Battistelli's wins award in grocery store competition

A local grocery store was awarded a bronze award at the 53rd Annual Canadian Independent Grocer of the Year Awards Ceremony recently.

Battistelli's Independent Grocer in Lively was presented with the award in the Medium Surface Category.

This wasn't the only grocery store in the region to be honoured, though. Winkel's Independent Grocer in Espanola also received a bronze, but in the Large Surface Category.

Each year, the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG) Awards Program recognizes the success of outstanding independent retailers and offers insights into innovations that are changing and enhancing the way retailers compete.

Each of the competing stores is visited personally by a highly respected retail management expert, who evaluates competing stores based on retailing excellence and innovation, store team performance, customer service, space utilization, freshness and cleanliness.