Arla triumphs at Supplier of the Year awards

Arla has triumphed twice in The Grocer magazine’s Supplier of the Year awards. As well as picking up the award for best own label dairy supplier, it has walked away with the award for best branded chilled supplier.

Coming top of the two categories means Arla is automatically in the running for The Grocer Gold awards for Best Overall Branded Supplier of Year and Best Overall Own Label Supplier of the Year, with winners revealed in June.

Suppliers do not nominate themselves for the awards, they are rated by buyers from the major supermarkets, discounters and wholesalers.

Commenting on Arla scooping best own label dairy supplier of 2014, judges said Arla provided: “Great quality and great value for money products which is exactly what customers expect from own label ranges.” They also acknowledged that Arla had a ‘great year in branded, with Anchor and Lurpak outperforming the market’. 

When it came to topping the branded chilled category, Arla was praised by buyers for its work in the chilled category, with one judge saying that Arla “consistently meets deadlines and other order requirements.” Judges also praised Arla’s product quality, which they said was ‘consistently good’ and that the company has ‘great brands with the best marketing campaigns’ in the BSM category.

Arla made awards history at The 2013 Grocer Gold awards when it became the first supplier in the country ever to collect two awards in one night – The Best Overall Own Label Supplier and The Green Supplier of the Year.