IGA VIC State Awards of Excellence
Ritchies had a very successful night at the IGA VIC State Awards of Excellence held Saturday 20th April.
This event is held annually to recognise the outstanding achievements of IGA stores (and their teams) across Australia.
Ritchies took out a total of six awards including Dion Aloi taking out the VIC Rising Star of the Year award. Congratulations Dion on the win and also to Erin Harper on her nomination for the award. There has been a number of previous winners of this award who have gone on to great careers within IGA, so not only is it a great recognition, but also a sign of what it is come.
At store level it was our country stores taking out the awards:
- Winner Cohuna - Medium Bakery Department of the Year – Store Manager Brent, Luke & Clifford accepted the award on behalf of the store.
- Winner Tatura – Large Store Meat Department of the Year – Store Manager Brendan, Former Store Manager Sheree, Luke and Daniel accepted the award on behalf of the store.
- Winner Tatura – Large Store Grocery and GM Department of the Year – Store Manager Brendan, Former Store Manager Sheree, and Luke accepted the award on behalf of the store.
- Winner Tatura – Large Store Transformation and Innovation Award - Store Manager Brendan, Former Store Manager Sheree, Luke and Jarrod accepted the award on behalf of the store.
- Winner Tatura – Large Store of the Year – all supervisors and team members that have assisted with Tatura accepted the award on behalf of the store.
Well done to all stores that were nominated for awards. Given the quality of the stores that won, it is great recognition to be nominated and all stores and their teams should be proud to be nominated.
