Here are the nominees in each category:

Butcher Manager of The Year – Sponsored by Excel Recruitment

• Keith Roberts, SuperValu Lucan, Dublin
• Tomasz Smolinski, SuperValu Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin
• Marc Ryan, Pettitt’s SuperValu, Bray, Co. Wicklow
• Tomas Baranauskas, Donnybrook Fair, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4

Checkout Manager/Customer Service Manager of the Year – Sponsored by Excel Recruitment

• Fiona Lynam, Herlihy’s Centra, Grand Parade, Cork
• Rajesh Rajendran Pillai, Herlihy’s Centra Bishopstown, Co. Cork
• Elizbeth Quinlin, SuperValu Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin
• Leanne Maguire, SuperValu Newcastle, Co. Dublin
• Karen Murphy, SuperValu Finglas, Dublin 11

HR Manager – Sponsored by Excel Recruitment

• Ezolda Chambers, SuperValu Loughboy Shopping Centre, Co. Kilkenny
• Derek O’Brien, SuperValu Blackrock, Blackrock Village Centre, Co. Dublin
• Sharif Hossain, Akbers MACE, Blackbull, Drogheda, Co. Louth
• Adriana Pacuriru, Londis Sandyford, Sandyford Ind Estate, Dublin 18
• Kim Cahill, SuperValu Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin
• Chloe Lynam, SuperValu Sutton, Sutton Cross, Co. Dublin
• Andrea Shattock, SuperValu Lucan, Newcastle Road, Co. Dublin

In-Store Café Manager – Sponsored by Oatly

• Eileen Hughes, SuperValu Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin
• Karen Macklin, MACE Mulladuff, Smithborough, Co. Monaghan
• Maria Petroaie, M3 Services/Maxol, Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin
• Susan Lennon, SuperValu Kilbarry, Tramore Road, Co. Waterford
• Clodagh Barry, Collins SuperValu, Carrigaline, Co. Cork

Off-Licence Manager – Sponsored by Santa Rita

• Kieran O’Neill, SuperValu Heuston, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
• Paul Coleman, Higgins Off Licence, Griffin Retail Group, Dublin 14
• Dylan O’Callaghan, Curtin’s Costcutter, Dunmanway, Co. Cork
• Deividas Vasiliauskas, Herlihy’s Centra, North Main Street, Cork
• Shane Gallagher, Pettitts SuperValu, Southern Cross, Bray, Co. Wicklow
• Bernard Moore, EUROSPAR, Hartstown Shopping Centre, Dublin 15
• Neil Blanchflower, SuperValu Lucan, Co. Dublin

Delicatessen/Food to Go Manager – C-Store Large – Sponsored by Bunzl Ireland

• Vincent Whitmore, Sheahans Centra, Killarney, Co. Kerry
• Eugenio Assenzi, McCormack’s MACE, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
• Michelle Seery, Top Oil/Daybreak, Garrycastle, Co. Westmeath
• Violeta Anisova, Corrib Oil/SPAR, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo
• Sonya Carolan MACE Blackbull, Drogheda, Co. Louth
• Kasia Koszalka, Herlihys Centra, Patrick’s Street, Cork
• Zsuzsanna Balazs, SPAR, Mulhuddart/Lynham Group, Dublin 15
• Mendy Nkala, Cosgrove’s Centra Mountain Top, Co. Donegal

Delicatessen/Food to Go Manager – Forecourt Store Large – Sponsored by Bunzl Ireland

• Deirdre Conroy, Barack Obama Plaza, Co. Tipperary
• Reece Grehan, Plaza Group, Co. Galway
• Paulina Mazurkiewicz, SPAR/Corrib Oil, Newcastlewest, Co. Limerick
• Simona Dambrauskiene, Maxol Ballinrea, Cork Road, Cork
• Carol Sexton, Maxol, Skehard Road, Cork
• Andrew Fitzgerald, SPAR/Texaco, Monread Road, Co. Kildare
• Aleksandra Zdonczyk, SPAR, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

Delicatessen/Food to Go Manager – Supermarket – Sponsored by Bunzl Ireland

• Catalina Molnar, Donnybrook Fair, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4
• Michelle Browne, Pettitts SuperValu, Southern Cross, Bray, Co. Wicklow
• Colm Costello, Junction 14, SPAR Monasterevin, Co. Kildare

Overall Manager – C-Store Small – Sponsored by Muller

• Mark Ryan, Roches MACE, Co. Limerick
• Sharon Leavy, Leavys’ Nearby, Delvin, Co. Westmeath
• Meighread Till, Londis Hueston Station, Dublin 8
• Marta Dzwonnik, Londis Gorey, Co. Wexford
• Michael Kelleher, Herlihys Centra, 11 Patrick Street, Cork
• Luke Bergin, Centra, Boghall Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
• Greg Kuderski, Herlihy Centra, Grand Parade, Co. Cork
• John Reilly, Sheahan Centra, College Square, Killarney, Co. Kerry
• Raul Floricel, Herlihy’s Centra, Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork

Overall Manager – C-Store Mid-Size – Sponsored by Celsuis

• Raj Kodali, Herlihy’s Centra, Coleman Court, Cork City
• Nick Ye, Londis DCU, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
• Amit Kumar, MACE Garristown, Naul, Co. Dublin
• John Hickey, SPAR Corrib Oil, Montonagay, Tralee, Co. Kerry
• Faizan Khalid, SPAR, Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin
• Kevin Caulfield, Mace Beaumont, Co. Dublin
• Dorota Zwierzynska, Corrib Oil/SPAR, Listowel, Co. Kerry
• Vijay Kumar, MACE Bettystown, Co. Meath

Overall Manager – C-Store Large: 4,000 Sq. Ft. + – Sponsored by Hale Vaping

• Declan Burns, SPAR/The Cantillon Group, Eastgate, Little Island, Cork
• Eoin Conlon, McCormacks MACE, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
• Magda Fudyma, Sheahans Centra, Killarney, Co. Kerry
• Michael Mackessy, Brodericks SPAR, Croom, Co. Limerick
• Damien White, EUROSPAR Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
• Gina Buzea, SPAR Parkwest, Dublin 22
• Brian Leahy, Walsh’s Centra Dooradoyle, Limerick
• Ali Shah, M3 Services/Maxol, Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin
• Emily Gleeson, Londis Fethard-on-Sea, New Ross, Co. Wexford

Overall Manager – Forecourt Store Small – Sponsored by Salescare/Toshiba

• Fenton Cashman, Aspels SPAR/Top Oil, Kanturk, Co. Cork
• Joseph Conway, XL/EMO, Enfield, Co. Meath
• Charlette Crowley, O’Briens Costcutter/Applegreen, Togher, Cork
• Ross Denton, Londis/Circle K, Gorey, Co. Wexford
• Ben Kelly, DM Borris S.S, MACE/Top Oil, Co. Carlow
• Jayd David, McGuires Gala/Sweeney Oil, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim
• Inesa Bajoruniene, Maxol/The Cantillon Group, Little Island, Cork
• Richie Camon, Costcutter/Top Oil, Plaza Group, Ballyhea, Co. Cork
• Hugh Casserly, Cleary’s Circle K/Daybreak, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
• Antoinette Guiry, Mace/Applegreen, Holycross Service Station, Butlerstown, Co. Waterford
• Ajay Velayudhan, Maxol, Skehard Road, Mahon, Co. Cork

Overall Manager – Forecourt Store Medium – Sponsored by Salescare/Toshiba

• Agnes Sienkowska, Loughrea Service Station/Top Oil, Galway
• Anya Furlong, Centra/EMO, Junction 13, Grey Abbey Road, Co. Kildare
• Manny Lourenco, Inver, Crossagalla, Limerick,
• Iwona Pietruszka, O’Connors Centra/Texaco, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow
• Asta Ramone, Nearby/EMO, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
• Kevin McGrath, Daybreak/Circle K, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
• Ciaran Connolly, MACE/Top Oil, Omeath, Co. Louth
• Niamh Sheehan, Inver, Lot, Tipperary
• Jeeva Gunasekaran, Texaco/SPAR Monread Fare, Naas, Kildare
• Graham Kelly, Inver, Castlecomer Road, Baun, Kilkenny
• Colin Manning, Inver/Costcutter, O’ Briens Service Station, Bishopstown, Cork

Overall Manager – Forecourt Store Large – Sponsored by Salescare/Toshiba

• Brian Joyce, The Galway Plaza/SPAR, Athenry, Co. Galway
• Mark Byrne, Daybreak, South Link Road, Cork
• Sylvia McKenzie, SPAR, Model Farm Road, Cork
• Mantas Franckaitis, Costcutter N20 Mallow Plaza, Plaza Group, Cork
• Edita Nikitiniene, N4 Services/MACE, Ballinalack, Co. Westmeath
• Mikey Gallagher, Corrib Oil/SPAR, Westport, Co. Mayo
• Pat Harkin, Mighty Mols/MACE, Mountrath, Laois, Co. Laois
• John Meade, Junction 14 SPAR/Texaco, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare
• Adrian Gavin, Corrib Oil/SPAR, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
• Dillon Feehan, Portlaoise Plaza/Plaza Group, Co. Laois
• Alan Bradburn, N17 Plaza, Plaza Group, Co. Galway

Overall Manager – Supermarket Small – Sponsored by Bank of Ireland

• Damien White, EUROSPAR Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
• Nedko Yordanov, Aldi Sandyford, Dublin 18
• Shane Gibney, Donnybrook Fair, Greystones, Co. Wicklow
• Des Hope, ALDI Roscommon, Retail Park, Co. Roscommon
• Jolita Mazulyte, ALDI Rahoon, Knocknacarra, Co. Galway
• Declan Coyne, ALDI Ennistymon, Co. Clare
• Amir Pirbazari, Sans Stores Ltd, Nearby, Lucan, Co. Dublin

Overall Manager – Supermarket Medium – Sponsored by Glenhaven

• Lewis Mitchell, SuperValu Newcastle, Graydon Road, Co. Dublin
• Pat Sinnott, SuperValu Hypercentre, Waterford City
• Mairead Dooley, Brian Boru Service Station/Plaza Group, Co. Clare
• Tony Rochford, SuperValu Blackrock, Co. Dublin

Overall Manager – Supermarket Large – Sponsored by Glenhaven

• Aidan Doyle, ,Pettitts SuperValu, Southern Cross Bray, Co. Wicklow
• Glenn Leacy, Barry Collins SuperValu, Carrigaline, Co. Cork
• Colin Yeates, Dunnes Stores Point Square, East Wall Road, Dublin 1
• Ronan Dempsey, O’Keeffe’s SuperValu, Bantry, Cork
• Douglas Thompson, SuperValu Knocklyon, Dublin 16
• Kevin Morgan, Ryan’s SuperValu Togher, The Lough Shopping Centre, Cork
• Barry Linehan, Dunnes Stores, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow

Retail Team of the Year – Sponsored by Shelton Distributors

• Griffin Retail Group, Londis Beacon Court, Sandyford Ind. Estate, Dublin 18
• Herlihys Centra, 11 Patrick Street, Cork City
• O’Briens Costcutter Service Station, Bishopstown, Cork
• Brodericks SPAR, Croom, Co. Limerick
• Top Oil Garrycastle/Daybreak, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
• SuperValu Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin
• O’Keeffe’s SuperValu Bantry, Cork
• Herlihys Centra, 83 Grand Parade, Cork
• Pettitt’s SuperValu, Bray, Co. Wicklow
• Sheahans Centra, Muckross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry

Brand Marketing Team of The Year – Sponsored by S&W Wholesale

• Tayto Snacks
• Pladis Ireland
• Heineken
• Coca-Cola Hellenic
• Feastables by Mr. Beast
• Nordic Spirit
• DMC Foods
• Cheez-It
• Lucozade
• Hale Vaping

Trading Team of the Year – Sponsored by Shopper Intelligence

• Dunnes Stores
• Tesco Ireland
• Aldi Ireland
• Applegreen
• Gala Retail
• S&W Wholesale
• Musgrave Group
• Lidl Ireland
• BWG Foods
• Barry Group
• Circle K
• Maxol

On behalf of the team at ShelfLife we look forward to welcoming you on the night and wish all of our entrants the best of luck.