Lion is celebrating an award-winning week, taking out Liquor Supplier of the Year at the Coles Supplier Partner Awards and Beer Supplier of the Year at the Liquor Stores Association of WA Industry Awards.

The Coles Supplier Partner Awards were held on 17 October, recognising and celebrating suppliers for their dedication to providing great quality food, drinks and groceries around the country.

Lion was praised by the judges for its “strong customer and retail media partnering and for driving initiatives to win through supply chain transformation”.

Other drinks winners included PepsiCo, which won Digital Commerce Partner of the Year for “providing a seamless online shopping experience for customers by integrating promotional activity between Coles, Flybuys and Liquorland on one platform during seasonal events including Footy Finals and Black Friday sales”.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners won Grocery Supplier of the Year for achieving accelerated category growth by partnering with the grocery team to “simplify its range, deliver value to customers and execute with excellence”.

Coles Chief Commercial Officer Anna Croft said: “We deeply value the partnerships we have with our suppliers – some that we have enjoyed for many decades,.

“Whether its across fresh food, packaged groceries, liquor or ecommerce, we are proud to work alongside such talented and devoted partners. Their creativity, expertise and commitment to the industry help deliver on our purpose to help Australians eat and live better every day.”

The following evening, Lion rounded out its award-winning week by being named Beer Supplier of the Year at the annual Liquor Stores Association of WA Industry Awards. The awards night recognises and celebrates excellence in the independent packaged liquor store industry.

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