Neighbourhood Retailer Awards 2017- Meet the Winners
The mood in the majestic Crown Plaza was one of nervous expectation last Friday night. Over 500 of NI’s best retailers waited with baited breath, as this year’s Neighbour Retailer award winners were announced. Presenting the awards were special guests Pamela Ballantine and Stephen Clements, whose wit and chemistry injected some levity into the tentative atmosphere.
Returning champion Milestone NisaExtra Rathfriland were the overall winners on the night, picking up three awards including Neighbourhood Retailer of the Year.
The Neighbourhood Award Winners 2017
Neighbourhood Retailer of the Year
Milestone NisaExtra Rathfriland
Noel Hadden and TomMcAvoy, Milestone Rathfriland, featured with Julie Boyde and category sponsor
Neighbourhood Store of the Year (Category 1)
DSP Vivo Churchtown
Ibe Sesay (left) from category sponsor Q Radio is pictured with winners Alana McCabe and Timothy Johnston of DSP Vivo Churchtown.
Neighbourhood Store of the Year (Category 2)
Spar Culmore
Category sponsor, Sonja Bentley (left) from Nestle Cereals is pictured with the winners Alwyn and Roberta Curry from Spar Culmore.
Neighbourhood Store of the Year (Category 3)
Creightons of Balmoral
Andrew Porter (left) and Michael Smyth (right) of Creighton’s Balmoral are pictured with Niall Murphy of category sponsor, Revolution Laundrette.
Neighborhood Store of the Year (Cat 4)
Milestone NisaExtra Rathfriland
Bill Penton (left), awards organiser is pictured with Tom McEvoy and Noel Hadden, Milestone Rathfriland and Brian Steele from category sponsor, Capital Essentials
Newcomer of the Year
Supervalu Dublin Road
David Finnegan (left) and Malachy Mackin (right) from SuperValu Dublin Road are pictured with Eddie Dale of category sponsor, Solv-X/Fifo.
Off Licence of the Year
Emerson’s of Armagh
Winner, Alessie Magowan is pictured with Simon Gray of category sponsor, Boost Drinks Ltd.
Store Manager of the Year
Stephen McMahon
Stephen McMahon, the Cop-op Food, Oldpark Road is pictured with category sponsor, David Atkinson of Imperial Tobacco.
Bakery of the Year
Donnelly’s Bakery and Coffee Shop, Ballycastle
Pictured are Una Donnelly, Donnelly’s; Wynn Penton, organiser; Philip Campbell, category sponsor, Cuisine de France and Becky McCloy, Donnelly’s.
Customer Service
Eurospar Knockchree, Kilkeel
Category sponsor, John Houston (left) of Imperial Tobacco is pictured with Gemma Nicholson and Gregory Coughlan of Eurospar Knockchree and awards organiser, Bill Penton.
Butcher of the Year
Spice’s Nice
Receiving the Butcher of the Year award at the recent Neighbourhood Retailer Awards is McAtamney’s area manager Gabriel McTaggart, with Derek Gallagher from category sponsor Spices Nice and from the Limavady store, Shane Doherty
Community Store of the Year
Co-op Food Oldpark Road, Belfast
Winners Stephen McMahon and Claire Maguire of The Co-op Food, Oldpark Road are pictured with Ibe Sesay of category sponsor, Q Radio.
CTN of the Year
Centra Lisburn Road, Belfast
Category sponsor Andrea Keers with the winners from Centra Lisburn Rd, Ricky Leathem, and Vicky Leathem.
Deli of the Year
Milestone NisaExtra, Rathfriland
The winners in this category were Milestone Nissaextra. Shown here are Tom McAvoy, Mark Haughey, John McCartney, Irene Collins (EIQA, category sponsor); Noel Hadden and Steven Haveron.
Forecourt of the Year (Category 1)
Traveller’s Rest, Strabane
Sacha and Donna Dolan (left) from the Travellers’ Strabane with their winner’s trophy and the category sponsor, John Carr from Costa express
Forecourt of the Year (Category 2)
Maxol Spar, Tannaghmore
Kevin Patterson and Gerry Bennett (left) of Maxol Spar, Tannaghmore are pictured with Peter Jackson of category sponsor, JTI
Lifetime Achievement Award
Joe Sloan, SHS Group
Winner Joe Sloan featured with category sponsor and Bill Penton
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and finalists!
