To acknowledge the vision and the efforts of the food-and-beverage retailers in India, Coca-Cola India in association with Images Group presented ‘Coca-Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2008 – Images awards for excellence in food retailing’, at Food Forum India (FFI), the two-day event being hosted at the Renaissance in Mumbai.
The first-of-its-kind ‘Coca-Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2008’ have in reserve a Golden Spoon Award for the most admired names in the industry. The awards were presented across the following categories:
MOST ADMIRED F&B RETAILER OF THE YEAR: QSR INDIAN ORIGIN
HALDIRAM’S
NIRULA’S
YO! CHINA (winner)
KAMATS
MOST ADMIRED F&B RETAILER OF THE YEAR: FOREIGN ORIGIN
DOMINOS
MCDONALD’S (winner)
PIZZA HUT
KFC
SUBWAY
MOST ADMIRED F&B RETAILER OF THE YEAR: CAFES & JUICE BARS
BARISTA
CAFÉ COFFEE DAY (winner)
BASKIN ROBBINS
MOCHA
COSTA COFFEE
MOST ADMIRED F&B RETAILER OF THE YEAR: DINE-IN INDIAN ORIGIN
COPPER CHIMNEY
SARVANA BHAWAN
MAINLAND CHINA (winner)
MOTI MAHAL
SAGAR RATNA
MOST ADMIRED F&G RETAILER OF THE YEAR: CONVENIENCE/ EXPRESS FORMATS
SUBHIKSHA
SPENCER’S DAILY
RELIANCE FRESH (winner)
MORE
IN & OUT
HP SPEED MART
MOST ADMIRED F&G RETAILER OF THE YEAR: SUPERMARKETS
FOOD BAZAAR (winner)
SPENCER’S SUPER
RELIANCE SUPER
MORE
MOST ADMIRED F&G RETAILER OF THE YEAR: HYPERMARKETS
HYPERCITY
VISHAL MEGAMART
BIG BAZAAR (winner)
SPENCER’S HYPER
RELIANCE MART
MORE MEGA STORE
SPAR
MOST ADMIRED F&G RETAILER OF THE YEAR: PRIVATE LABEL
SPENCER’S
MORE (winner)
FOOD BAZAAR
SUBHIKSHA
RELIANCE
MOST ADMIRED RETAILER OF THE YEAR: DYNAMIC GROWTH IN NETWORK EXPANSION ACROSS FOOD, BEVERAGES & GROCERY
RELIANCE RETAIL
SUBHIKSHA
FUTURE GROUP (winner)
ADITYA BIRLA RETAIL
SPENCER’S RETAIL
MOST ADMIRED F&G RETAILER OF THE YEAR: REGIONAL PLAYER
SPINACH (winner)
BIG APPLE
HERITAGE FOODS @
NILGIRI’S
6TEN
FOODWORLD
MOST ADMIRED F&G RETAILER OF THE YEAR: CONSUMERS’ CHOICE
SPENCER’S
VISHAL MEGAMART
BIG BAZAAR (winner)
SUBHIKSHA
RELIANCE FRESH
MOST ADMIRED FOOD PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR: FOOD & GROCERY
ANDREW LEVERMORE
SADHASHIV NAIK
RAGHU PILLAI
R SUBRAMANIAN
SUMANTRA BANERJEE
GUNENDER KAPUR (winner)
MOST ADMIRED FOOD PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR: F&B SERVICES
PARTHA DATTAGUPTA
VIKRAM BAKSHI (winner)
SANJIV KAPOOR
SUNIL KAPOOR
ANJAN CHATTERJEE
ASHISH KAPUR
NIREN CHAUDHARY
MOST ADMIRED F&G RETAIL VISIONARY OF THE YEAR
KISHORE BIYANI
MOST ADMIRED F&G RETAILER OF THE YEAR: LANDMARK CONCEPT CREATION & EXECUTION
HYPERCITY
The awards are a part of Food Forum India, arguably the country’s largest congregation of global and Indian food retailers, manufacturers, organisations and minds in the food-and-beverage businesses. Food Forum India as a concept was launched by Subodh Kant Sahai, minister of food processing industries, government of India.
Flagging off the awards ceremony, Sahai said, “We are learning from the private retail players and trying to bring about an investment-friendly policy for you. I congratulate all the participants and the organisers for taking the interest and initiative in organising the Food Forum on such a huge scale. I also request the food-and-grocery retailers to work on something so that the farmers can be a part of the development of the sector. Growing demand from the retailers will lead the farmers to perform better. The retail sector players are the new leaders of the farming community.”
The Coca-Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2008 were decided on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of:
• Voting from consumers through a pan-India survey in six leading metros and tier I cities
• Voting from leading industry experts in the field of food-and-beverage and food-and-grocery retailing
• Self-nominations by various players which included information on key variables such as retail presence in terms of number of outlets/geographic coverage, operational retail space, turnover, growth in the last one year, new formats introduced, new marketing initiatives, and communication
• Final jury voting comprising global consulting firms and leading industry observers and analysts
