{"id":30019,"date":"2023-10-31T15:12:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/?p=30019"},"modified":"2023-10-31T15:12:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T15:12:33","slug":"team-effort-helps-secure-fresh-food-store-of-the-year-win-for-spar-castlederg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/team-effort-helps-secure-fresh-food-store-of-the-year-win-for-spar-castlederg\/","title":{"rendered":"Team effort helps secure Fresh Food Store of the Year win for SPAR Castlederg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Praised for the \u201chuge range of fresh food\u201d in their store, SPAR Castlederg was thrilled to win the Fresh Food Store of the Year at this year\u2019s Neighbourhood Retailer Awards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Owner, Charlie Hamilton said the win meant a lot for the \u2018pride of the staff\u2019 after they were named as winners at the Crowne Plaza Belfast on Friday 20th October.<\/p>\n<p>Judges in this category were looking for excellence and choice in the food offerings, the best in local produce presented in a convenient and enticing way, along with expertise and knowledge among staff.<\/p>\n<p>Independently judged by Spotcheck, the awards were judged to exacting standards over a three-month period.<\/p>\n<p>Judges said SPAR Castlederg had a \u201chuge range\u201d of fresh food available in-store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom fresh local meat and vegetables to bakery, prepared meals, salads and sauces \u2013 the quality and value was outstanding,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to NR after being presented with the award, Charlie Hamilton said it was \u201call a team effort\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Neighbourhood Retailer Awards reward excellence, recognise achievement, raise industry standards, and reward entrepreneurial spirit and are Northern Ireland\u2019s most prestigious retail awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Praised for the \u201chuge range of fresh food\u201d in their store, SPAR Castlederg was thrilled to win the Fresh Food Store of the Year at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":29923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7252,761,4607,6945,6416],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fresh-Food-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30020,"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30019\/revisions\/30020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighbourhoodretailer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}