Retailers from SuperValu and Centra have been announced as finalists in the 2023 Retail Industry Awards, highlighting the excellence in modern convenience retailing across both brands.
The retail brands have also both been shortlisted in the Symbol/Franchise Group of the Year category, while SuperValu NI is a finalist in the Drinks Retailer of the Year multiples category. Musgrave NI, which owns the brands, has also achieved finalist status in both the Food-to-Go Retailer of the Year and Chilled Retailer of the Year multiple categories.
Widely regarded as ‘The Oscars’ of the grocery sector, the Retail Industry Awards reward excellence and outstanding achievement across a broad range of categories, recognising independent retailers alongside the large supermarket groups.
Commenting on the shortlist, Musgrave NI Retail Sales Director Paddy Murney, said:
“I’d like to congratulate all the SuperValu and Centra stores which have been shortlisted at the Retail Industry Awards. There was a substantial number of entries this year, so to make it to the finals is a fantastic achievement, demonstrating the dedication and commitment of our retail partners to serving their local communities with the best in modern convenience retailing. We are also delighted to be finalists in the Symbol Group of the Year categories and look forward to celebrating at the awards ceremony in September.”
SuperValu and Centra have been shortlisted in the following categories at this year’s Retail Industry Awards which take place in London on 19th September:
Symbol/Franchise Group of the Year
- SuperValu NI
- Centra NI
Independents
- Chilled Retailer of the Year – McCool’s Centra Ballymena, County Antrim
- Drinks Retailer of the Year –
- Bradley’s Centra, Maghera, County Londonderry
- Lusty’s Centra, Larne, County Antrim
- Food-to-go Retailer of the Year (up to 3,000sq ft) – Centra Dunman, Cookstown
- Forecourt Retailer of the Year (up to 3,000sq ft) –
- Centra Dunman, Cookstown, County Tyrone
- Patterson Centra M1, Dungannon, County Tyrone
- Post Office Retailer of the Year – McCool’s Centra Ballymena, County Antrim
Multiple and Company-Owned
- Chilled Retailer of the Year – Multiple – Musgrave
- Drinks Retailer of the Year – SuperValu NI
- Food-to-go Retailer of the Year – Multiple Convenience – Musgrave
