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 2025. 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 2025 winners are:
- Foodland #3249 in Markdale
- Goldsmith’s Farm Market & Bakery in Thornbury
- Longo’s #34 Stouffville in Stouffville
- Metro #453 in Newmarket
The Platinum All Seasons Award recognizes merchandising excellence through three seasonal groupings: spring, summer and fall/winter.
This year, there were 12 Platinum Award Winners:
- Foodland #3249 in Markdale
- Goldsmith's Farm Market & Bakery in Thornbury
- Kudrinko's in Westport
- Longo's #17 Boxgrove in Markham
- Longo's #19 Aurora in Aurora
- Longo's #22 Richmond Hill in Richmond Hill
- Longo's #34 Stouffville in Stouffville
- Marilu's Market in Burlington
- Market Fresh in Guelph
- Metro #453 in Bowmanville
- Metro #73 in Mississauga
- 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 2025 winners are:
Gold — Creative
- Food Basics #872 in Keswick
- Food Basics #831 in Woodbridge
- Metro #331 in Orangeville
- Metro #479 in Orillia
- Sobeys #4155 in London
Gold - Seasonal
- Foodland #6837 in Newcastle
- FreshCo #9736 in Kitchener
- Longo's #11 Rutherford in Woodbridge
- Longo's #12 Maple in Maple
- Longo's #6 Weston in Woodbridge
- Metro #26 in Stouffville
- Sobeys #641 in Kitchener
Silver awards
The Silver Award of Merit celebrates excellence in promoting Ontario produce in a display. The 2025 winners are:
This year, there were 36 Silver Award Winners:
- Central Fresh Market in Kitchener
- Fiesta Farms in Toronto
- Food Basics #855 in Bradford
- Food Basics #660 in Brampton
- Food Basics #682 in Brantford
- Food Basics #843 in Richmond Hill
- Food Basics #888 in Simcoe
- Food Basics #835 in St Thomas
- Foodland #3356 in Amherstview
- Foodland #6856 in Clinton
- Foodland #3368 in Ingersoll
- Foodland #3430 in Mount Forest
- Foodland #6841 in Orillia
- Foodland #6817 in Penetanguishene
- Foodland #3428 in Southampton
- Foodland #3415 in Wasaga Beach
- Fortinos #39 in Brampton
- Fortinos #526 in Burlington
- Fortinos #7136 in Oakville
- Fortinos #55 in Vaughan
- Fortinos #1434 in Waterdown
- FreshCo #9576 in Courtice
- Longo's #20 Bathurst in Vaughan
- Longo's #24 Maple Leaf Square in Toronto
- Longo's #4 Markham in Markham
- Metro #767 in Aurora
- Metro #150 in London
- Metro #771 in Newmarket
- Metro #853 in Pickering
- Metro #202 in Sault Ste. Marie
- Sobeys #678 in Cambridge
- Sobeys #7368 in Innisfil
- Sobeys #685 in Kitchener
- Sobeys #928 in Richmond Hill
- Hansen's Your Independent Grocer in Exeter
- Yummy Market in Maple
Sponsors
The Foodland Ontario Retailer Awards are presented by the Ontario government in partnership with: