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Six stores in County Antrim have been commended for excellence at the 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 the SuperValu, Centra and MACE brands.

Claiming the SuperValu Store of the Year was SuperValu McCool’s Ballymoney which was recognised for its exceptional standards, range innovation, commitment to staff development and a team dedicated to providing great customer experience and service.

In the Mace categories, Mace McCaughan’s in Armoy celebrated when it won the Mace large format Store of the Year. At the heart of the community, the team here takes immense pride in the store which underwent a transformation in 2024 and was awarded for its outstanding service and revitalized offer for shoppers.

Raymond Lusty from Lusty’s Centra Larne accepts the award for Excellence in Social Media. He is joined by and Musgrave NI Director of Marketing Desi Derby (left), Trevor Davies from category PepsiCo and awards host Pete Snodden.

In the Mace small format category, Mace McCann’s in Greenisland scooped the title not least for its dedicated team which continually strives for excellence and is focused on delivering exceptional value to its loyal customers.

Newcomer of the Year went to Centra McCloskey’s on Frosses Road, a new £3m store which opened in July 2024 and is a popular stop for people travelling south from the North Coast.

Centra Lusty’s in Larne and Mace Boyd’s in Toome, were also recognised for excellence in social media.

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.

Receiving the MACE (small format) Store of the Year award at Musgrave NI’s Store of the Year event are Samantha Peters and Gemma McCann from Mace Greenisland. They are joined by (from left) Musgrave NI’s Managing Director Trevor Magill, Mace Sales Manager Jonathan Mills, Eimear Dillon from category sponsor Nutricia, and awards host Pete Snodden.

“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

Success for six Co Antrim stores in Musgrave Store of the Year award