Supermarket of the Year: 3 out of 4 winners with service counters by AICHINGER
9 out of the 12 nominees rely on products from AICHINGER
Elli Delbrück, Rewe Center Egelsbach, Edeka Wilger Borken and E-Center Cramer Langenhagen: these are the shining winners in the four categories of the renowned industry competition Supermarket of the Year. Those responsible at AICHINGER were delighted with the lucky winners at the awards ceremony on Wednesday evening, April 17, in the Grand Hall at the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex. The Elli Delbrück, Edeka Wilger and E-Center Cramer stores and six others of the twelve nominated businesses are all equipped with service counters and self-service refrigeration units from AICHINGER. “The fresh food area and in particular the service counters are a key differentiating feature for the nominees and award winners. We are delighted with the best of the best and are a proud partner,” stated Dr. Oliver Blank, Managing Director of AICHINGER GmbH, that evening.
In addition to key business figures, sustainability criteria and social aspects, the proportion of sales generated by service counters is a key criterion for the jury. “It is not only all about presenting the goods in the best possible way and displaying them as energy-efficiently as possible and at the optimum product temperature, but also about optimizing the processes for the employees at the counter and designing the workstations to be as ergonomic as possible,” emphasizes Patrick Simon, Head of Sales Food Retail National/International at AICHINGER.
Once again, this year the winners and nominees in the Supermarket of the Year competition have demonstrated their strengths, quality and innovative power. The specialist jury, consisting of experts and decision-makers in the food industry as well as board members and managing directors of the largest German retail companies, selected twelve nominees in four categories from all the applications in an initial selection. These nominated markets were put to the test in detail by the Lebensmittel Praxis editorial team incognito on site. At the same time, an independent market research institute conducted an extensive consumer survey.
Based on these research and analysis results, the expert jury selected the 2024 winners on the day of the awards ceremony:
Chain stores with up to 3,000 square meters of retail space: Elli, Delbrück
Chain stores over 3,000 m² sales area: Rewe Center, Egelsbach
Independents up to 2,000 m² sales area: Edeka Wilger, Borken
Independents over 2,000 m² sales area: E-Center Cramer, Langenhagen