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Food wins big at the 2017 SME Awards

It was a good night for food businesses of all shapes in Ireland.

Ken McGuire by Ken McGuire
26th January 2018
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2017 SME Awards

2017 SME Awards

The results are in for the 2017 SME Awards.

When you look at the list of winners, food businesses in Ireland did pretty well this time out.

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While there was no ceremony for the 2017 SME Awards, results were revealed on Twitter early Thursday morning.

Congrats to the 2017/2018 @TheSMEAwards winners https://t.co/APnAgEQbmf

— SME Awards (@TheSMEAwards) January 25, 2018

The awards are part of the family that brings you the annual Social Media Awards and Web Awards in Ireland. Set up in 2015, they recognise the hard work and talent of small and medium-sized businesses.

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2017 SME Awards Winners

(Food related businesses are highlighted in bold)

  • Family Run Business
    • 1 Full-time Employee: Spice Devils
    • 2 Full-time Employees: Black Castle Drinks
    • 3-5 Full-time Employees – SwitchCraft.ie
    • 6+ Full-time Employees – Carrick Cineplex
  • Under 30s Business – De Roiste Foods
  • Retailer (With mostly offline focus) – The Pure Kitchen
  • Online Retailer (Irish Market) – BabyBoo.ie
  • Online Retailer (Export) – oodlique
  • Food and Drink
    • Micro – 1 Employee – Life Kitchen
    • Small – 2-3 Employees – Pure Glan Food for Mariko
    • Medium – 4+ Employees – Hederman
  • Customer Focus / Engagement – My Shining Armour
  • New Business
    • Non Digital – Sadie’s Kitchen
    • Services – HUB Controls
    • Digital – Travel WiFi
  • Community Minded Company – Fitness Freak for fruit in hospitals
  • Environmentally Minded – Griffins Garden Centre
  • Company Transformation – Guardian Safety
  • B2B SME – Cuckoo Events
  • New Product / Service – Micro 1-3 Employees – CLIRINX
  • New Product / Service – Small 4+ Employees – O’Neills Dry Cure Bacon Co
  • SME Website (Non eCommerce) – Enterpryze
  • SME Social Media (In-house) – Micro – 1-5 Employees – Dr. Coy’s Health Foods
  • SME Social Media (In-house) – Small – 6+ Employees – Ecanvasser

So, it’s a big congratulations to all businesses, food or otherwise, on the success. While winning awards are one thing, building on them is another. Find out more about the 2017 SME Awards at smeawards.ie.

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