‘Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards’– Images awards for excellence in food retailing – presented on 4th March at the Food Forum India evening of food titans was a grand corporate ceremony with award presentations by business leaders, and high-gloss entertainment by celebrities.
The Awards followed strict international benchmarks in deciding the top honors with IRIS as Knowledge Partner. The selection process involved a countrywide poll to short-list the nominees, jury nominations, self-nominations by short listed nominees followed by performance assessment by IRIS analysts. The awards Jury consisted of prominent names from the branded food industry and business analysts, modern trade teams of global & Indian food majors including Hindustan Unilever, Britannia, Cadbury, Cargill, Dabur, Darshan Foods and Forum of Indian Food Importers.
The ‘Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards’ acknowledge excellence in food retailing & food services – retailers adopting best practices at the back end and front end – including customer relations, smart strategy, operational efficiencies and innovation across value chain.
Most Admired F&B Retailer of the Year: QSR Indian Origin
Winner: Rajdhani
Amit Burman, vice-chairman, Dabur India presented the award to Ashish Maheshwari, director Encore Hotels Pvt Ltd.
Hall of Fame:
Haldiram’s
Nirula’s
Street Foods of India
Mad about China
Sagar Ratna
Most Admired F&B Retailer of the Year: QSR Foreign Origin
Winner: Domino’s Pizza
Nigam Patel, director, Provogue India presented the award to Ajay Kaul, CEO, Jubilant Food Works Ltd.
Hall of Fame:
Pizza Hut
McDonald’s
Subway
KFC
Most Admired F&B Retailer of the Year: Cafes, Juice Bars & Parlours
Winner: Cafe Coffee Day
Sudeep Goenka, director, Shubham Goldiee Masale presented the award to S Shriram, GM, Key Accounts, Cafe Coffee Day
Hall of Fame:
Barista
Costa Coffee
Baskin Robbins
Jus Booster Juice
Most Admired F&B Retailer of the Year: Dine-in Indian Origin
Winner: Moti Mahal
Samir Kuckreja, president, National Restaurant Association of India and CEO & MD, Nirula’s
presented the award to Monish Gujral, MD, Moti Mahal
Hall of Fame:
Mainland China
Pind Balluchi
Copper Chimney
Swagath
Punjab Grill
The Yellow Chilli
Most Admired F&B Retailer of the Year: Premium Restaurant
Winner: Indigo
Amit Lohani, convenor, Forum of Indian Foods Importers and Aruna Rangachar Pohl, director, Centre for Research and Applied Food Technology (CRAFT) presented the award to Rahul Akerkar, MD and director, Cuisine deGustibus Hospitality Pvt Ltd.
Hall of Fame:
Shiro
Smokehouse Grill
Sahib Sindh Sultan
Zest
Most Admired F&B Retailer of the Year: Food Courts
Winner: Food Talk by Blue Foods
Paolo Annavini, CEO, A&Elle Associati presented the award to Sunil Kapur, chairman, Blue Foods Pvt Ltd
Hall of Fame:
Food Union by Lite Bite Foods
Transit by Prestige
Spoon by Blue Foods
Polynation Food Court
Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year: Small & Medium Formats
Winner: Easyday
Anshuman Singh, MD & CEO, Future Supply Chain Solutions presented the award to Rahul Walia, manager sublease, Easy Day, Bharti Retail Ltd.
Hall of Fame:
In & Out
More
Spencer’s
Reliance Fresh
Food Bazaar
Most Admired F&G Retailer of the Year: Large Formats
Winner: Big Bazaar
Sangeeta Pendurkar, VP strategic and commercial Beverages Coca Cola India presented the award to Dupindera Sandhu, GM, Food Bazaar
Hall of Fame:
Spar
Star Bazaar
Hypercity
More MegaStore
Spencer’s Hyper
Easyday Market
Total
Most Admired Regional F&G Retailer of the Year
Winner: Kannan, Coimbatore
AS Chaddha, head of modern trade, Nestle India presented the award to T Thanushgaran, chairman Shri Kannan Department Store Pvt Ltd
Hall of Fame:
Needs, Gurgaon
Nuts ‘n’ Spices, Chennai
Arambagh Food Mart, Kolkata
Ratnadeep Supermarkets, Hyderabad
Varkeys, Kochi
Most Admired F&G Retailer of the Year: Gourmet Foods
Winner: Le Marche, New Delhi
Vinod Menon, head of dairy business, Britannia presented the award to Mini Yadav, MD, Le Marche Retail Pvt Ltd.
Hall of Fame:
Nature’s Basket, Mumbai
Ruci & Idoni, Hyderabad
Q-Mart, Hyderabad
Modern Bazaar, New Delhi
Most Admired F&G Retailer of the Year: Private Label
Winner: Pantaloon Retail
Sumanta Dutta, VP customer commercial Leadership, Coca Cola presented the award to Devendra Chawla, head, Private Brands, Future Group
Hall of Fame:
Aditya Birla Retail
Spencer’s Retail
Reliance Retail
Max Hypermarket
Trent
Most Admired Food Professional of the Year: F&B Services
Winner: Ajay Kaul
Dr. Kristian Moeller, MD, Global GAP, Germany presented the award to Ajay Kaul, CEO, Jubilant Food Works Ltd
Hall of Fame:
Aloke Gupta
Sanjay Coutinho
Sunil Kapur
Manpreet Gulri
Niren Chaudhary
Most Admired Food Professional of the Year: F&G Retail
Winner: Thomas Varghese
Amitabh Taneja , chief convenor FFI 2010 presented the award to Thomas Varghese, CEO, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd
Hall of Fame:
Vineet Kapila
Viney Singh
Raghu Pillai
Raj Jain
K. Radhakrishnan
— IndiaRetailing Bureau
