2015 Winners Gallery

Winners of the 2015 national Grocery Management Awards

The 2015 awards were presented at a Gala Dinner ceremony in Dublin on 10 September. Gallery shows award sponsors on left, winners on right

: National Grocery Retail Manager of the Year Kate Walsh of Herlihy’s Centra, Fermoy, Co Cork, with Barry Whelan, managing director of Excel Recruitment

: Supermarket Manager of the Year in the 20,000+ sq ft category, Ian Lynam of SuperValu, Lucan, Co Dublin, with Tony Hinchy, sales manager, Capitol Essentials

: Supermarket Manager of the Year in the 10,000 – 20,000 sq ft category, Robert Ward of SuperValu, Killester, Co Dublin, with Tony Hinchy, sales manager, Capitol Essentials

: C-Store Manager of the Year in the large store category (6,000 – 10,000 sq ft) Kate Walsh of Herlihy’s Centra, Fermoy , Co Cork; with David Coffey, marketing manager, Postpoint

: Forecourt Manager of the Year Mantas Amraziejus of Applegreen, Ballyclare, Co Antrim, with Mark Hargadon of Cuisine de France

: C-Store Manager of the Year in the mid-sized category (2,000 – 6,000 sq ft) is Aoife Cooke of Spar, Ratoath, Co Meath; pictured with with Nicola de Beer, chief operation office of Field Marketing Ireland

: C-Store Manager of the Year in the Small Store category ( < 2,000 sq ft) is Matthew Monaghan of XL/Texaco, Salthill, Galway; pictured with Brendan Dowling of ACG

: The Supplier of the Year (Field Marketing) award was won by JTI Ireland, presented to PJ Holloway by John McDonald, ShelfLife

: The Supplier of the Year (Brand Sales Team) Award was won by Britvic Ireland, presented here to Nicholas Egan of Britvic by Martin Slattery, business operations manager, Musgrave Marketplace

: The News Department Manager of the Year Award was won by Katie O’Toole, Eason, Balbriggan; accepted on her behalf by Claudette Kavanagh, pictured with David Hartnett, channel sales manager of Independent News & Media

: The Grocery Team of the Year Award was presented to SuperValu, Lusk, Co Dublin. Trevor Kearns accepted the award on behalf of the team, from Mark Morgan of ShelfLife

: Cash and Carry Manager of the Year Jonathan Alyward of Value Centre, Little Island, Cork, with Sarah Hurley of Future Proof training

: The Customer Service Manager of the Year Award was awarded to Sharon Land of SuperValu Knocklyon in Dublin; Ken O’Toole accepted on her behalf, presented here by Averyl Quinn of ShelfLife

: Deli/Food to Go Manager of the Year Emmanuel Maher of Centra, Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary, with Nikki Murran of Excel Recruitment

: Fruit & Vegetable Manager of the Year Ernesta Juozapaviciene of Pettits SuperValu, Gorey, Co Wexford, with Tom Kennedy, business manager K&K Produce/Kennedy’s

: In-store Bakery Manager of the Year Shane Smith of Fallon & Byrne, Dublin 2, with Gavin King, commercial manager, Odlums

: Off-Licence manager of the Year Piotr Tomcyzynski of SuperValu Charlesland, Greystones, with Frank Quinn, ShelfLife on behalf of sponsor Orchard Thieves Cider

: Protein and Provisions Manager of the Year Damien Healy of Caulfield McCarthy’s SuperValu in Bandon, Co Cork, with Irene Collins, EIQA

: National Grocery Manager of the Year Kate Walsh of Herlihy’s Centra, Fermoy, Co Cork, with John McDonald, publisher, ShelfLife

: The ShelfLife team (l-r): Paul Byrne, Mark Morgan, Averyl Quinn, John McDonald, Gillian Hamill, Frank Quinn and Doug Whelan

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