Archive of all Grocer Gold Awards articles – Page 2
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Events & AwardsLidl dares to differentiate among discounters… and 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 & AwardsKingfisher hunts out fish amid global shortages
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 & AwardsAmelia Christie-Miller: the bean queen with ‘a really clear vision’
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 & AwardsAmbitious & approachable: Shaun Parker captains the ‘beast’ of Asda Boldon
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 & AwardsHendersons continues growth streak – all while prioritising its staff
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 & AwardsAldi sets the bar higher and higher for their colleagues
Winning this award for the third time in four years “Aldi seems to set the bar higher and higher every year with what they are doing for their colleagues,” said one judge
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Events & AwardsShelf-edge AI cams boost availability at Morrisons
The first AI deployment of its kind at scale within the UK, Focal Systems installed more than 200,000 tiny, shelf-edge, AI-powered availability cameras into 498 Morrisons supermarkets in just eight months
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Events & AwardsGrind goes from Shoreditch coffee shop to £40m brand
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 & AwardsWaitrose leads the pack with best availability in Grocer 33
Waitrose came out on top in the battle against empty shelves – no mean feat considering it has the smallest supermarkets by square footage most weeks
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Events & AwardsDoritos marks 30 years in the UK with thicker chip and ‘striking’ marketing
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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The Grocer Gold Awards 2025: Grocer 33 - Price
Asda stormed back to reclaim its Grocer 33 price crown this year – and by quite some margin
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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 & AwardsBrakes gains £200m thanks to indie support and sustainability tech
Sysco GB-owned Brakes has continued to build on its post-Covid recovery
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Events & AwardsSpecially Selected still ‘clever and nuanced’ at 20
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 & AwardsTesco wins Britain’s Favourite Supermarket for 11th year – and beats Asda on price perception for the first time
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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Warburtons now a £1bn sales blockbuster
Celebrity sells. It’s a truth Warburtons has leant into more than any fmcg brand in its advertising
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Events & AwardsLittle Dish and The Felix Project donate over 500,000 kids’ meals
Around one in four working Londoners struggles to afford to feed their families, with 400,000 children going hungry every day. Little Dish looked to tackle the issue through a different type of charitable initiative
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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
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Analysis & FeaturesMeet the partners sponsoring The Grocer Gold Awards 2025
The Grocer Gold Awards 2025 is taking place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 8 July, with PayPal, KPMG and Uber Eats among the sponsors
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NewsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2025 shortlist unveiled
This year over 170 finalists will battle it out across 34 categories