New partner revealed for NI’s top retail awards
Neighbourhood Retailer is now partnering with Northern Ireland’s largest waste management company, RiverRidge, to promote the prestigious Neighbourhood Retailer Awards for the next two years.
The Neighbourhood Retailer Awards recognise local independent and innovative retailers who make an outstanding contribution to the sector, and Friday, October 20 this year will be one of the most important dates in the calendar for the grocery sector here.
With 18 highly sought-after awards to be decided this year, including Retailer of the Year and the coveted accolade of Lifetime Achievement Award, Neighbourhood Retailer’s gala awards ceremony at the Crowne Plaza in Belfast will be the highlight of the trade’s social calendar.
Delighted to be part of these awards andto form this new partnership with Neighbourhood Retailer, Brett Ross, CEO of RiverRidge, said; “For the last two years, we’ve sponsored the Lifetime Achievement Award with NR’s sister magazine, Licensed Catering News. This year, we have been looking across the spectrum to see where RiverRidge could make a positive engagement and ensure that the issue of food waste management was elevated in terms of profile within the sector.
“We believe that the Neighbourhood Retail Awards offers a fantastic opportunity to talk to the sector as a whole and communicate our message about the need to meet the legislative requirement of separate food waste collections. The event provides a relaxed and enjoyable forum for this conversation.”
RiverRidge is based across four sites in Belfast, Coleraine, Derry-Londonderry and Portadown and is the only waste management company in Northern Ireland to directly service more than 95 per centof Northern Ireland’s postcodes.
The NR Awards are driven by the local industry’s leading publication for the grocery sector, Neighbour Retailer, part of the Penton Publications portfolio. Bill Penton of Penton Publications says that he’s very pleased that the largest waste management company in Northern Ireland has partnered with Neighbourhood Retailer to recognise innovation among retailers:
“This is the largest leading grocery retail event in Northern Ireland and 2017 sees us celebrating our 19th year of rewarding forward thinking local independent retailers,” he said recently. “RiverRidge is an organisation that understands this sector and the local retailer and can offer real advice on what can be a complex issue. Waste management is best left to the experts and with the recent introduction of food waste legislation it is now more than ever that guidance should be sought.”
The recycling specialist, RiverRidge, has led the way in developing best practice waste control methodologies for all types of organisations. With more than 4,000 customers, ranging from corner retail units to large multinationals, and managing more than 400,000mt of waste annually, the company has become the service provider of choice across Northern Ireland.
