Pictured with Damien Mc Carney acting MD is Ciaran O’Kane, Supervalu Dungiven winner of the Supervalu store of the Year. © Brian Thompson Photography
THREE Co Derry stores from the SuperValu, Centra and Mace retail groups have won top honours in Musgrave Retail Partners annual awards ceremony.
The event was held on Friday night at the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle.
TV personality Claire McCollum hosted the event and presented O’Kane’s Dungiven with the SuperValu ‘Store of the Year’ award, Kelly’s Trench Road with the Centra ‘Store of the Year’ award and Boyd’s Toomebridge with the Mace ‘Store of the Year’ award.
SuperValu Limavady won Fundraising Store of the Year, Cox & Millen’s Centra, Carrickfergus, picked up the ‘Newcomer of the Year’ award, sponsored by Kerry Foods and
Musgrave Retail Partners organises the Gala Ball event each year for its 250 independent retailers in Northern Ireland across the SuperValu, Centra and Mace brands and finalists were selected using an independent audit of all stores, with each facing a rigorous process of checks and evaluations.
Finalists in the Mace and Centra retail brands went head to head on the night competing to win Gold in each of their categories, while SuperValu competed for Highly Commended before being awarded the coveted ‘Store of the Year’ titles, sponsored by Allied Bakeries, Coca Cola Hellenic and Tayto.
Musgrave Retail Partners Acting Managing Director, Damian McCarney, said: “Congratulations to all of the winners in our 2014 Store of the Year awards – these Awards recognise retailers who are ‘leading the way’ in their groups, and the winners have demonstrated the highest levels of commitment to customer service and retail excellence.
“The recipients of these prestigious accolades were chosen from over 250 SuperValu, Centra and Mace stores that make up Musgrave Retail Partners Northern Ireland, putting them at the forefront of progressive independent retailing in the market.’’
Musgrave Retail Partners NI (MRPNI) supports over 250 independent retail stores in Northern Ireland, including SuperValu, Centra and Mace, with a combined turnover in excess of £600 million.
MRPNI is part of the Musgrave Group, the leading partner to more than 3,500 entrepreneurial retailers and food service professionals in the UK, Ireland and Spain.
The Store of the Year and category winners in the Musgrave Retail Partners Store of the Year awards 2015 are:
Mace Store of the Year: Boyd’s Mace, Toomebridge
Mace Under 1800 sq ft Gold: Boyd’s Mace, Toomebridge
Mace Under 1800 sq ft Silver: Courtney’s Mace, Lisnaskea
Mace Under 1800 sq ft Bronze: Dolan’s Mace, Gortin Road, Omagh
Mace Over 1800 sq ft Gold: Gracey’s Mace, Belfast Newton Park
Mace Over 1800 sq ft Silver: Wilson’s Mace, Coleraine
Mace Over 1800 sq ft Bronze: Johnston’s Mace, Cadogan
Centra Store of the Year: Kelly’s Centra, Trench Road
Centra High Convenience Gold: McGoveran’s Centra, Belfast Malone Road
Centra High Convenience Silver: Cathcart’s Centra, Magherafelt
Centra High Convenience Bronze: McGoveran’s, Centra, Stanmillis
Centra Foodmarket Gold: Kelly’s Centra, Trench Road,
Centra Foodmarket Silver: McCool’s, Centra, Ballymena
Centra Foodmarket Bronze: McElhinney’s Centra, Omagh, Brookmount
SuperValu Store of the Year: O’Kane’s SuperValu, Dungiven
SuperValu Highly Commended: McCool’s SuperValu, Ballymoney
Newcomer of the Year: Cox & Millen’s Centra, Carrickfergus, Prince Andrew Way
Fundraising Store of the Year: SuperValu Limavady
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