The Foodland Ontario Retailer Awards Program is the produce industry’s premier competition that recognizes grocery retailers’ efforts to raise consumer awareness about the diversity of foods locally grown and harvested in the province of Ontario.
This year, our annual Retailer Awards recognized 61 grocery retailers for 2022 who are making it easier for Ontarians to choose and buy locally-grown and harvested foods with their innovative in-store promotion of fresh Ontario food. Their store displays increase consumer awareness and education about the diversity of fruits and vegetables grown in Ontario. Stores submit photographs of their promotional displays to qualify for the awards, and the winners are selected by a panel.
Award Categories:
Foodland Ontario Award of Excellence celebrates Ontario retailers that have won the Platinum All Seasons Award two years in a row. The 2022 winners are:
- Metro #73 in Mississauga
- Metro #453 in Bowmanville
- Metro #479 in Orillia
- Fisher's Your Independent Grocer #839 in Beaverton
The Platinum All Seasons Award recognizes merchandising excellence through three seasonal groupings: spring, summer and fall/winter. The 2022 winners are:
- Metro #73 in Mississauga
- Metro #453 in Bowmanville
- Metro #479 in Orillia
- Fisher's Your Independent Grocer #839 in Beaverton
- Food Basics #856 in Richmond Hill
- Foodland #3249 in Markdale
- FreshCo #9665 in Cornwall
- Longo's #24 Maple Leaf Square in Toronto
- Longo's #30 Mount Pleasant in Brampton
- Longo's #32 in Guelph
- Longo's #34 in Stouffville
- Metro #140 in Georgetown
- Starsky Fine Foods in Hamilton
The Gold Category Award is given to chain and independent stores in three specific categories: creative, seasonal and cross-merchandised. The 2022 winners are:
Gold Creative Winners
- Metro #84 in Burlington
- Metro #141 in Windsor
- Sobeys #7314 in Amherstburg
- Jonssons' Your Independent Grocer #806 in Kemptville
Gold Seasonal
- FreshCo #3820 in Toronto
- Metro #331 in Orangeville
- Metro #461 in Mississauga
- Longo's #22 in Richmond Hill
Gold Cross-Merchandised
- Metro #202 in Sault Ste. Marie
- Longo's #11 Rutherford in Woodbridge
- Longo's #17 Boxgrove in Markham
- Pusateri's Fine Foods - Avenue Road in Toronto
The Silver Award of Merit celebrates excellence in promoting Ontario produce in a display. The 2022 winners are:
- Food Basics #660 in Brampton
- Food Basics #907 in Nepean
- Foodland #3259 in Southampton
- Foodland #3262 in Mount Forest
- Foodland #3304 Craighurst in Barrie
- Foodland #6809 in Lucan
- Foodland #6817 in Penetanguishene
- Foodland #7254 in Dundalk
- FreshCo #3834 in Binbrook
- FreshCo #3856 in Toronto
- FreshCo #9766 in Trenton
- FreshCo #9778 in Toronto
- Freshmart #4217 in Port Sydney
- Longo's #9 Walkers Line in Burlington
- Longo's #16 Burloak in Oakville
- Longo's #19 in Aurora
- Longo's #26 Leaside in Toronto
- Longo's #27 in Southeast Oakville
- Longo's #28 Applewood in Mississauga
- Longo's #33 in Ajax
- Longo's #35 Yonge & Sheppard in North York
- Longo's #36 Green Lane in East Gwillimbury
- Metro #109 in Oshawa
- Metro #150 in London
- Metro #215 in Stoney Creek
- Metro #265 in Orleans
- Metro #702 in Etobicoke
- Metro #717 in Mississauga
- Metro #719 in Toronto
- Metro #728 in Mississauga
- Metro #798 in Newmarket
- Metro #800 in Scarborough
- Metro #853 in Pickering
- Marsha's Your Independent Grocer #7186 in Nepean
- McDowell's Your Independent Grocer #1948 in Belleville
- Zehrs #539 in Fergus
The Foodland Ontario Retailer Awards are presented by the Ontario government in partnership with: