CRA

Association of Convenience Stores

Imperial Tobacco

Iain Watkins, Imperial Tobacco's Trade Communications Manager comments:
'It remains both gratifying and rewarding to recognise trade excellence
in the convenience sector and our longstanding association with the
Convenience Retail Awards is an important element of our support
programme.
C-Store operators account for over 53% of cigarette sales in the UK and
Imperial Tobacco is hugely committed to providing this important trade
channel with levels of support commensurate with our category-leading
position. I look forward to congratulating the winners at the awards ceremony.'

Britvic

Britvic Soft Drinks is once again proud to sponsor the Excellence In Impulse award. Convenience stores are at the centre of the communities they serve and the key impulse categories of soft drinks, confectionery and snacks are both popular and relevant to all local customers, from young to old.

With this award we celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of local retailers who through skill, innovation and local knowledge capitalise on the appeal of impulse products to drive their businesses and the category forward.

We wish all retailers good luck with their entries and look forward to sharing the success with you at the awards presentation evening.

Loomis

Loomis is the UK's cash management specialist - and we're here to help manage the public flow of cash.

We do this by providing services to organisations that handle cash, whether they need to transport cash securely, eliminate opportunities for fraud or analyse and understand their cash flow in detail.

Working for major financial institutions, independent ATM deployers, major retailers, public sector bodies and a huge range of businesses, we have a presence in 15 countries, operate 370 offices and employ more than 20,000 people.

While our international presence gives you the benefits of our network of secure cash handling facilities, a substantial fleet of armoured and semi-armoured vehicles and highly-trained staff, we also have a strong local presence in every community we serve.

Muller Dairy

Müller Dairy, Britain's No 1 yogurt producer, is proud to continue its long-standing association with the Best Chilled Food Retailer Award.

The chilled category represents a big growth opportunity for convenience stores and we are keen to work with retailers to help them to achieve the maximum return from their chiller space - whatever the size.

The benefits of sponsoring this award are two-fold. It enables us not only to reward those retailers who are fully embracing the chilled opportunity, but it also demonstrates to other retailers the results which can be achieved through stocking the right range and applying good merchandising practice.

News International

News International is proud to be sponsoring the Independent News Trader of the Year Award 2011 which is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the hard work and success of news retailers.

Newspapers are a key reason why customers visit convenience stores with 34% of visits to a CTN made for news. We are continually improving our service and investing both in the content and marketing of our newspapers - big news stories and promotions drive sales. We at News International understand that we need to work with independent retailers to grow and we want to help you with the simple key actions you can take to make your sales soar!

PepsiCo

Robert Wiseman Dairies

Today's

The Today's Group is delighted to show its commitment to the independent retail sector by supporting CRA 2012. Over the course of the past year the Today's Group has refreshed its wholesale Symbol Group format and has developed the stores to ensure that independent retailers are able to offer their customers excellent products and services in a friendly and modern environment.

The group is looking forward to congratulating the successful winners of the Customer Service Award which it is sponsoring. Customer service and personal interaction is what sets the independent sector apart, and will be a cornerstone for the industry's future success in the increasingly competitive retail marketplace.

Heineken

Treasury Wine Estates

As convenience retailing becomes evermore important in offering innovative choice to consumers, Treasury Wine Estates is delighted to support the 2012 Convenience Retail Awards. Treasury Wine Estates has a wide variety of wine available from the iconic Penfolds to the new Italian Rose Bella Vie and the well known and much loved Wolf Blass. Treasury Wine Estates also supplies Rosemount, Lindeman's and Beringer as part of our successful portfolio of wines available to your customers.

We are excited about being associated with the Convenience Retail Awards and would like to wish all entrants the best of luck