This year’s StarStore – Retailer of the Year winners announced

By: Trademagazin Date: 2023. 09. 28. 13:45

This year was the 9^th when Trade magazin invited points of sale and retail chains with a registered office in Hungary to a competition. The jury of experts evaluated the entries and the public vote set new records. As for the award ceremony, it took place at the gala dinner of the FMCG industry’s biggest conference on 28 September.

The StarStore – Retailer of the Year competition was open to stores with the best design in line with the sales concept, with a store design that is in harmony with the needs of the target group both inside and outside, and the same is true for the product presentation, store staff and services – and all of this is reflected in communication too. There were no restrictions as regards the profiles of the shops, with opportunities for each retail category, from grocery stores to bookshops, national tobacco shops, pharmacies, manufacturer’s stores, and from this year, hospitality units too. Entries could be submitted by owners or shop operators, architects, designers, contractors, both jointly and individually. This year the competition for retail chains also continued, in the same categories, based on market results, success, development objectives, and complex operational assessments.

A total of 32 entries were assessed by a jury panel consisting of the best experts, but shoppers also had the opportunity to reward their favourites with a public vote award, in both the shop and the retail chain categories. In addition to the category winners, overall winners were also selected in the store and retail chain competitions, honouring the stores that got the highest score from the jury.

This year’s public vote mobilised more people than ever before, thanks to the activity of the contestants and the promotions that encouraged them to vote. About 261,000 votes were cast on the competition entries this year.

From the StarStore – Retailer of the Year competition candidates, the representative of the point of sale with the best rating received the Store of the Year Hungary 2023 award, while the most successful retail chain was named Retailer of the Year 2023.

StarStore – Retailer of the Year 2023 winners:

DISCOUNTER OF THE YEAR	349. számú üzlet – Budaörs, Károly király út
	Lidl Magyarország Bt.
DRUGSTORE OF THE YEAR	PlusMarket – Kecskemét, Petőfi Sándor utca
	Dél-100 Kft.
FRANCHISE STORE OF THE YEAR	Lindt Store – Budapest Árkád üzletház
	Lindt & Sprüngli (CEE) s.r.o.
HYPERMARKET OF THE YEAR and STORE OF THE YEAR	5180. számú INTERSPAR – Budapest, Bécsi út
	SPAR Magyarország Kft.
PUBLIC VOTE WINNER STORE OF THE YEAR	Tesco Extra – Budapest, Váci út
	Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt.
HORECA UNIT OF THE YEAR	Shell Café – Budaörs, Kinizsi utca
	Shell Hungary zRt.
SMALL SHOP OF THE YEAR	FEZO 1. ABC – Szentgotthárd, Füzesi út
	FEZO Kereskedelmi Kft.
SPECIALIST FOOD SHOP OF THE YEAR	Tanyabolt – Pomáz, Breier tanya
	Breier Farm Kft.
NON-FOOD STORE OF THE YEAR	BENU Gyógyszertár – Budapest ETELE Pláza
	BENU Magyarország Zrt.
SUPERMARKET OF THE YEAR	Príma Eötvös – Budapest, Eötvös utca
	Vörösvár Kft.
DISCOUNTER CHAIN OF THE YEAR and RETAILER OF THE YEAR	Lidl Magyarország Bt.
DRUGSTORE CHAIN OF THE YEAR	dm Kft.
FRANCHISE STORE CHAIN OF THE YEAR	CO-OP Hungary Zrt. Coop Szuper Plusz
HYPERMARKET CHAIN OF THE YEAR	SPAR Magyarország Kft.
PUBLIC VOTE WINNER RETAIL CHAIN OF THE YEAR	Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt.
WHOLESALER OF THE YEAR	METRO Kereskedelmi Kft.
NON-FOOD SPECIALIST STORE CHAIN OF THE YEAR	BENU Magyarország Zrt.

Members of the jury of experts evaluating the entries:

StarStore – Retailer of the Year 2023 jury members:
Name	Company	Position
Andreas Christou	RetailZoom	ügyvezető
Csiby Ágnes	POPAI Magyarország Egyesület	elnök
Dr. Németh Péter	PTE KTK	adjunktus
Dr. Németh Péter	the CoRe lab	vezető kutató
Dr. Szűcs László	PWC Legal	ügyvéd
Havasiné Kátai Ildikó	Trade Marketing Klub	alapítója tag
Hermann Zsuzsanna	Trade magazin	ügyvezető-főszerkesztő
Hovánszky László	Lánchíd Klub	elnök
Mandel Katalin	Magyar Franchise Szövetség	főtitkár
Török Bálint	Wanzl Magyarország Kft.	üzletágvezető
Vámos György	Országos Kereskedelmi Szövetség	főtitkár