CRA

Convenience Retail Awards
19th March 2009

Previous Winners

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
2008 Special Awards Winners
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
2008 Specialist Category Winners
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
2007 Winners
Independent Village Store of the Year Holborns, South Nutfield, Nr Redhill, Surrey. Dean Holborn
Independent Symbol Village Store of the Year East Bergholt Post Office and Store, Suffolk. Alec Gardner.
Multiple Village Store of the Year Spar Blakeney, Norfolk. Dianne Hepburn
Independent Neighbourhood Store of the Year Hudson’s, Wandsworth, London. Nick Cooper
Independent Symbol Neighbourhood Store of the Yea: Spar Helston, Cornwall. Chris and Sue Sharrinton
Multiple Neighbourhood Store of the Year Stakesby Filling Station, Whitby, North Yorkshire. Wendy Simpson
Multiple village/neighbourhood store: David Hammond, Tates Spar, Battlefield, Shropshire
Multiple city/town/high street store: Londis, Finsbury Park, London. Alpesh Patel
Multiple Town Store of the Year City Store, Leeds. Alex Kirke
Top Village Store East Bergholt Post Office and Store, Suffolk. Alec Gardner
Top Neighbourhood Store Spar Helston, Cornwall. Chris and Sue Sharrinton
Top Town Store Londis, Finsbury Park, London. Alpesh Patel
2007 Special Awards Winners
Best Ambient Grocery Display Laurie Curren from Vivo 12th Milestone, Templepatrick, Northern Ireland. Laurie Curren
Best Chilled Poducts Display David Jones, from Spar Arundel Avenue, Stockport in Cheshire
Best Confectionery Presentation Niall Creighton from Creightons of Finaghy in Belfast
Best Food to go Offer Janet Walsh, Botterills Spar, Kirkmuirhill, Lanarkshire
Best Laundry & Homecare Products Display Keshu Odedra from Hallmark Foods in Burnham, Buckinghamshire
Best National Lottery Store Jeanette Cragg, from Spar Cambridge Road, Southport, Merseyside
Best Use of Technology Muyuar Sedani, from News R Us, Derby
Best Tobacco Merchandising Humraj Athwal, from Athwals Spar Bottesford, North Lincolnshire
Best Wine Retailer Mark Johnson, from Celebrations Off Licence, Stockport
Wholesale Business Initiative of the Year Landmark Wholesale, for their HotHouse Project
Product of the Year Magners Cider
Convenience Store Zero Tolerance Award for Crime Prevention Lesley Brown, of Frankmarsh Stores, Barnstable, Devon
Lifetime Achievement for contribution to the convenience store industry Harry Newton, Costcutter, Macclesfield
Convenience Store Top Shop of the Year 2007
Spar Helston, Cornwall Chris and Sue Sherrington