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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Consumer Initiative of the Year
Geo-targeted social media posts, plus influencer content and endorsements, sparked significant engagement and traction among younger consumers
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: E-Commerce Initiative of the Year
This groundbreaking real-time analytics dashboard for suppliers, gave them “unprecedented” visibility into their brand performance
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Supply Chain Initiative of the Year
This logistics revamp led to a 10% efficiency gain on palletisation and a 75% reduction on greenhouse gas emissions versus standard trucks
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Own-Label Range of the Year
Judges were particularly impressed with premiumising meal deals and the brand’s laser focus on great packaging
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Drinks Brand of the Year
This brand has established itself as the market leader, now holding a 70% share of the ‘super-premium’ RTD segment
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Soft Drinks Brand of the Year
The brand’s fun stunts have bolstered brand awareness and helped its social media following soar
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Health & Beauty Brand of the Year
The winner brings meaningful difference and much-needed excitement to the somewhat staid period care category
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Household Goods Brand of the Year
From opening a £25m facility to expanding into personal care, this West Yorkshire homecare brand is extremely ambitious
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Sustainability Initiative of the Year
An intervention with the potential to deliver a “massive impact” in the battle against packaging waste, said our judges
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Technology Initiative of the Year
One Spar employee said “in all my 26 years’ service with this company, it is, in my opinion, the biggest game-changer to date”
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Waste Not Want Not Award
With more than 1,000 volunteers, 105 tonnes of fruit was rescued that would otherwise have been left to rot
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: The Grocer 33 Award for Price
For the first time since the birth of the Grocer 33 back in 1997, we have a new name on this award
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: The Grocer 33 Award for Availability
The UK’s biggest grocer was miles ahead of its rivals in terms of providing our mystery shoppers with full baskets this year
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: The Grocer 33 Award for Service
The upmarket retailer picked up 16 Grocer 33 store of the week awards - down from the 20 it scored last year
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: SME Brand of the Year
Judges were impressed by the unique proposition, whose HFSS-compliant credentials managed to steal shelf space from the giants
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Food Brand of the Year
‘Creating a new superfood category’ was the ambitious aim of this kimchi, fresh pickles and ferments brand
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Startup of the Year
The brand’s sustainable electric toothbrushes, made from aluminium, can be repaired rather than thrown away
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Employer of the Year (Supplier)
The winning supplier’s revised people strategy included a returners programme, a mental health programme, improved leave policies and two pay rises
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Employer of the Year (Retailer)
The supermarket’s improvments to pay, maternity, paternity and adoption leave benefits, and a new virtual GP service stood out to judges
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Events and AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Store Manager of the Year
Judges praised Griffiths’ “genuinely outstanding” achievements during a highly disrupted year