The Foodland Ontario Retailer Awards Program is the produce industry’s premier competition that recognizes grocery retailers’ efforts to raise consumer awareness about the diversity of foods locally grown and harvested in the province of Ontario. 

This year, our annual Retailer Awards recognized 60 grocery retailers for 2023 who are making it easier for Ontarians to choose and buy locally-grown and harvested foods with their innovative in-store promotion of fresh Ontario food. Their store displays increase consumer awareness and education about the diversity of fruits and vegetables grown in Ontario. Stores submit photographs of their promotional displays to qualify for the awards, and the winners are selected by a panel.

Award Categories: 

Foodland Ontario Award of Excellence celebrates Ontario retailers that have won the Platinum All Seasons Award two years in a row. The 2023 winners are:

  • Foodland #3249 in Markdale
  • Longo's #34 in Stouffville
  • Starsky Fine Foods in Hamilton

The Platinum All Seasons Award recognizes merchandising excellence through three seasonal groupings: spring, summer and fall/winter. The 2023 winners are:

  • Foodland #3249 in Markdale
  • Longo's #34 in Stouffville
  • Starsky Fine Foods in Hamilton
  • Food Basics #928 in Etobicoke
  • Foodland #3355 in Mount Forest
  • Longo's #6 Weston in Woodbridge
  • Longo's #19 in Aurora
  • Metro #73 in Mississauga
  • Metro #141 in Windsor
  • Metro #453 in Bowmanville
  • Metro #461 in Mississauga
  • Fisher's Independent Grocer #839 in Beaverton

The Gold Category Award is given to chain and independent stores in three specific categories: creative, seasonal and cross-merchandised. The 2023 winners are:

Gold Creative Winners

  • Food Basics #831 in Woodbridge
  • Food Basics #856 in Richmond Hill
  • Foodland #3274 in Ingersoll
  • Kudrinko's in Westport

Gold Seasonal

  • Food Basics #660 in Brampton
  • Metro #331 in Orangeville
  • Metro #853 in Pickering
  • Morello's Your Independent Grocer #878 in Peterborough

Gold Cross-Merchandised

  • Food Basics #883 in Listowel
  • FreshCo #9778 in Toronto
  • Longo's #5 Bayview in Thornhill
  • Metro #202 in Sault Ste. Marie

The Silver Award of Merit celebrates excellence in promoting Ontario produce in a display. The 2023 winners are:

  • Food Basics #675 in London
  • Food Basics #833 in Bolton
  • Food Basics #842 in Newmarket
  • Food Basics #843 in Richmond Hill
  • Food Basics #872 in Keswick
  • Food Basics #989 in St Catharines
  • Foodland #3239 in Wiarton
  • Foodland #3259 in Southampton
  • Foodland #6421 in Ridgetown
  • Foodland #6436 in Shelburne
  • Foodland #6834 in Owen Sound
  • FreshCo #9544 in Toronto
  • FreshCo #9665 in Cornwall
  • FreshCo #9863 in London
  • Freshmart #4217 in Port Sydney
  • Goldsmith's Orchard Market in Thornbury
  • Longo's #4 in Markham
  • Longo's #9 Walkers Line in Burlington
  • Longo's #11 Rutherford in Woodbridge
  • Longo's #22 in Richmond Hill
  • Longo's #24 Maple Leaf Square in Toronto
  • Longo's #26 Leaside in Toronto
  • Longo's #27 Southeast in Oakville
  • Longo's #30 Mount Pleasant in Brampton
  • Longo's #31 in Ancaster 
  • Longo's #32 in Guelph
  • Longo's #36 Green Lane in East Gwillimbury
  • Longo's #37 Liberty Village in Toronto
  • Metro #26 in Stouffville
  • Metro #717 in Mississauga
  • Metro #798 in Newmarket
  • Sobeys #4712 in Tillsonburg
  • McDowell's Your Independent Grocer #1948 in Belleville
  • Marsha's Your Independent Grocer #7186 in Nepean
  • Zehrs #520 in Keswick
  • Zehrs #563 in Owen Sound

The Foodland Ontario Retailer Awards are presented by the Ontario government in partnership with: