2024 Winners Gallery

National Convenience Store of the Year 2024

Sean Nolan, regional sales manager, Kellanova (Cheez It); Stuart Meikle, commercial director Ireland/UK Cuisine de France; Donna Ahern, editor, ShelfLife Magazine and Jim O Connor, national sales manager, National Lottery with Applegreen Ballymount team. Award Sponsored by Cuisine de France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

C-Store Champion of the Year - Sponsored by Hale

Vincent Jennings, The Chief Executive Officer of the CSNA. Simon Carroll, managing director, Hale Vaping presenting Vincent Jennings, CEO, CSNA with the C-Store Champion of the Year Award

Convenience Store of the Year (Mini) - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Gold Winner: Mace Beaumont, 12/12a Shantalla Road, Beaumont, Dublin 9. Donna Ahern, editor, ShelfLife Magazine; Kevin Caufield, manager, Mace Beaumont; Andrew McCann, regional manager, Mace and Keith Crawford, sales director, MACE

Convenience Store of the Year (Mini) - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Silver Winner: Londis Aughrim, Main Street, Aughrim, Wicklow. Donna Ahern, editor, ShelfLife Magazine; Teresa Byrne, owner, Londis Aughrim; Caoimhe Byrne and Siobhan Byrne, managers, Londis Aughrim

Convenience Store of the Year (Mini) - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Bronze Winner: Centra Central Park, Block P Central Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18. Donna Ahern, editor, ShelfLife Magazine with Hugh Hunt and Shane Horrigan, owners, Centra Central Park

Convenience Store of the Year (Small) - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Gold Winner: Daybreak Dungarvan, Youghal Road, Dungarvan, Waterford. David Byrne, head of field sales, Cheez It and Kevin Forde, owner, Daybreak Dungarvan

Convenience Store of the Year (Small) - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Silver Winner: Mace, Thomas Street, Limerick Caption: Sinead Roach, owner, Mace Thomas Street; Keith Crawford, sales director, MACE and Helena Roche, owner, Mace Thomas Street

Convenience Store of the Year (Small) - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Bronze Winner: XL New Inn, Ballinasloe, Galway Caption: Colm Fitzsimons, national business development manager, XL; Val O’Meara, development manager, XL; Angela Fahy, manager, XL New Inn and Tony Fahy

Best Medium Convenience Store - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Bronze Winner: SPAR Clancy Quay, The Watchtower, Island Bridge, Dublin 8: Kevin Fitzgerald, head of field sales, ARYZTA with SPAR Clancy Quay team

Best Medium Convenience Store - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Silver Winner: SPAR Little Island, Eastgate Business Park, Little Island, Cork: Kevin Fitzgerald, head of field sales, ARYZTA with SPAR Little Island team

Best Medium Convenience Store - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Gold Winner: SPAR Donacarney, Donacarney Village Square, Meath: Kevin Fitzgerald, head of field sales, ARYZTA and Ger Ralph, owner, SPAR Donacarney

Best Large Convenience Store Award - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Gold winner: Londis Castleknock, Phoenix Park Way, Phoenix Park Racecourse, Dublin 15: Simon Reenan, regional sales manager, National Lottery; Jonathan Gillian, owner, Londis Castleknock and Conor Hayes, sales director, Londis

Best Large Convenience Store Award - Sponsored by Cuisine De France, Cheez-It & National Lottery

Silver Winner: Dillon’s Londis, Fethard-on-Sea, Hook Head, Wexford: Conor Hayes, sales director, Londis; Molly Dillon, Cindy Dillon and Jessie Dillion of Dillon’s Londis

Best Large Convenience Store Award

Bronze Winner: SPAR Carpenterstown, Castleknock, Dublin 15: Simon Reenan, regional sales manager, National Lottery and Mark Jones, owner, SPAR Carpenterstown

Forecourt Retailer of the Year (Large) - Sponsored by PCS Group

Gold Winner: Applegreen Ballymount, M50 Service Area, Ballymount, Dublin 12: Thomas Desmond, head of sales & business development ROI & NI, PCS Group; Keith Ennis, head of operations, Applegreen and Aidan Hughes, regional manager, Applegreen Ballymount

Forecourt Retailer of the Year (Large) - Sponsored by PCS Group

Silver Winner: O’Brien’s Costcutter Service Station, Bandon Road Junction, Bishopstown, Cork: Thomas Desmond, head of sales & business development ROI & NI, PCS Group; Colin Manning, manager, O’Brien’s Costcutter Service Station, Michelle and Anthony O’Brien, owners, O’Brien’s Costcutter Service Station

Forecourt Retailer of the Year (Large) - Sponsored by PCS Group

Bronze Winner: Lee’s Centra/Applegreen, Garranmore, Pallasgreen, Limerick: Thomas Desmond, head of sales & business development ROI & NI, PCS Group, Brendan Lee and Ray Lee, owners, Lee’s Centra/Applegreen

Forecourt Retailer of the Year (Small) - Sponsored by PCS Group

Gold Winner: Spar Corrib Oil Parkway, Dublin Road, Singland, Limerick: Thomas Desmond, head of sales & business development ROI & NI, PCS Group and Martin Byrnes, regional manager, Spar

Forecourt Retailer of the Year (Small) - Sponsored by PCS Group

Silver Winner: Applegreen Service Station, Merrion Road, Booterstown, Dublin 4: Thomas Desmond, head of sales & business development ROI & NI, PCS Group; Neil Somers, regional manager, Applegreen and Alma Eriu, store manager, Applegreen Service Station Merrion Road

Forecourt Retail of the Year (Small) - Sponsored by PCS Group

Bronze Winner: Reidy’s Centra, Corgrig, Foynes, Limerick: Thomas Desmond, head of sales & business development ROI & NI, PCS Group; Kevin Reidy, owner, Reidy’s Centra and Dylan Reidy, assistant store manager, Reidy’s Centra

Food To Go Retailer of the Year Award - Sponsored by Cuisine de France

SPAR Little Island, Eastgate Business Park, Cork: Kevin Fitzgerald, head of field sales, ARYZTA; Declan Burns, general manager SPAR Little Island; Shane Cantillon, owner, SPAR Little Island; Lisa Corcoran, head of retail, Cantillon; Christopher Querl, fresh food manager, SPAR Little Island

Best C-Store Off-Licence Award - Sponsored by Salescare / Kinvara

O’Reilly’s Centra, 33/35 Johnstown Road, Cabinteely, Dublin: Eamonn O’Toole, executive director, SalesCare; Declan Langley, manager, O’Reilly’s Centra; Tibu Thomas, store manager, O’Reilly’s Centra and Bobby O’Reilly, owner, O’Reilly’s Centra

Protein Section Display of the Year - Sponsored by Fulfil

Costcutter, N20 Mallow Plaza, Limerick Road, Cork: Liam Ryan, general manager, Richmond Marketing and Mantas Franckaitis, forecourt manager, Costcutter, N20 Mallow Plaza

Best Impulse Offering Award - Sponsored by Excel Recruitment

Londis DCU, Glasnevin, The Hub, Whitehall, Dublin 9: Nikki Murran, director of grocery retail, Excel Recruitment and Conor Hayes, sales director, Londis

Best Customer Service 2024 - Sponsored by Smart Bits

Reidy’s Centra, Corgrig, Foynes, Limerick: James Fitzpatrick, national business development manager, Smart Bits Phone Accessories; Dylan Reidy, assistant store manager, Reidy’s Centra and Kevin Reidy, owner, Reidy’s Centra

Best Fresh & Chilled Retailer of the Year Award - Sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland

Cosgroves Centra, Mountain Top, Letterkenny, Donegal: Jen Guiney, business development manager, Food & Drink Division, Invest Northern Ireland; Vjeran Milkviv, assistant manager, Cosgroves Centra and Des Cosgrove, owner, Cosgroves Centra

Cuisine de France Bakery Award - Sponsored by Cuisine de France

Spar Merrion Row: Stuart Meikle, commercial director Ireland/UK, ARYZTA Ireland and Thomas Ennis, owner, Spar Merrion Row

Sustainability / Environment Brand of the Year - Sponsored by Nearby

Coca Cola HBC: Jason McSteen, sales manager, Nearby Ireland with Coca Cola HBC team collecting the award

Staff Development Award - Sponsored by Bank of Ireland

Applegreen, M4 Enfield, Meath: Mark Morgan, account manager, Mediateam; Keith Ennis, head of operations, Applegreen; Matt Farrell, site director, Applegreen M4 Enfield and Rhona McGee, on site food operations manager, Applegreen M4 Enfield

C-Store Champion of the Year

Vincent Jennings, The Chief Executive Officer of the CSNA: Simon Carroll, managing director, Hale Vaping and Vincent Jennings, CEO, CSNA

National Lottery Store of the Year 2024 (Runner Up)

Broderick’s Spar, Main Street, Croom, Co. Limerick: Mary Grace, field sales representative, National Lottery and Padraig Broderick, owner, Broderick’s Spar

National Lottery Store of the Year 2024 (Runner Up)

Hoey’s Spar, Moorfield Shopping Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare: Simon Reenan, regional sales manager, National Lottery and Brian Hoey, owner, Hoey’s Spar

National Lottery Store of the Year 2024 (Runner Up)

Texaco S/S, Bunclody, Co. Wexford: Siobhan Breslin, manager, Texaco S/S; Shane Kenny, national account manager, National Lottery and Caitriona Dowling, owner, Texaco S/S

National Lottery Store of the Year 2024 (Runner Up)

Nearby Johnstown, Shopping Centre, Navan, Co. Meath: Mary Grace, field sales representative, National Lottery; Padraig Lonergan, owner, Nearby Johnstown; Pauline Laverty, manager, Nearby Johnstown and Philip Keegan, owner, Nearby Johnstown

Best New Food & Drink Start-up Award - Sponsored by Centra

Blynk+: Colm Tubridy, sales south territory manager, Centra and David Hartigan, store manager, Centra

Community Initiative Award - Sponsored by Payzone

Maxol, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth: Daragh Mac Donagh, area manager, Payzone; Paddy O’Hanlon, manager, Maxol Dublin Road and Colin Fee, owner, Maxol Dublin Road

Best News Department 2024 - Sponsored by EM News

XL Eyre Square, 112 Eyre Square Shopping Centre, Galway: Danny McCormick, general manager Ireland, with XL Eyre Square team collecting the award

C-Store Product of the Year Award - Sponsored by XL

Lucozade: Jessica Pritzel, brand manager, Lucozade and Amy O’Sullivan, assistant brand manager, Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I

Best Supplier Award 2024 - Sponsored by GALA

ARYZTA Ireland: Gary Desmond, CEO, Gala with ARYZTA team collecting the award

Retail Technology Supplier of the Year - Sponsored by Maxol

PCS Group: Nikki Maguire, head of marketing, Maxol; Thomas Desmond, head of sales & business development ROI & NI, PCS Group; Aidan Comerford, director, PCS; and Alan Condron, director, PCS

Marketing Campaign of the Year - Sponsored by MACE

Cadbury: Keith Crawford, sales director, MACE with Cadbury's team collecting the award

Best New Product Launch Award - Sponsored by SPAR

Tayto Mighty Munch: Eric Shally, regional manager, Spar and Oisin McKenna, brand manager, Tayto Snacks

Best Wine of the Year Award - Sponsored by Barry Group / Costcutter / Carry Out

Santa Rita: Paul Roach, head, Costcutter and Ed Jolliffe, brand ambassador, Santa Rita Estates

Best New C-Store Concept / Offering 2024 - Sponsored by Stocktaking.ie

O’Brien’s Costcutter Service Station, Bandon Road Junction, Bishopstown, Cork: Patrick Quinn, key account manager, Ireland, with O’Brien’s Costcutter Service Station team collecting the award

National Lottery Retailer of the Year - Sponsored by The National Lottery

Bergin’s Food Fair, Clonmel, Tipperary: Kieran Touhy, retail sales team, National Lottery; Seamus and Jill Bergin, owners, Bergin’s Food Fair