The Sammies are annual awards given by the British Sandwich Association to sandwich manufacturers and retailers. They are celebrating 30 years with the 2024 Sammies Awards.
Winners Though there are many awards, the main ones are included below.
The British Sandwich Industry Award Source:
The BSA award is given for outstanding achievement to the development of the sandwich industry. 1995: Marks & Spencer 1996: Pret a Manger 1997: Edward Gibson (Gibsons) 1998: The Earl of Sandwich 1999: Peter and John Bartlett (Breadwinner) 2000: Julian Metcalfe and Sinclair Beecham (Pret a Manger) 2001: Hans Blakmann 2002: Jim Winship (BSA) 2003: Patrick Simpson (Foodservice Centre) 2004: Robin Birley (Birley's) 2005: Nigel Hunter (Buckingham Foods) 2006: Phillip Brown (founder of Philpott's) 2007: David Samworth (Samworth Brothers) 2008: Fred de Luca (Founder of Subway) 2009: Nellie Nichols 2010: Alan Dulin 2011: Greggs 2012: Greencore, Food to Go 2013: Joe Street, Fine Lady Bakeries 2014: Camilla Deane 2015: Mark Arnold, Street Eats' head of innovation 2016: Andrew Hesketh 2018: Pam Sainsbury 2019: Roger Whiteside
The Manufacturer of the Year Award Source:
Given to the sandwich manufacturer that has made the most technical progress over the year. 1995: Joint winners: Toft Foods and Walkers Bradgate Bakery 1996: Joint winners: Toft Foods and Walkers Bradgate Bakery 1997: Breadwinner Foods 1998: Joint winners: Walkers Bradgate Bakery and Gibsons 1999: Bradgate Bakery 2000: The Sandwich Company 2001: Brambles Foods 2002: Joint winners:Bradgate Bakery and Freshway Foods 2003: Benjy's 2004: Buckingham Foods 2005: Melton Foods 2006: Freshway Foods 2007: Bradgate Bakery 2008: Melton Foods 2009: Greencore, Park Royal 2010: Raynor Foods 2011: Solway Foods 2012: Melton Foods 2013: Bradgate Bakery 2014: Greencore, Park Royal 2015: Melton Foods 2016: Joint Winners: On a Roll Sandwich Company and Bradgate Bakery 2017: Solway Foods 2018: Bradgate Bakery 2019: Bradgate Bakery 2020: Raynor Foods
The Multiple Retailer of the Year Award Source:
Given to the retailer who has done the most to promote sandwich sales. 1995: Tesco 1996: Tesco 1997: Tesco 1998: Marks & Spencer 1999: Boots 2000: Marks & Spencer 2001: Spar 2002: Marks & Spencer 2003: Marks & Spencer 2004: Boots 2005: Marks & Spencer 2006: Marks & Spencer 2007: J. Sainsbury 2008: Morrisons 2009: Boots 2010: Marks & Spencer 2011: Tesco 2012: Sainsbury's 2013: Sainsbury's 2014: Tesco 2015: Tesco 2016: Waitrose 2017: Morrisons 2018: Morrisons 2019: Marks & Spencer 2020: Tesco
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