22/05/2024
It's been a truly Majestic couple of days at this year's London Wine Fair, as our colleagues came away with an incredible haul of nine prestigious team and individual accolades.
At the Drinks Business Awards on Tuesday, Majestic took home FIVE prizes – more than any other business:
🥇 Multiple Retailer of the Year
🥇 Retail Buying Team of the Year
🥇 On-Trade Supplier of the Year
🥇 Consumer Campaign of the Year
🥈 Fine Wine Retailer
At the Wine Buyers Awards earlier in the day, Matthew Fowkes was awarded Supermarket & Multiple Wine Buyer of the Year, with judges recognising his ability to source unique, off-the-beaten track wines and grow sales in difficult categories. Our new colleagues at Vagabond also took home some silverware after being crowned Best On-Trade Buying Team.
And on day one of the Fair, Buyer Zara Cassidy and our PR and Events Coordinator Chloe Freeman were both named among Harpers 30 Under 30 list for 2024. Harpers praised Zara’s "commitment to sustainability, which shines through so much of what she does at Majestic", including in our Wine Club subscription cases. Chloe made the list as a result of her "strategic foresight and creative decision-making", helping to drive sales of new Majestic products including our Chosen By Majestic and Definition BY Majestic own-brand ranges.
Majestic CEO John Colley said: "Huge congratulations to all of our colleagues who achieved this incredible industry recognition. Majestic has made some brilliant progress during the past 12 months, and it is great to see esteemed judges from across the industry acknowledge the work we have done across a number of key areas, including growing sales in our retail stores; enhancing our range of quality, unique wines; winning high-profile hospitality partners through our Majestic Commercial B2B team; and attracting thousands of new customers through our marketing campaigns."