The shortlist has been announced for the Convenience Retail Awards 2017.

Stores from across the UK and supplied by 13 different wholesale and symbol organisations are represented on the shortlist, which feature awards for all-round store performance, best new store, product of the year and outstanding achievement in a number of key disciplines and product categories.

All finallists will be invited to attend the awards presentation evening and dinner at 155 Bishopsgate, London on March 16. For further information visit the dedicated awards site.

The Convenience Retail Awards 2017 is organised by Convenience Store and The Grocer and is supported by Bestway & Best-one, Camelot, Carlsberg, Hi Street Digital, HIM Research & Consulting, Muller, Pernod Ricard, Pladis, Premier Foods, Republic Technologies, The Retail Data Partnership, Urban Eat, Zapper and ACS.

Full shortlist as follows:

STORE AWARDS

Best Small Store

Hunt’s Spar Bowerham, Lancaster

The Forge Shop Simply Fresh, Inkberrow

McLeish of Inverurie

Brownlie’s Best-one, Biggar

Best Multiple or Franchise Store

Welcome Co-op Frobisher House, Southampton

Central England Co-op Repton Road, Willington

One Stop Woodhouse, Leeds

Welcome Co-op Liberty Quays, Southampton

Best Independent Store

Mullan’s Spar, Armagh

Spar Parkfoot, Kent

Costcutter Plodder Lane, Bolton

Spar Princess Street, Manchester

Best Large Store

McBride’s Spar Sligo Road, Enniskillen

Bell’s SuperValu, Crossgar

Eat 17 Spar, Hackney

Maclennans, Benbecula

Warner’s Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh

 

SPECIAL AWARDS

Best Customer Service, sponsored by Bestway

Brownlie’s of Biggar

Eurospar Greencastle St, Kilkeel

Maclennans, Benbecula

Best Use of Technology, sponsored by The Retail Data Partnership and Zapper

Warner’s Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh

Costcutter Plodder Lane, Bolton

Spar Eat 17 Hackney

Innovation Award, sponsored by Republic Technologies UK

Simply Fresh St James’s News, London

Spar Eat 17 Hackney

Nisa Ardeer Services, Ayrshire

Food to Go Retailer of the Year, sponsored by Urban Eat

Spar Bentley, Wilenhall

Spar Poyntzpass, Armagh

Warner’s Budgens Moreton-in-Marsh

Best New Store, sponsored by Hi Street Digital

Classic Service Station (Spar), Omagh

Fraser’s Budgens, Three Mile Cross, Reading

Ardeer Services, Ayrshire

Warner’s Budgens, Winchcombe

Best Chilled Food Retailer, sponsored by Muller

McBride’s Spar Sligo Road, Enniskillen

Central England Co-op Repton Road, Willington

Spar Princess Street, Manchester

Best Communication to Shoppers, sponsored by HIM Research and Consulting

Spar Princess Street, Manchester

Spar Eat 17, Hackney

Warner’s Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh

Best Mealtime Missions Award, sponsored by Premier Foods

Bell’s SuperValu, Crossgar

Spar Princess Street, Manchester

Co-op Welcome Frobisher House

Community Retailer of the Year, sponsored by Camelot

Brownlie’s of Biggar

Belle Vue Convenience, Middlesbrough

Warner’s Budgens, Moreton in Marsh

Off Licence Store of the Year, sponsored by Pernod Ricard

Warner’s Budgens Moreton-in-Marsh

Fraser’s Budgens Three Mile Cross

Spar Eat 17 Hackney

Retailer’s Retailer of the Year, sponsored by Pladis

Paul Stone

Chaz Chahal

Ronald Maclennan

Responsible Retailing Award, supported by ACS

Eldred Drive Stores, Orpington

Belle Vue Convenience Store, Middlesbrough

Londis Westham Road, Weymouth

Energy Efficiency Award

Nisa Ardeer Services, Ayrshire

One Stop Woodhouse, Leeds

The Forge Shop Simply Fresh, Inkberrow

Product of the Year, sponsored by Best-one

Rubicon Spring water

Weetabix Protein Shakes

McVitie’s Nibbles

Belvita Soft Bakes

Kitkat Cookie Dough

Shreddies Max Protein Granola