Going for gold
With FWD’s Gold Medal Awards taking place tonight, here are the runners and riders for all of the categories
As the anticipation builds for the biggest night in the wholesale calendar, the industry waits to see who will be crowned the winners of 2019’s FWD Gold Medal Awards.
Being held at Old Billingsgate in London, the annual celebration will see more than 700 people from across the industry congregate to recognise the best-performing people and teams from the past 12 months.
With a host of supplier and wholesaler gongs on offer, here’s a reminder of the names in contention for all of the night’s awards.
SUPPLIER AWARD NOMINEES
Retail Brand
Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola European Partners
Pepsi, Britvic Soft Drinks
Red Bull, Red Bull
Licensed Brand
Peroni, Asahi UK
Whitley Neill, Halewood Wines & Spirits
Birra Moretti, Heineken UK
Foodservice Brand
Maggi, Nestlé Professional
Walkers, PepsiCo UK
Bisto, Premier Foods
Best Use of Data and Insight
Coca-Cola European Partners
KP Snacks
Unilever Food Solutions
Service Level Supplier
Kraft Heinz
Nestlé Professional
Silver Spoon Company
Best New Product – Retail
Coke Energy, Coca-Cola European Partners
Whitley Neill, Halewood Wines & Spirits
Maltesers Truffles, Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Best New Product – Foodservice
Uncle Ben’s Katsu Curry, Aimia Foods
Robinsons, Britvic Soft Drinks
Table Top Sauces, Unilever Food Solutions
Process Innovation
Britvic Soft Drinks
Carlsberg UK
Coca-Cola European Partners
Digital Innovation
Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Red Bull
Unilever Food Solutions
Young Supplier of the Year
Tom Jackson, Carlsberg UK
Jordan Halsman, Molson Coors Brewing Company
David Howells, Swizzels Matlow
WHOLESALER AWARD NOMINEES
Wholesaler Service to Caterers
Bidfood
Birchall Foodservice
JJ Foodservice
Wholesaler Service to Retailers
Bestway Wholesale
Rayburn Trading
Savage & Whitten
Smaller Wholesaler
Iain Hill
Mevalco
Yules
Best Use of Data and Insight
Bidfood
JW Filshill
Time Wholesale Services
Digital Innovation
JJ Foodservice
Savona Foodservice
Unitas Wholesale
Customer Business Development
Darren Moffatt, Bidfood
Martyn Parkinson, Booker
Leanne Parkin, Ramsden International
Telesales Star
Pamela Whytock, Bestway
Lynda Hayes, Bidfood
Emily Lord, Birchall Foodservice
Depot Manager
Atif Raza, Bestway
Steve Bonser, Bidfood
Nicola Warburton, Costco
Depot Star
Joe O’Sullivan, Booker
Richard Stimpson, Creed Foodservice
Cherry Atta, JJ Foodservice
Star Driver
Derek Simpson, Bestway
James Vincent, Bidfood
Darren Heather, Creed Foodservice
Young Wholesaler
Salih Sheikh, Bestway
Anthony Hall, Bidfood
Emma Holden, Country Range Group
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