Don’t miss the chance to vote for your winners at MCA’s Retailers’ Retailer Awards 2022 – get your votes in before the 31 January deadline.
MCA’s has revealed the finalists in this year’s Retailers’ Retailer Awards, with 10 categories open for voting – now it’s up to you to make your voice heard.
2021 was another very tough year for operators, but there was also plenty of innovation, big deals struck, and gains made by businesses across the eating and drinking out sector.
We are excited to celebrate all these and more at MCA’s prestigious awards evening – to be held on 23 March 2022. It promises to be a fantastic night as the industry joins together at the Guildhall in London for the first time in two years, for a night of celebration, entertainment and networking.
We would be delighted if you could take part in the voting for the awards, which celebrate the very best concepts and individuals in the UK eating and drinking out sector.
These awards are decided by you, senior industry figures, so it’s important that we hear who you believe should be named our winners.
On the night we shall also be naming the winners of our new Sustainability Award and Hero Award, which will be decided by a panel of judges, as well as the recipient of our special Lifetime Achievement Award.
To vote, please click here. Please note you cannot vote for your own company, or companies under the same ownership.
The categories open for voting are:
Best Concept
The Ivy Collection
Pizza Pilgrims
Dishoom
Flight Club
Franco Manca
Best Company
Loungers
Greggs
Five Guys
Dishoom
Oakman Inns
Best Use of Tech
Leon – for its digital screens and drive-thru tech
McDonalds – leader of the pack with recent investments in AI
Big Mamma Group – for its operator-focused payment app Sunday
itsu – for its enhanced customisation and back of house efficiencies
YO! – digital ordering and payment, click and collect and automated belts
Deal of the Year – sponsored by AlixPartners
Punch acquired by Fortress Investment Group
Hawthorn acquired by Admiral Taverns
Tortilla’s IPO
Pho acquired by TriSpan
Gail’s acquired by Bain Capital
Leon acquired by EG Group
Investor of the Year
Boparan for its multi-brand offering The Restaurant Hub
Bridgepoint’s investment in itsu
Redcat Pub Company & Oaktree Capital’s fast-growing pub portfolio
Trispan for its investment in Pho
Nightcap for its investment in Adventure Bar Group
Best New Opening – sponsored by Chapman Ventilation
Sessions’ Shelter Hall, Brighton
Hawksmoor, Canary Wharf
Eataly, Liverpool Street
Haugen, Stratford
The Furnace, Sheffield
Manahatta, Birmingham
Emerging Concept
Megan’s
Marugame Udon
Rudy’s Pizzeria
Neat Burger
Street Burger Gordon Ramsay
The Evolution Award
itsu for its move into evenings and hot food
Azzurri’s Coco di Mama for its virtual kitchen rollout
Leon for its move into drive thru
Pret for its repositioning away from city centre heartland
YO!’s continued development into omnichannel and retail
International Newcomer
Popeyes
Marugame Udon
Wendy’s
Wingstop
Eataly
Jollibee
Retailer’s Retailer of the Year – sponsored by Uber Eats
Nick Collins, CEO, Loungers
Nick Mackenzie, CEO, Greene King
David Page, executive chairman, Fulham Shore
Karen Jones, chair of Hawksmoor, Prezzo and Mowgli
Jeremy King, CEO, Corbin and King
