Winners of the 2024 NACS Convenience Retail Awards Europe revealed
Q1, BWG and Musgrave were awarded by the association for their efforts alongside Brian Donaldson, who was recognized as European Convenience Industry Leader.
At the NACS Convenience Summit Europe recently celebrated in Barcelona, industry leaders gathered for this year’s Convenience Retail Awards Europe gala.
The award ceremony provides one of the highest benchmarks of global convenience retailing excellence in four categories: retailer of the year, industry leader of the year, sustainability, and technology.
SuperValu Portstewart, part of the Musgrave Group, won the NACS European Convenience Retailer of the Year Award. This store was the first in Northern Ireland where Musgrave launched “SuperValu Rejuvenation” in August 2022.
With an investment of £1.1 million, SuperValu Portstewart was reimagined into a bright, airy, and modern space with wide linear aisles offering easier navigation for shoppers.
BWG Foods, part of the BWG Group in Dublin, Ireland, was awarded the NACS European Convenience Retail Sustainability Award, thanks to its collaboration with Anglo Irish Refrigeration and Wirth Research. The company designed, created and implemented energy efficient solutions, Next Generation Refrigeration and Climate Flow, for using airflow movements to enhance the cooler’s energy efficiency and repurposing cold air to cool the store during the summer.
Germany-based Q1 Shop & Go won the NACS European Convenience Retail Technology Award, an AI-based smart store designed to make quick and easy errands possible. Q1 Energie AG operates over 230 petrol stations and more than 50 electric vehicle charging stations throughout Germany, and is testing a new form of convenience with its Q1 Shop & Go, located in the Science Park in Osnabrück.
In addition, NACS previously announced Brian Donaldson, CEO of Ireland-based Maxol, as the winner of the NACS European Convenience Industry Leader Award.
