The second day of the 8th annual mega congregation of the India Food Forum held in Mumbai today felicitated outstanding achievements of food service operators and food & grocery retailers for the calendar year 2014 at the Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards (CCGSA, 2015).
Selection Process and Jury Members:
The Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2015 selection process involved inviting entries from the nation’s leading food service and food & grocery retailers across multiple categories. The jury analyses key performance metrics such as growth in top line sales and retail presence, sales per square foot, same store sale growth. Jury also studies the impact of IT application, innovation, marketing, supplier relations and employee practices. The Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards (CCGSA) jury – comprising distinguished personalities in the field of research and consulting with thorough insights into the business of foodservice/ food & grocery – goes through the presentation and gives scores based on their own understanding of the nominees. The jury for Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2014 included JYOTI BHASIN, Country Manager, NFS, SEEMA CHANDRA, Food Editor, NDTV, ANUJ PURI, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India, HARISH BIJOOR, CEO, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc., AMIT LOHANI, Convenor, Forum of Indian Food Importers (FIFI) and AMITABH TANEJA, Chief Convenor, India Food Forum.
IMAGES Excellence Awards are presented to brands, personalities and concepts; for exceptional initiative, outstanding/focussed performance, setting efficiency benchmarks, innovation, and broader impact to industry.
COCA COLA GOLDEN SPOON AWARDS 2015
Awardees: Food Service Awards
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Chain of the Year: QSR Indian Origin:
Wow Momo
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Chain of the Year: QSR Foreign Origin:
Domino’s Pizza
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Chain of the Year: Cafes & Juice Bars:
Dunkin’ Donuts
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Chain of the Year: Ice-cream & Dessert Parlours:
Natural Ice Cream
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Retailer of the Year: Pubs & Bars:
The Beer Café
IMAGES Most Admired Restaurant Chain of the Year: Dine-in: Global Retailer:
Pizza Hut
Home Grown Retailer: Sigree Global Grill
IMAGES Most Admired Stand alone Restaurant of the Year: Dine-in:
Masala Library By Jiggs Kalra
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Retail Innovation of the Year:
Dunkin’ Donuts
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Retail Launch of the Year:
Global Retailer:
Burger KingHome Grown Retailer: High Ultra Lounge
IMAGES Most Admired Food Service Group of the Year:
Jubilant Foodworks Ltd
Most Admired Retail Personality of the Year: Food Service:
Riyaaz Amlani, CEO & MD, Impresario
Winner: Images Excellence Award: Food & Beverage Retailing
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Beverage Launch Pad of the Year – Amazon
Awardees: Food & Grocery Awards
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year – Large Format:
Big Bazaar
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year – Specialty Chain:
Nature’s Basket
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year – Regional Chain:
Heritage Fresh
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year – Private Label Development:
Bharti Retail
Awardees: Images Excellence Awards: Food & Grocery Retailing
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year: Largest National Expansion – Food Bazaar
MAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year: Largest Regional Expansion – Safal
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year: Same Store Sales Growth – More Super Market
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year: Success with a new concept – Good Food Retail by Suresh Kumar & Co (Impex) Pvt. Ltd.
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year: Efficiencies across retail operations- Effective IT Application, Supplier’s Chain Management, Merchandising, Marketing & Promotions, Customer Service, Human Resource Policies/Initiatives etc. – Spencer’s
IMAGES Most Admired Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year: Highest Per Sq. Ft. Sales – Twenty Four Seven
After a long day of high powered conferences, knowledge workshops, expert chef sessions, business networking and exhibitions… the evening was a time to sit back and get some wholesome entertainment as the industry celebrated excellence in the business of food. The glorious awards evening was kicked off with some uber energy by SHAZNEEN, a versatile singer, blending different genres of music. The evening was hosted by Shaili Chopra, a formidable, high-profile journalist with nearly twelve years of experience in television anchoring, reporting and writing columns. Leading Comedian SAURABH PANT left the audience in splits with his intelligent comedy.
Talking about the 8th Annual Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards, Amitabh Taneja, Chief Convenor of India Food Forum said, “India’s most prestigious accolades for food and food service retailers, were launched in the year 2008 to acknowledge the rising importance of modern food & grocery retail, and its crucial role in the evolution of effective marketing & distribution of food and grocery brands in the country”.
For eight years, India Food Forum has been aiming to develop and nurture the food retail business in India through industry engagement, debates, knowledge workshops and recognition. The objective is to not just support in thought, but also enable businesses to get together and develop workable partnerships.
“This year, we’ve added another chapter to the prestigious platform – India Food Retail Tech. The impact of technology on human lives is everywhere. Including what consumers choose to put on their plates. Not just because it’s changed the way they cook or what they eat, but even more because it’s changed who they are, how they think, what they want and why”.
“On the other side, food retailers and foodservice operators are scrambling to decipher this new age of consumer behaviours and desires. But, consider this: Wherever they may choose to transact today — physical or online spaces — consumers leave ‘footprints’, in the form of in-store behaviour, page views, abandoned carts, social media chatter, among a thousand other tiny tell-tales. From tech-savvy millennials to aging boomers, the ways in which consumers gather information in their path to purchase are multiple, but they CAN be mined. And optimised to deliver ‘WOW’ experiences!”
“Retailers now are all too aware of the benefits of engaging consumers through technology. They know that the explosion of e-commerce destinations and digital media has created an incredibly urgent need to monitor shopper behaviour in real time. Insights need to be drawn as events happen, and executed before the next lost sale or an out-of-stock situation happens.”
And that’s what India Food Retail Tech looks to deliver to all of you, the tools and knowledge to make it happen”.
Blurbs:
Jubilant Foodworks Sweeps the Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2015 Awards Night with Four Trophies – Two going to DUNKIN’ DONUTS, one to DOMINO’S PIZZA, and the big one to Jubilant FoodWorks in the prestigious category of Most Admired Food Service Group.
Future Group does a double win with Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar winning in the Large Format and Largest Expansion Categories.
Nature’s Basket emerges as the IMAGES Food & Grocery Speciality Retailer yet again for the 5th Consecutive Year.
Nature’s Basket emerges as the IMAGES Food & Grocery Speciality Retailer yet again for the 5th Consecutive Year.
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