And the Winner is...
Spar Pelynt is the cream of the UK’s convenience retailing after being crowned Neighbourhood Shop of the Year at our glittering awards ceremony.
The store is a family business which has been run by generations of the Boxall family for 80 years and Fernley and Molly Boxall have run the store near Looe, Cornwall for over 40 years. Together with son Paul and his wife Sophie (pictured with Wiseman sales and marketing director Sandy Wilkie) impressed judges with its mix of excellent convenience retailing, services to the community and forward thinking.
Staffordshire farmer Bill Ford of Stoney Low Farm, Keele also celebrated being crowned champion at the annual Milk Quality Awards.
Situated near the village of Keele, close to Newcastle Under Lyme in Staffordshire, Stoney Low Farm is home to the award winning herd which boasted the lowest average somatic cell count (72,000 cells/ml) and the lowest bactoscan count (just over 10,000) in the entire Wiseman Milk Group.
Beating off competition from over 900 dairy farm across the country, Bill collected his award from Milk Procurement Director, Pete Nicholson and the Chairman of the Wiseman Milk Partnership, Mr James Stephen.
