SuperValu won 64 awards and Centra won 26 awards.

SuperValu won 64 award wins at the 2019 Great Taste Awards making them, once again, the top performing Irish supermarket at the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink awards. SuperValu’s wins include 42 products from the Signature Taste Range solidifying its position as the No. 1 Premium Range in an Irish Supermarket. 2019 has proved another impressive year for SuperValu, with over 250 awards received in the last five years.

For the second year running Centra was crowned Top Convenience Retailer at Great Taste Awards, receiving 26 accolades in total. The ‘Inspired By Centra’ range picked up an impressive 16 awards within this total, which is twice as many as last year. Centra’s award winners span the entire store – from meat to preservatives, salads to dairy products and prepared meals to snacking items.

Key highlights from the awards:

• SuperValu won 2 three-star awards – a three star is the highest accolade achievable, with just 208 three-stars awarded from almost 13,000 entries to the competition. Only 10 of these 3 stars were awarded to products from the Republic of Ireland
• The three-star winners are both from the Signature Tastes range – Rosemary Sheep’s Cheese (rubbed with Ibérico lard and fresh rosemary and aged for six to eight months) and Irish Hampshire Smoked Rack of Bacon (our Golden Fork winner from last year)
• Inspired by Centra has won an amazing 16 Awards! This is up from 8 last year, Including 2 two-star awards – Inspired by Centra Truffle Ravioli & Inspired by Centra Buffalo Mozzarella
• And one-star awards for 2 Centra Angus Steaks (multi-award winning), our 2 NEW Crisps, Pizza, 2 Seasonal Christmas Puddings, Orange Juice, 2 Soups, Cottage Pie, Yogurt and 2 Preserves