To celebrate and honour those working within the convenience channel, the Retailers’ Retailer of the Year category is typically decided upon by a panel of top retailers. However, for 2025 we are doing something different.
Voting for Retailers’ Retailer of the Year will be open to retailer attendees at this year’s Convenience Awards. Ahead of the Convenience Awards which takes place on Wednesday 19 March in Manchester, retailer attendees will be given a unique email link to enable them to vote in advance. But if you don’t get the chance to do this, there will be an opportunity for retailers to vote on the night, with both sets of votes combined to determine who is Retailers’ Retailer of the Year 2025. If you’re a retailer and attending the Convenience Awards 2025, keep an eye out for the voting email that will come closer to the event.
And if you’re not attending, there’s still time to pick up a ticket here!
Retailers’ Retailer of the Year 2025 finalists
Daniall Nadeem - Spar Motherwell Road, Bellshill
Having grown up in the industry, Daniall has convenience in his blood, with his parents running stores for more than 20 years. Daniall himself opened his store at the age of 18 and has grown it to a renowned and respected business in the Belshill community.
His Spar store recently underwent a significant refit which saw the introduction of a hot food to go counter, energy-efficient lighting and refrigeration, AI CCTV software to help crack down on theft and a state of the art coffee offering.
Julie Kaur - Premier Jules Convenience, Telford
A multi-award winning retailer, Julie has more than 30 years of experience in retail and works across the convenience sector to encourage collaboration and sharing of best practice. In between running Premier Jules and working with suppliers, Julie is also a councillor for the Hadley & Leegomery ward.
Her most recent charity efforts include completing the Chester Triple Series 2024, raising over £1000 for Severn Hospice. She also took home a trio of medals after running a 10km race in March, a half marathon in May and lastly the Chester Metric marathon in October 2024.
Shamly Sud - Racetrack Wishaw, North Lanarkshire
A true innovator within convenience, Samly has looked abroad for inspiration and created a unique proposition within the sector with the RaceTrack group of stores. As well as creating in-house brands such as Tubbees Dessert Lab, VAPED4U and Hoagies, Shamly and her team have embraced trends such as food to go, American candy and enhanced services to make her stores true must-visit destinations.
The team also has a focus on responsible retailing to prevent underage sales across age-restricted categories.
Trudy Davies - Woosnam & Davies News, Llanidloes
A tireless campaigner and supporter of local charities, Trudy Davies had been involved with retail for more than 40 years. Sustainability is a big focus for her business, and she has tailored her range to include toiletry, cleaning and food refill offerings. Some of the charity initiatives that Trudy has created include ‘Warm Hands, Warm Feet, Warm Heat’ which distributed more than 400 hot water bottles to community groups; ‘Llani Plants for Charity’ which funded bleed kits and defibrillators, and ‘Made With Llani Love’ which uses donated wool to create blankets that are given to emergency services and care homes.
As well as her amazing charity work, Trudy is also a prominent figure within the industry, participating in many convenience networking groups and is a regular panellist at sector events.
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