Bestway Wholesale announced the winners of its Industry-leading performance awards at a prestigious ceremony at London’s Marriot Grosvenor Square Hotel last night, 5 May 2022.
The Bestway Performance Awards (BPA) are open to all employees within the Bestway family – from drivers, pickers, telesales teams, store and depot colleagues to office-based colleagues and departments.
Everyone across retail and wholesale was invited to participate and nominate a colleague that has shown exemplary behaviour or outstanding achievements.
The awards – an integral part of the company’s colleague recognition program – shone a light on those who went above and beyond in providing excellent service to customers. The event was attended by people from across the wholesale industry including suppliers, members of the media, and colleagues from the Bestway and Batleys depots and head office locations.
Entertainment was provided by comedy act The Noise Next Door.
Bestway Wholesale Managing Director, Dawood Pervez, opened the ceremony by saying:
“We have over 6,000 colleagues across over 60 sites, who continue to work hard to support our customers.
“Our colleagues are our greatest asset, and I’m incredibly proud of what they have achieved over the past year,” he said.
- Category Controller for Bestpets, Adam Moore, won the ‘We are one family’ Company Value Award.
- Systems Administrator Vicky Colley won the ‘Everyone’s Voice Matters’ Company Value award.
- Regional Support Manager Dawn Whitworth won the ‘Champion what is right’ Company Value Award
- Muhammad Mayat won the ‘Be Proud of What you Do’ Company Value Award.
The Gold Depot of the Year was won by Batley’s Cardiff Hatfield Road. The depot has seen double-digit growth for three successive years and has increased customer numbers, sales and profit while simultaneously finding cost efficiencies. The depot has successfully incorporated three different operations into one, becoming a SUPERHUB offering Collect Cash and Carry, Pet Cash and Carry, Catering, and more.
The Silver Depot of the Year was won by Bestway Nuneaton, and the Bronze Depot of the Year was won by Bestway Aintree.
‘Store of the Year’ was won by flagship store, Costcutter Dunnington. Due to its outstanding results and community work.
The ‘Store Colleague of the Year’ was won by Daniella Jordan, Store Manager of Costcutter Dawlish. Daniella first joined the company at the start of Covid as a zero-hour temp and proved to be an ambitious and a great asset, soon becoming a supervisor and then store manager herself.
Taking home the award for ‘Head Office Colleague of the Year’ was Accounts Supervisor, Selvawani Thavanessan.
Prizes were also awarded to ‘Unsung Hero’ Chris Cox, Team Leader of Depot Operations, ‘Field Colleague of the Year’ Jason McKay, Territory Sales Manager, and ‘Depot Colleague of the Year’ Ummar Choudhary, General Manager of Bestway Enfield.
Bestway’s supportive suppliers were also recognised on the night, with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners awarded both ‘Supplier of the Year’ and ‘Best Use of Data’, JTI was awarded ‘Best Supply Chain Management and Stock Availability’ award, PepsiCo Walkers was awarded ‘Best Cash and Carry Initiative’ and Country Choice was awarded ‘Best Retail Initiative’
All winners were presented with a certificate and trophy on stage and employee winners won a cash bonus in recognition of their commitment and hard work.
The nominees and winners for all the awards were selected by colleagues from across the Bestway business. The approach demonstrates the ‘everyone’s voice matters’ ethos of the business, which emphasises the importance of colleagues recognising each other and their achievements.
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