MUSGRAVE CROWNS ‘STORE OF THE YEAR’ WINNERS
Centra stores have been commended for excellence at the annual Musgrave Northern Ireland ‘Store of the Year’ awards. The Musgrave awards ceremony celebrates and recognises the achievements, hard work and dedication of its retail partners across its brands.
Centra McPolin’s in Annaclone scooped the Centra Foodmarket Store of the Year award, 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’.
In the Centra High-Convenience category, Centra Kavanagh’s Waterloo Place in Derry~Londonderry was awarded Store of the Year for the fourth time due to its excellent teamwork, plus very high standards across range and customer service. Described as a ‘small store that packs a big punch’, the store also picked up the LRQA award which recognises the highest standards in food quality and safety.
The ceremony also saw Centra McCloskey’s Frosses Road in Cloughmills, which opened in July 2024, take the title of Newcomer of the Year. In the charity category, Centra Cuttle’s Deansbridge in Armagh was crowned Fundraiser of the Year for Action Cancer, after raising a fantastic £4,573 in 2024. In the Excellence in Social Media category, Centra Lusty’s Larne clinched the title, while Centra Boal and Martin’s in Holywood was also recognised for continuous improvement in the LRQA food quality and safety category.
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’.
