2008 winners
| Best independent store: | Dean Holborn, Holborn's, South Nutfield, Surrey | |
| Best symbol store: | Alpesh & Bimal Patel, Londis, Finsbury Park, London | |
| Best multiple store: | Geoff Garrad, Tates Spar, Aberystwyth, Wales | |
| Best large store: | Adrian Lecky, Lecky's Vivoxtra, Castlederg, Northern Ireland | |
| Symbol village/neighbourhood store: | Guy Warner, Warner's Budgens, Broadway, Worcestershire | |
| Symbol city/town/high street store: | Alpesh & Bimal Patel, Londis, Finsbury Park, London | |
| Multiple village/neighbourhood store: | David Hammond, Tates Spar, Battlefield, Shropshire | |
| Multiple city/town/high street store: | Geoff Garrad, Tates Spar, Aberystwyth, Wales | |
| Large village/neighbourhood store: | Adrian Lecky, Lecky's Vivoxtra, Castlederg, Northern Ireland | |
| Large city/town/high street store: | Guy Warner, Warner's Budgens, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire | |
| Lifetime achievement: | Trevor Jacques, Spar Stourbridge, West Midlands | |
| Best independent news trader: | Dee Sedani, Londis/News R Us, Etwall, Derbyshire | |
| Wholesale business initiative of the year: | Booker's Euro Shopper range | |
| Zero Tolerance award for crime prevention: | Gayna Bacon, Costcutter, Leicester | |
| Product of the Year: | Coca-Cola 500ml | |
| Best ambient grocery display: | Sharon McKenna, Spar, Cullybackey, Northern Ireland | |
| Best ambient grocery display: | Sharon McKenna, Spar, Cullybackey, Northern Ireland | |
| Best battery merchandising: | Ian Charlton, Mills Local Store, Wallsend | |
| Best chilled products display: | David Powell, Tates Spar, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire | |
| Best food-to-go offer: | Bob Gibson, Premier Elmwood, Basingstoke, Hampshire | |
| Best laundry and homecare display: | John Martin, Spar/Texaco, Ballymena, Northern Ireland | |
| Best soft drinks merchandising: | Dee Sedani, Londis/News R Us, Etwall, Derbyshire | |
| Best use of technology: | Colette & Jamie O'Flynn, Budgens, Poringland, Norfolk | |
| Best tobacco merchandising: | Alan Troy, Spar, Millburn | |
