Now firmly established as one of convenience retail’s leading global recognition programmes, the ‘Best Foodvenience Store in the World’ competition celebrates excellence and innovation in foodvenience through the combination of customer experience, operational excellence and commercial performance. More than an awards programme, it has become a global platform for industry learning, showcasing the world’s most inspiring examples of convenience retail and foodservice innovation.
The 2026 program is co-hosted by Insight Research and NACS, with knowledge partner The Moseley Group and sponsor Deliverect, the competition is free to enter and open to retailers worldwide.
Recognition for every entrant
Every store entered into Best Foodvenience Store in the World 2026 has the opportunity to:
- Gain international recognition for your store, team and foodvenience proposition.
- Showcase your achievements through a dedicated online profile featuring your story, photography and video.
- Benchmark against the world’s leading retailers and be recognised alongside previous winners including Applegreen and Rutter’s.
- Share your ideas and inspire the industry, helping progress foodvenience through the exchange of best practice.
- Celebrate your team, recognising the people behind the day-to-day delivery of an outstanding customer experience.
The 2026 Entries
Our 2026 entry longlist features 24 outstanding stores from 10 countries, each with a dedicated profile page showcasing written insights, photography and site videos. Following the in depth judging process, we have now revealed the Top 12 and opened the online industry vote. Time to choose your favourites!
Explore each profile to discover how the world’s leading retailers are shaping the future of foodvenience, and find fresh inspiration along the way.
Global, independent and free
The competition continues to operate as a fully online programme, with no entry fees or geographical restrictions, making it accessible to retailers of every size and market. Every participating store receives a dedicated online profile featuring photography, video content and insights into its foodvenience strategy, customer proposition, operational approach and innovation, creating a lasting resource that can be shared with colleagues, customers and industry peers.
Entries are evaluated by an international panel of industry experts, alongside verified global industry voting, helping ensure an independent, robust and representative result.
Key dates
- July – Entries open
- 15 September – Entry deadline
- 29 September – Store profiles published and judging begins
- 22 October – Shortlist announced and industry voting opens
- 5 November – Voting closes
- 12 November – Winners announced online and live at The Retail Marketeers’ Convenience Leaders Convention, Hamburg
Previously
Congratulations to our previous winners Rutter’s 106 Milton for 2025 and Applegreen Rathcoole in 2024. We recognise their excellence and innovation in Foodvenience, achieved through an outstanding combination of customer experience, operational excellence, and remarkable performance.
A global celebration
To all of the previous entries, we’re honoured to have showcased your store as part of this global celebration. Our appreciation goes to the teams who run these amazing stores. While this is a competition with one winner, it’s you: the store teams and those who support you, who win your customers every single day.
The competition’s core values
The aim of this initiative is simple; to enhance industry learning in the way that our industry always has – by sharing and celebrating success and innovation.
The three core principles of the competition;
- Excellence and Innovation. Recognising excellence and innovation in Foodvenience, through the combination of customer experience, operational excellence and remarkable performance.
- Global Perspective. Providing a global showcase of the best foodservice in convenience retail.
- Recognition. Recognising the people who run and operate the stores represented in this competition from around the world, along with the teams who support them.
