Morrisons scooped an unprecedented total of nine awards at yesterday’s The Grocer Own Label Excellence Awards, with top accolades being awarded across the supermarket’s food offering, ranging from fresh in-store produced bread to the best lightly oak smoked sweetcure bacon, the best hazelnut chocolate spread with hazelnut pieces, fresh Sicilian oranges and chilled ready meals from the Fresh Ideas range.

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See below for more awards we won in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Awards in 2009

The Quality Food Awards, December 2009

• Morrisons Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni - Winner of the Vegetarian Category
• Morrisons Value Cheese & Bacon Quiche - Winner of the value Pies, Pasties and Pizza category
• Morrisons The Best Tomato and Chilli Paste was highly commended in the Sauces and Ingredients category 

Quality Drinks Awards, June 2009

• Morrisons Green Hop Beer - Winner of the Platinum Q Award (Best product overall)
• Morrisons Green Hop Beer - Winner of the Ale category
• Morrisons The Best Riesling - Commended in the white wines £5-£9.99 category
• Morrisons The Best Chilean Carmenere - Highly commended in the red wines £5-£9.99 category
  

Decanter Wine Awards, May 2009:

• 77 awards of Gold standard through to Commendations
• (1 Gold Award, 3 Silver Awards, 41 Bronze Awards and 32 Commended)

International Wine & Spirit Competition, May 2009:

• 4 awards of Gold standard through to Bronze
• (1 Gold Award, 1 Silver Award and 2 Bronze Awards)

International Wine Challenge, May 2009

• 109 awards of Gold standard through to Commendations
• (2 Gold Awards, 14 Silver Awards, 32 Bronze Awards and 71 Commendations)
  

The Grocer Own Label Excellence Awards, May 2009

• Winner. Ambient grocery - sweet: Morrisons The Best Hazelnut Chocolate Spread with Hazelnut Pieces
• Winner.  Bakery - Savoury: Morrisons Spelt and Rye Bread
• Winner.  Dairy:  Morrisons Active Yogurts
• Winner.  Chilled Foods, traditional: Morrisons Fresh Ideas Mustard Chicken
• Winner. Delicatessen: Morrisons Peppers Stuffed with Cheese 
• Winner. Bacon and Sausages:  Morrisons The Best Lightly Oak Smoked Sweetcure Rindless Back Bacon
• Winner. Health & Better For You: Morrisons Free From Rocky Road Bars
• Winner.  Fresh Produce: Morrisons Sicilian Oranges
• Winner. Soup:  Morrisons The Best London Particular Soup

The Oracle Retail Week Awards, March 2009

• The Oracle Retailer of the Year

Drinks Retailing Awards, February 2009

• Multiple Spirits Retailer of the Year
  

Awards in 2008

The Food and Farming Industry Awards, December 2008

• Multiple Retailer of the Year

The Quality Food Awards, November 2008

• Morrisons The Best Organic Pumpkin Seed Oatcakes with herbs won the Biscuits category
• Morrisons House Special Chicken Makhani, won the Ethnic Ready Meals category
• Morrisons Fresh Ideas Cajun Chicken won the Ready Meals Category
• Glorious! Marco Pierre White – Chicken, Courgette and Orzo pasta Broth, (produced exclusively for Morrisons) was also a winner in the Soups category
• Morrisons The Best Sicilian Tomato Rigatoni was highly commended in the Ready Meals section
• Morrisons The Best Wild Alaskan Smoked Salmon was commended in the fish category
  

Pizza Pasta and Italian Food Association (PAPA), November 2008

• Supermarket Fresh Pasta Retailer of the Year 
• Supermarket Fresh Pizza Retailer of the Year 

Marketing Week Effectiveness Awards, October 2008

• Retail Campaign of the Year
• CEO of the Year

Retail Industry Awards, September 2008

• Fresh Flower Retailer of the Year
• Fresh Produce Retailer of the Year
• Store Manager of the Year
• Supermarket of the Year
  

Quality Drinks Awards, June 2008

• Morrisons The Best Montepulciano -  Best Red Wine under £4.99
• Morrisons The Best Pinotage - Best Red Wine under £9.99
• Morrisons The Best Chablis - Best White Wine under £9.99
• Morrisons The Best Vintage Cava - Best Sparkling Wine under £9.99
• Morrisons The Best Chianti, Morrisons The Best Mosel Riesling, Morrisons The Best 15 yr old Single Speyside Malt Whisky and Morrisons The Best Dark Rum -  Highly Commended

Grocer Gold Awards, June 2008

• Grocer of the Year

Free From Food Awards, run by Foods Matter Magazine, May 2008

• Morrisons Gluten-free penne - Commended in gluten-free pastas, pizzas, pies and sauces category
• Morrisons Free-from Rich Fruit Cake Slices - Commended in gluten-free cakes, muffins and puddings category

British Sandwich Association Awards, May 2008

• Sandwich Multiple Retailer of the Year

The Grocer Own Label Excellence Awards, May 2008

• Winner, Cooking Sauces category - Morrisons The Best Green Chilli Masala Sauce
• Winner, Health and Better For You category - Morrisons Free From Caramel Shortcake Slices
• Winner, Chilled - Informal Eating category - Morrisons The Best Fresh Linguine Pastifico Rana
• Winner, Meat and Poultry - Large/ Whole category - Wood Vale Whole Chicken accredited by RSPCA Freedom Food

Re:fresh Awards - May 2008

• Multiple Retailer of the Year

Retail Week Awards 2008

• Retailer Of The Year

Awards in 2007

The Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Awards, November 2007 

• Supermarket Fresh Pasta Retailer of the Year
• Supermarket Frozen Pizza Retailer of the Year

Retail Industry Awards, 2007

• Fresh Flower Retailer of the Year
• Training Initiative of the Year
• Store Manager of the Year

The Grocer Magazine, June 2007:

• Gold Award for Customer Service – 3rd Year running
• Gold Award for Availability

International Wine Challenge 2007:

• 147 Gold commendations

International Wine & Spirit Competition, June 2007:

• Gold Award – Morrisons 10 Year Old Highland Malt
• Silver Award – Morrisons 10 Year Old Speyside Malt
• ‘Best in Class’ – Morrisons The Best 15 Year Old Speyside Malt
• ‘Best in Class’ – Morrisons 10 Year Old Islay Single Malt
• ‘Best in Class’ – Morrisons Pure Malt Whisky

The Grocer Own Label Excellence Awards, May 2007:

• Winner, Dessert category – Morrisons The Best Chocolate Orange Pudding
• Winner, Sweet category – Morrisons The Best Sticky Toffee Ice Cream
• Winner, Hot Beverages category – Morrisons Ginger & Lime Flavour Infusion Tea
• Winner, Health & Better for You category – Morrisons Free From Rich Fruit Slices
     

British Frozen Food Federation, March 2007:

• Gold Award for Best New Vegetable–Based Product Morrisons The Best Potato Croquettes.
• Silver Award for Best New Dessert/Confectionery Product–Morrisons The Best Normandy Apple Tarte.

Seafood Awards 2007 – March 2007:

• Best New Product Award (Whitefish category) for Morrisons The Best Wild, Tagged, Line–Caught Cornish Seabass

Awards 2006:

Retail Industry Awards, September 2006:

• Seafood Retailer of the Year 2006

Bakery Industry Awards, September 2006:

• In Store Bakery 2006 (Riversway store in Preston)

Checkout magazine's:

•  GAPbuster Customer Experience Champions Award 2005-06, September 2006.

The Grocer Magazine:

• Gold Award for Customer Service, June 2006 

British Turkey Awards, September 2006:

• Best Retailer of the Year
• Best BBQ Product award for Morrisons Turkey Salsa Medallions
• Best Value Added Product for Morrisons Hot & Spicy Turkey Steaks at the British Turkey Awards September 2006.

International Wine and Spirit Competition, August 2006:

• Gold Award – Morrisons 10yr old Highland Malt
• Gold Award and ‘Best in Class’ - 70cl received
• Bronze Award – Morrisons 10 Year Old Speyside Malt
• Morrisons The Best Islay Malt
• Morrisons The Best Gin
• Morrisons The Best Vodka

British Curry Awards, September 2006

• Best side dish – Morrisons Bombay Potatoes

Slimming Magazine, March 2006

• Best Ready Meal Award – Morrisons Eat Smart Yorkshire Pudding.

Food Marketing & Manufacturing Awards 2006

• Best Chilled Product Award – Morrisons Best Fresh Cod Loin.