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Filan’s Centra of Castle Street, Sligo was named National Convenience Store of the Year at the 2017 National C-Store Awards, which took place in Dublin's Royal Marine Hotel on Wednesday night.
Print23 November 2017
Filan’s Centra of Castle Street, Sligo has been named National Convenience Store of the Year 2017, beating off stiff competition to scoop the ultimate accolade at the ShelfLife National C-Store Awards 2017.
Ireland’s top retailers and brands gathered at Dublin’s Royal Marine Hotel on the night of Wednesday, 22nd to attend the prestigious ceremony. Now in its 17th year, the C-Store Awards are the only comprehensive and independently judged business accolades for the convenience store sector. Once again, the event’s platinum sponsors were Cuisine de France, Irish Daily Mail and the National Lottery.
Together with returning master of ceremonies Marty Whelan, ShelfLife welcomed more than 400 guests from across the industry. A total of 29 awards were presented, celebrating the industry’s finest stores and people in a diverse range of categories.
These included a special presentation of the Convenience Champion of the Year 2017, which was awarded to Gus O’Hara. A former past President of the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA), Gus O’Hara currently serves as Executive Officer 2017/2018. A veteran Dublin retailer, he has been active for many years in representing the needs of his fellow retailers and supporting local community initiatives.
“There are a number of very important highlights from this year’s awards scheme,” ShelfLife publisher John McDonald said on the night. “Standards have improved across the board, and there was a discernible percentage increase in the average score of all stores that entered.
“This year the competition to sit at the top table was fierce,” he continued. “Standards are up across the board and the ultimate winner is the shopper who gets an increasingly strong and sophisticated retail experience at his local convenience store.”
The full list of awards and winners:
BEST FOOD TO GO DEPARTMENT 2017 // Sponsored by Cuisine de France
Casey’s Londis/Topaz, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Mark Hargadon of Aryzta Food Solutions with Terry McShane, David Tarrant and Aidan Hennigan of Casey’s Londis
BEST CAR ACCESSORY SECTION 2017 // Sponsored by Station Master
Topaz, City Avenue, Citywest, Dublin 24.
John McDonald of ShelfLife magazine with Billy Massey, John McGloin and Paul Cluskey of McGloin’s
BEST C-STORE OFF-LICENCE 2017 // Sponsored by Blossom Hill
McGloin’s Gala, Foxford, Co. Mayo
Michael Curran, Sales Mgr, Daily Mail, with Billy Shearer of XL Newsagents Eyre Square
BEST NEWS DEPARTMENT 2017 // Sponsored by Irish Mail on Sunday
XL Newsagents, Eyre Square, Co. Galway
– Gillian Hamill, Editor, ShelfLife, with David Bagenall of Spar Parkwest
BEST FRESH & CHILLED DEPARTMENT 2017 // Sponsored by ShelfLife
Spar Parkwest, Dublin 12
– Patricia Mulligan of Bord na Móna with Martin Lowe of LondisTopaz, Grange, Co. Sligo
BEST SOLID FUEL RETAILER OF THE YEAR 2017 // Sponsored by Bord na Móna
Londis/Topaz, Grange, Co. Sligo
Brian Rouse, Key Acct Manager, Payzone, with Rayleen McCaughey of DaybreakTop Oil, Co. Monaghan
STAFF DEVELOPMENT AWARD 2017 // Sponsored by Payzone
Top Oil/Daybreak Service Station, Co. Monaghan
Tom Gannon of Fulfil with Karl Fitzgerald of Applegreen, Swords
BEST SPORTS & PROTEIN OFFERING 2017 // Applegreen Swords, Mountgorry, Co. Dublin
Sponsored by Fulfil
Ian Mulvaney of ShelfLife, with Seamus Griffin of Griffin’s Londis, Grafton Street
BEST COMMUNITY INITIATIVE 2017 // Sponsored by ShelfLife.ie
Griffins Londis, Grafton Street, Dublin 2
Jim O’Connor of the National Lottery with Runners-up PJ Rowley, Geoff Scally and Stephen Daly
NATIONAL LOTTERY RETAIL STORE OF THE YEAR 2017 // Sponsored by National Lottery
Dungarvan Topaz/Daybreak, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
Adrian Tyrell, National Sales Mgr, PostPoint, with Ray Lee, Fiona O’Keefe, Brendan Lee of Lees Centra, Charleville, Co. Cork
BEST NEW C-STORE CONCEPT/OFFERING 2017 // Sponsored by Postpoint
Lee’s Centra, Charleville, Co. Cork
Nikki Murran of Excel Recruitment, with Paudi Byrne, Spar Tipperary Town Plaza
BEST IMPULSE OFFERING 2017 // Sponsored by Excel Recruitment
Spar, Tipperary Town Plaza, Co. Tipperary
Mark Morgan of ShelfLife Magazine, with Suzanne Cleary, Pat Cleary, Margaret Jordan and Michael Jordan of JBM Merit
RETAIL TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR 2017 // Sponsored by ShelfLife
JBM Merit
Colin Donnelly, Spar Sales Director, with Kevin O’Sullivan, Cadbury’s Roundies
BEST NEW CONVENIENCE STORE PRODUCT LAUNCH 2017 // Sponsored by Spar
Cadbury Roundies
Mary Bedair of Leaders Enterprises with Tom Gannon of Fulfil and Philip McGowan of Richmond Marketing
BEST C-STORE MARKETING OF THE YEAR 2017
Sponsored by Leaders Enterprises
Fulfil
Colm Fitzsimons, XL Business Development Mgr, with Simon Fitzpatrick, Coca-Cola
CONVENIENCE STORE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR 2017 // Sponsored by XL
Coca-Cola
Jim Barry of the Barry Group with Tom Gaskin and Linda Cowen of Santa Rita
C-STORE WINE OF THE YEAR 2017 // Sponsored by Barry Group
Santa Rita
Billy Massey, Gala Operations Manager, with Brendan Egan and Eric Nolan of Aryzta Food Solutions Ireland
C-STORE SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR 2017 // ARYZTA Food Solutions Ireland
Sponsored by Gala Retail Services
Irene Collins of EIQA with John McDonald and Convenience Champion Gus O’Hara
CONVENIENCE CHAMPION OF THE YEAR 2017 // Sponsored by EIQA
Gus O’Hara
Cormac Dawson of Centra with winner Dean Siney of Nutriquick
BEST START-UP AWARD 2017 // Sponsored by Centra
NutriQuick
Paul Cummins of Seachange with Runner up Yvonne Duffy of Maxol Mace, Westport
FORECOURT RETAILER OF THE YEAR (SMALL) 2017 // Sponsored by Seachange
Runner-up: Maxol Mace, Westport
Paul Cummins of Seachange with Winners Agnis Agnis Puinculs and Kate Stepowsa of Maxol Mace Ballycooli
Winner: Maxol Mace, Ballycoolin, Dublin 15
FORECOURT RETAILER OF THE YEAR (LARGE) 2017 // Sponsored by Seachange
Paul Cummins of Seachange with Runners-Up Jurgita Dulkyte of Applegreen Wicklow
Runner-up: Applegreen Wicklow
Paul Cummins of Seachange with (Joint Winners) O’Briens Costcutter Amber
Paul Cummins of Seachange with (Joint Winners) Des Walsh and Julianna Murphy of Topaz Dublin Port
Joint Winners: O’Brien’s Costcutter/Amber, Bishopstown, Cork City AND Topaz Dublin Port
BEST CONVENIENCE STORE – under 1,500 sq. ft. 2017 // Sponsored by Cuisine de France, National Lottery, The Irish Daily Mail
David Vaz, Circulation Mgr, Daily Mail Group with Runners-up Thomas Ennis, Sandra McCormack, Joanna Staran and Anna Carter, Spar Gourmet, Baggot
Runner-up: Spar Gourmet, Baggot Street
David Vaz with winners Martin Moran, Finbar Filan and Sami Saini of Filan’s Centra, Sligo
Winner: Filan’s Centra, 25 Castle Street, Sligo
BEST CONVENIENCE STORE – 1,500-2,500 sq. ft. 2017
Sponsored by Cuisine de France, National Lottery, The Irish Daily Mail
Winner: SPAR, Custom House Square, IFSC, Dublin 1
Mark Hargadon with winners Joe and Marian Byrne of Spar Custom House Square
Runner-up: Byrne’s Londis, Aughrim
Mark Hargadon with Runners-up Theresa and Peter Byrne of Byrne’s Londis, Aughrim
BEST CONVENIENCE STORE – 2,500-4,000 sq. ft. 2017
Sponsored by Cuisine de France, National Lottery, The Irish Daily Mail
Winner: Texaco/Spar, Fermoy, Co. Cork
Dermot Griffin of National Lottery with winners Sean Heaphy of Texaco Spar Fermoy and Colin Donnelly of Spar
Runner-up: Centra Go Fuels Ballyshannon
Dermot Griffin of National Lottery with Runners-up Fionnuala and Rossa McCusker Centra Go Fuels Ballyshannon
BEST CONVENIENCE STORE – 4,000+ sq. ft. 2017
Sponsored by Cuisine de France, National Lottery, The Irish Daily Mail
Winner: Lee’s Centra, Charleville, Co. Cork
John McDonald with Louise Lee, Brian Tynan, Melissa Lee, Fiona O’Keefe of Lee’s Centra, Charleville
Runner-up: Costcutter Bealadangan
John McDonald with runner up Norman Lenihan of Costcutter Bealadangan
CUISINE DE FRANCE BAKERY AWARD 2017 // Sponsored by Cuisine de France
– Mark Hargadon of Aryzta Food Solutions with Damien Johnston, Costcutter, Taylor’s Lane
Costcutter, Taylors Lane, Dublin 16
SUPREME CHAMPION AWARD WINNER
NATIONALCONVENIENCE STORE WINNER 2017
Sponsored by Cuisine de France, National Lottery, The Irish Daily Mail
National C-Store of the Year, Filan’s Centra, Sligo
Winner: Filan’s Centra, Sligo
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