This award will recognise the work being done by the café retailers to develop either the high street or in-store market.
In-Store Finalists
- Booths
- Café W
- Dunelm Pausa
- M&S
- National Trust
High Street Finalists
- Caffè Nero
- Cornish Bakery
- Coffee House
- Costa Coffee
- Starbucks
- Two Magpies
What We Look For
The Café Retailer Award is open to businesses with 10 outlets or more selling sandwiches and food to go products. Entries will be judged on the standard of facilities, shopping experience, customer care, presentation, product quality, sales success, marketing, product innovation and NPD.
Judges will consider the entry submission together with market data sourced from Kantar, Lumina Intelligence and FutureFoodservice.
The award may be divided into two sub-categories:
- In-store
- High Street
All Café Retailers with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5 are considered for this award,however entries are encouraged and will be treated in strict confidence and only seen by the judging panel.
The award qualifying period is 1 March 2025 to 28 February 2026.
