Overview
The Foodland Ontario Retailer Awards Program is the produce industry’s premier competition.
It recognizes grocery retailers’ efforts to raise consumer awareness about the diversity of foods locally grown and harvested in the province of Ontario.
Stores submit photographs of their promotional displays to qualify for the awards, and the winners are selected by a panel.
The Retailer Awards recognized 60 grocery retailers for 2024. These retailers made it easier for customers to choose and buy locally grown and harvested foods with their innovative in-store promotion of fresh Ontario food. Their store displays increased consumer awareness and education about the diversity of fruits and vegetables grown in Ontario.
Award categories
Platinum awards
Foodland Ontario Award of Excellence celebrates Ontario retailers that have won the Platinum All Seasons Award two years in a row. The 2024 winners are:
- Metro #73 in Mississauga
- Metro #141 in Windsor
- Metro #453 in Bowmanville
- Fisher's Independent Grocer #839 in Beaverton
The Platinum All Seasons Award recognizes merchandising excellence through three seasonal groupings: spring, summer and fall/winter. The 2024 winners are:
- Metro #73 in Mississauga
- Metro #141 in Windsor
- Metro #453 in Bowmanville
- Fisher's Independent Grocer #839 in Beaverton
- Food Basics #856 in Richmond Hill
- Foodland #3249 in Markdale
- Foodland #3368 in Ingersoll
- FreshCo #9736 in Kitchener
- Goldsmith's Orchard Market in Thornbury
- Longo's #34 in Stouffville
- Longo's #36 Green Lane in East Gwillimbury
- Metro #798 in Newmarket
Gold awards
The Gold Category Award is given to chain and independent stores in three specific categories: creative, seasonal and cross-merchandised. The 2024 winners are:
Gold - Creative
- Foodland #3392 in Thornbury
- Foodland #9372 in Greely
- Metro #479 in Orillia
- Sobeys #4016 in Kanata
Gold Cross-Merchandised
- Food Basics #872 in Keswick
- Food Basics #888 in Simcoe
- Foodland #3302 in Coldwater
- FreshCo #9576 in Courtice
Gold - Seasonal
- Kudrinko's in Westport
- Longo's #19 in Aurora
- Longo's #4 in Markham
- Zehrs #520 in Keswick
Silver awards
The Silver Award of Merit celebrates excellence in promoting Ontario produce in a display. The 2024 winners are:
- B&H Your Community Grocer in Kemptville
- Food Basics #660 in Brampton
- Food Basics #675 in London
- Food Basics #689 in Etobicoke
- Food Basics #812 in Kingston
- Food Basics #831 in Woodbridge
- Food Basics #842 in Newmarket
- Food Basics #928 in Etobicoke
- Foodland #3428 in Southampton
- Foodland #3356 in Amherstview
- Foodland #3407 in Hanover
- Foodland #6837 in Newcastle
- Fortinos #38 in Oakville
- FreshCo #3822 in Orangeville
- FreshCo #3837 in Brampton
- FreshCo #3844 in Georgetown
- FreshCo #9665 in Cornwall
- FreshCo #9674 in Kingsville
- Longo's #5 Bayview in Thornhill
- Longo's #11 Rutherford in Woodbridge
- Longo's #12 in Maple
- Longo's #17 Boxgrove in Markham
- Longo's #22 in Richmond Hill
- Longo's #24 Maple Leaf Square in Toronto
- Longo's #31 in Ancaster
- Longo's #32 in Guelph
- Marilu's Market in Burlington
- Market Fresh in Guelph
- Metro #26 in Stouffville
- Metro #136 in Windsor
- Metro #202 in Sault Ste. Marie
- Metro #331 in Orangeville
- Metro #461 in Mississauga
- Metro #767 in Aurora
- Metro #853 in Pickering
- Starsky Fine Foods in Hamilton
Sponsors
The Foodland Ontario Retailer Awards are presented by the Ontario government in partnership with: