Grocery Industry Celebrates Successes At IGD Awards

IGD topped off its successful two-day ‘Live’ conference last week with its annual awards ceremony.

The IGD Awards at Tobacco Docks, London, were attended by nearly 500 people and celebrated business excellence, people development, sustainability and individual success in the grocery industry.

Winners of the IGD Awards and sponsors

• The IGD Leading Light Award was won by José Carles, Coca-Cola European Partners
• The Diversity and Inclusion Award, sponsored by The MBS Group, was won by Scally’s of Clonakilty – Supervalu
• The IGD John Sainsbury Learning and Development Award, sponsored by Sainsbury’s, was won by Booker Group
• The IGD Health & Wellbeing Award was won by Veg Power CIC
• The IGD Sustainable Futures Award, sponsored by Pladis, was won by Co-op
• The IGD Supply Chain Excellence Award, sponsored by Newton Europe, was won by JJ Foodservice
• The IGD Digital Commerce Award was won by Asda Online Groceries
• The IGD Small Business Award, sponsored by Co-op, was won by Food Attraction Ltd
• The IGD Business Transformation Award, sponsored by KPMG, was won by Birds Eye
• The IGD Small Store of the Year Award was won by SPAR, Merrion Row, Ireland
• The IGD Store of the Year Award, sponsored by ESM, was won by K-Citymarket, Finland
• The IGD Shopper Insight Award, was won by Iceland Foods
• The IGD Shopper Activation Excellence Award, sponsored by Savvy, was won by Co-op
• The McNicol Entrepreneurship Award, sponsored by McCurrach, was won by Debbie Harrison and Mark Lythe, Pricecheck
• The IGD Food-to-Go Operator of the Year, sponsored by Coca-Cola European Partners, was won by Greggs
• The IGD Online Retailer of the Year Award was won by Tesco
• The IGD Retailer of the Year Award was won by Aldi
• The Grocer Cup was won by Dave Lewis, Tesco
• The IGD Lifetime Achievement Award was won by John Marren, Company Shop
• The IGD President’s Cup was won by Tesco

Susan Barratt, CEO at IGD commented: “The IGD Awards are all about celebrating our exceptional industry and its hugely talented people.

“Even in a particularly challenging external climate, the food industry continues to offer shoppers fresh ideas and great service. All the teams who attended the ceremony are developing first-class products, building responsive supply chains and creating inspirational ways to shop.

“Every year we are inspired by the quality and variety of the award entries we receive, and year on year they somehow manage to top the last. 2019 is no exception. Whether a winner or a finalist, all our nominees should be extremely proud of their achievements.”