The Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards are FREE to enter.

  1. PREPARATION

Before you begin your entry, please review the questions below along with the scoring criteria. Once you're confident you can provide all the necessary information and supporting evidence, feel free to start your submission. You can return and make changes to your online entry as many times as you like before submitting it.

Judges will be looking for supporting testimonials throughout your entry, from staff, customers, and suppliers. You'll be prompted to include these, along with photos or videos, to help maximise your score.

No matter how large or small your steps may be, or what financial investment you have made, we want to hear about your businesses successes and celebrate the incredible quality of specialist retailers throughout the UK. 

2. ENTRY QUESTIONS

To commence your entry you will be asked to set up an account for the online entry system, including your contact information. Once you have completed that the following steps are required: 

Step One - Basics: 

• Select the category that your store / business represents  (If you are entering for Farm Shop Large / Farm Shop Small - If annual turnover is £600,000 or under please enter the small category. If annual turnover is £600,000 or more please enter the large category.) The following categories are listed under "Other Specialist Retailer": Baker, Butcher, Cheesemonger, Fishmonger, Food Hall and Greengrocer. 
• Tell us the region you are located in.
• Upload mandatory images of your store front or team.

Step Two - About Your Business:

Provide answers to the following mandatory questions and enter testimonials when prompted: 

• How has your business contributed to sustainability, community impact, and social responsibility in the past year? (max 15 points)
• What initiatives have you taken to ensure excellent customer service and satisfaction in your store? (max 15 points)
• (For all except Online Business Category) Please describe the layout, design and atmosphere of your store, and how does it enhance the customer experience? (max 15 points)
• Please tell us how you keep your staff motivated and what development you offer for team members in your business? (max 15 points)
• How do you choose and collaborate with suppliers to ensure consistency, quality, and innovation? (max 15 points)
• (For Online Business Category only) What makes your online business unique in a competitive retail landscape, and how do you differentiate from your competitors? (max 15 points)
• Provide a link to your current website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (max 10 points)
• Please provide at least one supplier testimonial and at least one customer testimonial

• Upload additional optional images or videos to support your entry - the inclusion of these will give the judges a better understanding of your retail store / business and could contribute towards more points in each section. 
• By uploading your image/video you are confirming that you own the images/videos and are giving us permission to publish them. Or that you are licensed to use the images/videos and to licence us to use them without payment of a fee.

Step Three - Supporting Information (max 15 points):

• This section will ask you some financial questions. This information is kept secure and enables our panel of judges to get a better understanding of your retail store / business. 

Step Four - Contact Details: 

• Complete your business details (address etc).
• Read and accept the Terms and Conditions - then "Complete" your entry

Details of the regions and categories can be found here.

Access the terms and conditions.

3. UPLOAD, CHECK THEN SUBMIT

Once you are happy with your entry and have uploaded your photographs, remember to 'Complete your entry'.

To enter the awards, begin your entry form here.