Bia, ICBF & Teagasc – AgNav wins Sustainability Initiative of the Year - Products & Services
Created by three of Ireland’s largest food and agriculture trade bodies – Bord Bia, Teagasc and ICBF – AgNav is an online platform that provides free, science-led sustainability support to farms
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Beyond Belief Brewing Co wins Waste Not Want Not Award
Beer brewed with surplus food may be a tried-and-tested concept, but rarely is it executed with the scale and innovation of the Beyond Belief Brewing Co.
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Aldi’s Specially Selected wins Own-Label Range of the Year
With over 1,000 new products launching under the Specially Selected brand in 2024, this was the year Aldi really made its mark on premium own label
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Amelia Christie-Miller wins Entrepreneur of the Year
A hungover encounter with a near-empty food cupboard, solved by a “revelatory spoonful” of butter beans, set Amelia Christie-Miller on the path to becoming the ‘Queen of Beans’
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Asda, Boldon’s Shaun Parker wins Store Manager of the Year
Shaun Parker loves a challenge. Whether it’s a 70-mile ultramarathon along Hadrian’s Wall or managing Asda’s biggest store in the north of England, he approaches them with the same dedication and enthusiasm
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Brothers Cider wins Drinks Brand of the Year
Some 30 years after arriving on the scene, Brothers Cider was given a new lease of life.
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Iceland Food Club wins Social Impact Initiative of the Year
Millions of low-income families in the UK struggle to afford food – forcing them into the hands of high-cost payday lenders or even illegal loan sharks
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Grind wins SME Brand of the Year
In 2011, Grind founder and CEO David Abrahamovitch turned his father’s mobile phone store in Shoreditch into a coffee shop
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Doritos wins Food Brand of the Year
Reformulating a £290m brand is a full of risk. But the risk has paid off for PepsiCo’s new, non-HFSS Doritos
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Cress Co wins Specialist Wholesaler of the Year
Dunfermline-based Cress Co has come a long way in a short space of time
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Brakes wins National Wholesaler of the Year
Sysco GB-owned Brakes has continued to build on its post-Covid recovery
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Hendersons wins Independent Retail Chain of the Year
Northern Irish Spar operator Henderson Retail has enjoyed an outstanding year – outpacing both local rivals and the wider UK grocery sector
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Grocer 33 - Service
Waitrose breezed its way to being named the best supermarket for customer service once again
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Warburtons wins Supplier of the Year
Celebrity sells. It’s a truth Warburtons has leant into more than any fmcg brand in its advertising
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Tesco wins Britain’s Favourite Supermarket
Tesco made it 11 straight wins as Britain’s favourite supermarket and delivered a bruising blow to rival Asda in the process
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Tesco’s Ken Murphy wins The Grocer Cup
When Ken Murphy joined Tesco in October 2020, he had it all to prove. He was an outsider from Walgreens Boots Alliance
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025: winning ain’t easy – and nor should it be
Entering awards should be about more than simple point scoring, because – when they’re done properly – there is an emotional side to winning that goes far beyond profit and loss calculations