Who Will Be Liquor Store of the Year in 2015? - Retail Liquor Industry Awards for Excellence

Finalists of the upcoming 2015 Retail Liquor Industry Awards for Excellence have been announced.

Run by the industry body, Liquor Stores Association (LSA) NSW, the annual program honours and acknowledges the year-round efforts of those who go the “extra mile” in liquor retail.

LSA NSW Executive Director Michael Waters said a record number of nominations were received this year.

“255 nominations were received across the various retailer categories, which tells us that our members and stakeholders are taking the annual awards program as seriously as we do”, Waters said.

To select the finalists, each nominated member store was independently mystery shopped, assessing the complete customer shopping experience against key criteria, including the arrival experience and first impressions, store layout and appearance, product ranging and diversification, staff presentation, customer service and sales skills, the sales transaction and responsible service and compliance.

Last year, Camperdown Cellars Parramatta Road was awarded the Top NSW Liquor Store of the Year, while Lucas Allen from Liquorland Fairy Meadow was awarded Liquor Store Manager of the Year and Richard Kelsey and Geoff Huens from Porter’s Liquor Artarmon were jointly-awarded Liquor Store Owner of the Year.

The Awards Presentation Dinner is LSA’s final and largest networking event of the year, held on Friday 20th November at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth. Tickets can be purchased online via www.lsansw.com.au/events or by contacting the LSA office – substantial discounts are available for members and awards finalists.

Top 50 Liquor Stores:

ALDI Chisolm Local Liquor Silverdale

Baileys Bottle Shop Mollymook Fine Wines & Ales

Bermagui Cellars Mowbray Road Cellars

Bilambil Cellars Murwillumbah Cellars

Billabong Bottle Shop Pambula Liquor Store

BWS St Clair Panania Cellars

Cellarbrations at Cammeray Pittwater Cellars

Cellarbrations at Tamworth Pitt Town Bottle Shop

Cellarbrations at Wadalba Porter’s Liquor Artarmon

Chambers Cellars Meadowbank Porter’s Liquor Balgowlah

Chambers Cellars Meadowbank Plaza Porter’s Liquor Collaroy Plateau

Chambers Cellars Moorebank Porter’s Liquor Lansvale

Chambers Cellars Narraweena Red Bottle Central

Chambers Cellars Neutral Bay Red Bottle Chinatown

Chambers Cellars Rhodes Red Bottle Elizabeth Street

D’Aquino Liquor Orange Red Bottle Pyrmont

D’Aquino Liquor East Orange Red Bottle Sussex Street

D’Vine Cellars Super Cellars Bomaderry

Dome Cellars Tathra Cellars

Gainsborough Liquor Store Teralba Bottle Shop

Glenbrook Liquor Store The Bottle-O Belconnen

Green Valley Liquor The Bottle-O Gunnedah

Husky Drive In The Old Pub Bottle Shop Woy Woy

Liquor Legends Forest Hill Windang Liquor

Lighthouse Cellars Wingham Cellars

New Liquor Store of the Year:

ALDI Gladesville

Lawson Cellars

Online Liquor Store of the Year:

www.aldiliquor.com.au

www.danmurphys.com.au

www.langtons.com.au

www.shortysliquor.com.au

Liquor Store Owner of the Year:

Daniel Mackie | The Bottle-O Hazelbrook & Lawson Cellars

Paul Cains | Urban Cellars Curtin & Liquor Legends Charnwood

Paul Heilman | Top Cellars Group

Liquor Store Manager of the Year:

Arthur Chronopoulos | BWS Caringbah

Ben Abraham | Cellarbrations at Warilla

Brady Blakey | Liquor Legends Charnwood

Catherine Rothsey | The Bottle-O Hazelbrook

Edgar Parica | Dan Murphy’s Willoughby

Glenn Frow | Liquor Legends Forest Hill

Luke Griffis | Liquor Legends Ashfield Mall

Mark Fowler | Cellarbrations at Newtown

Nick Austin | BWS Kirribilli

Beer Supplier of the Year:

Asahi Premium Beverages Lion

Carlton & United Breweries Phoenix Beers

Coopers Premium Beverages Urban Beverages

Four Pines Beer

Wine Supplier of the Year:

Accolade Wines Pernod Ricard Australia

Casella Wines Samuel Smith & Son

De Bortoli Wines Treasury Wine Estates

McWilliams Wines Tyrrell’s Wines

Spirits Supplier of the Year:

Asahi Premium Beverages Diageo Australia

Bacardi Lion Island2Island Beverage Company

Brown Forman Australia Pernod Ricard Australia

Campari Australia William Grant & Sons

Coca-Cola Amatil

Services Supplier of the Year:

Finn Foster APB Secured by Smith

JB Metro Schweppes Australia

Lidcombe Ice Snack Brands Australia

Manenti Quinlan & Associates Smiths Snackfoods

Banner Group of the Year:

Cellarbrations Local Liquor

Little Bottler Porter’s Liquor

Liquor Legends Super Cellars

Liquor Stax

Liquor Wholesaler of the Year:

Australian Liquor Marketers

Independent Liquor Group

Beer Representative of the Year:

Craig Willocks | Lion

David Paton | Urban Beverages

Greg Sankey | Carlton & United Breweries

Jason Clement | Coopers Premium Beverages

Jason Strong | Lion

Kelly Murphy | Lion

Patricia Hardy | Coopers Premium Beverages

Robert Campanella | Coopers Premium Beverages

Wine Representative of the Year:

David Every-Burns | De Bortoli Wines

John Thomas | Pernod Ricard Australia

Rebecca Larfield | Treasury Wine Estates

Robert Watson | Australian Vintage Limited

Rohin Rabbitts | Samuel Smith & Son

Samantha Maher | Inglewood Wine Merchants

Scott Dorman | Accolade Wines

Stilly Merianos | Accolade Wines

Spirits Representative of the Year:

Ben Rainnie | William Grant & Sons

Ben Reid | Campari Australia

David Harrington | Asahi Premium Beverages

Gary Crawford | Bacardi Lion

James Gilligan | Pernod Ricard Australia

Michael Thomas | Coca-Cola Amatil

Nick Gerard | Island2Island Beverage Company

Paul Codner | Brown Forman Australia

Steve Benson | Brown Forman Australia