Carol Marshall
9 April, 2025
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Annaclone store wins at Musgrave 'Store of the Year' awadrs

An Annaclone store has been commended for excellence at the Musgrave Northern Ireland ‘Store of the Year Awards’

Receiving the Centra Foodmarket Store of the Year award at Musgrave NI’s Store of the Year event are Centra Annaclone owners and siblings Eoin and Sharon McPolin (centre). They are joined by (left to right)  Musgrave NI’s Managing Director Trevor Magill and Centra Sales Manager Norman Bennett, plus Sarah Wilson from category sponsors Coca-Cola and host Pete Snodden.

The Musgrave awards ceremony celebrates and recognises the achievements, hard work and dedication of its retail partners across the SuperValu, Centra and MACE brands.

Centra McPolin’s Annaclone won the Centra Foodmarket Store of the Year, acknowledged for its outstanding customer service standards, strong sales and continually delivering what the community wants; ‘a store that’s small in size but big on stature’.

Trevor Magill, Managing Director of Musgrave Northern Ireland said: “The Musgrave Store of the Year awards provide us the opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements, hard work and dedication of our retail partners, across our three brands.

“I want to say a huge thank you to all our retailers who work so hard to maintain the highest standards across our brands. Congratulations to all the finalists and award winners who never fail to deliver the best customer service to communities across Northern Ireland.”

The awards ceremony was hosted by radio presenter and DJ Pete Snodden last Friday night in The Slieve Donard Hotel. Finalists are selected following several rigorous rounds of performance and standards audits, with the highest accolade being ‘Store of the Year’.

Musgrave Store of the Year Winners and Finalists

 

SuperValu Store of the Year, sponsored by Diageo

Winner: SuperValu McCool’s Ballymoney

Finalists: 

SuperValu Woods’ Fruitfield (silver)

SuperValu Wilson’s, Garvaghy Road, Portadown (bronze)

SuperValu Downey’s Dublin Road, Newry

SuperValu McCool’s Kells

Centra Foodmarket Store of the Year, sponsored by Coca-Cola HBC

Winner: Centra McPolin’s Annaclone

Finalists: 

Centra McGleenan’s Keady (silver)

Centra Cuttle’s Deansbridge (bronze)

Centra Boal & Martin’s Holywood

Centra Watson’s Portaferry

Centra High-Convenience Store of the Year, sponsored by Coca-Cola HBC

Winner: Centra Kavanagh’s Waterloo Place, Derry~Londonderry

Finalists: 

Centra Curry’s Curr Road, Omagh (silver)

Centra Lusty’s Larne Port (bronze)

Centra Cathcart’s Magherafelt

Centra McCullagh’s Campsie, Omagh

MACE large format Store of the Year, sponsored by Britvic

Winner: Mace McCaughan’s Armoy

Finalists: 

Mace Dolan’s Gortin Road, Omagh (silver)

Mace Nugent’s Mount Alverno (bronze)

MACE small format Store of the Year, sponsored by Nutricia

Winner: Mace McCann’s Greenisland

Finalists: 

Mace Gracey’s Gasworks, Belfast (silver)

Mace McCloskey’s Derrychrier bronze)

Newcomer of the Year, sponsored by Pilgrim

Winner: Centra McCloskey’s Frosses Road, Cloughmills

Finalist: Centra Lusty’s Townparks, Larne

SuperValu Excellence in Social Media, sponsored by Dairy Consumer Foods 

Winner: SuperValu Wilson’s Garvaghy Road, Portadown

Centra Excellence in Social Media, sponsored by PepsiCo

Winner: Centra Lusty’s Larne

Mace Excellence in Social Media, sponsored by Mars Confectionary

Winner: Mace Boyd’s Toome

 

Fundraising Store of the Year for Action Cancer

Winner: SuperValu Woods’ Fruitfield, Richhill

Winner: Centra Cuttle’s Deansbridge, Armagh

MACE Fundraising Store of the Year for NI Chest Heart and Stroke 

Winner: Mace Corry’s Sion Mills

LRQA Winners: 

SuperValu Daly’s Aughnacloy

Centra Kavanagh’s Waterloo Place

Continuous Improvement: 

SuperValu Moran’s Ballykelly

Centra Boal & Martin’s Holywood