The Grocer Gold Awards 2017 shortlist

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With 20 categories - including two new awards - our judges worked through numerous impressive entries last week, engaging in lively and sometimes heated debate before selecting the shortlist for this year’s Grocer Gold Awards. To be held at London’s historic Guildhall on Tuesday 13 June, hosted by Rory Bremner, here’s who’s up for a coveted award - including the 23 winners of our Supplier of the Year competition, who automatically qualify for one of two awards

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Brand of the Year

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Last year’s brand of the year was Alpro

BrewDog - BrewDog

Charlie Bigham’s - Bighams

Coca-Cola Zero Sugar - Coca-Cola European Partners

Fever-Tree - Fever-Tree

Innocent Drinks - Innocent Drinks

Oreo - Mondelez International

Business Initiative of the Year

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Oakland won in 2016 for a brilliant food waste initiative

Co-op - Co-op Integrated Calf Scheme

English Tea Shop UK - English Tea Shop

Iceland - The Iceland Kitchen

RELEX Solutions - East of England Co-op and Relex Solutions

Employer of the Year

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Suma Wholefoods won employer of the year in 2016

Aldi UK

Bel UK

Johnson & Johnson

Lidl UK

Morrisons

Drinks Retailer of the Year

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Conviviality scooped the award last year. Can it do so again?

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Consumer Initiative of the Year

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Waitrose won in 2016 with Pick Your Own

Britvic - Purdey’s

Lidl UK - My Lidl

SCA - Bodyform Pink Ticket Campaign

Tesco - Free Fruit for Kids

Entrepreneur of the Year

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Henrietta Morrison from Lily’s Kitchen won in 2016

Amelia Harvey - The Collective

Barney Mauleverer - Fuel10K

Cat Gazzoli - Piccolo

Di Walker - Karro Food Group

Exporter of the Year

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Exporter of the Year in 2016 was won by Fentimans

Carrs Foods International

Eat Natural

Kiddylicious

Propercorn

Food To Go Retailer of the Year

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This new award reflects the growth and importance of food to go

Blakemore Retail

Co-op

Greggs

Itsu

Morrisons

Supplier of the Year - branded - what the buyers say

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Alcohol - AB InBev “Strong choice of products and NPD, excellent support”

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Ambient - Tilda “Great innovation and proactive account management”

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Bakery - Warburtons “Leading in innovation and driving growth in bakery”

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Cereal - Weetabix “Committed to the health trend and outline strategy in good time”

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Chilled - Arla “Industry-leading category management, collaborative approach”

Mars

Confectionery - Mars “Strong NPD, exclusives and promotional strategy”

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Dairy - The Collective “The products are quality, they understand the market and are on trend”

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Frozen - Unilever “Leaders in all aspects of the ice cream category”

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Fruit & veg - Albert Bartlett “Superb product portfolio backed by category knowledge and robust varietal and product development”

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Health & beauty - P&G “Good proactive people who work with us on our goals.”

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Household - P&G “Excellent collaborators, great marketing and in-store support to drive customer interactions with the stores.”

Princes

Meat, fish & poultry - Princes “Worked well with us to reduce case sizes and in- store merchandising.”

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Snacks - PepsiCo “Reliable, cooperative, innovative, lots of category insight”

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Soft drinks - CCE “Outstanding collaboration from all areas of the business”

Green Initiative of the Year

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Wyke Farms scooped Green Initiative in 2016

Aldi - UK carbon reduction

Booker Group - Waste prevention

Greenvale AP - Green 20

Mars UK - The Moy Wind Farm

PepsiCo - 50 in 5

Independent Retail Chain of the Year

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Blakemore won Gold for Independent chain in 2016

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Blakemore Retail

Chartman

Henderson Retail

The Paul Stone Group of Companies

The Proudfoot Group

Logistics Supplier of the Year

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The Grocer Gold for logistics went to iForce in 2016

Fowler Welch

Oakland International and Spar UK

Pladis

SME Brand of the Year

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Fever-Tree won Gold in 2016. It’s up for brand of the year in 2017

Cawston Press - Cawston Press

Fentimans - Fentimans

Little Dish - Little Dish

Pots & Co - Pots & Co

Propercorn - Propercorn

The Collective - Epicurean Dairy UK

Own-Label Range of the Year

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Aldi won Gold for its Mamia baby range in 2016

Booth’s ready meals - EH Booth & Co

Little Angels - Asda

Specially Selected - Aldi UK

The Best - Morrisons

Waitrose 1 - Waitrose

Online Supermarket of the Year

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Pure play specialist Ocado won last year

Iceland

Morrisons

Ocado

Tesco

Supplier of the Year - own label - what the buyers say

alcohol

Alcohol - Liberty “Flexible and insightful. Liberty Wines have really worked alongside us in a positive and collaborative way to achieve what we need to, and deliver various options”

ambient

Ambient - LDH “An extremely proactive, innovative and very collaborative own-label supplier”

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Cereal - De-Vau-Ge “A great all-round supplier with great people”

chilled

Chilled - Greencore “A best-in-class example in terms of category management, new product development, commercial awareness, an effective supply chain, and marketing”

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