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 | |
