Two Offaly stores honoured for excellence at prestigious awards ceremony

Two Offaly based MACE stores were honoured at the recent MACE Excellence Awards for achieving exceptional standards in retailing.

The event was held in Lawlor’s Hotel, in Naas and hosted by BWG Foods, owners and operators of the MACE brand in Ireland.

The two Offaly stores who received a MACE Excellence Award are Rita Lambe, Lambe’s MACE Clara and Brendan and Aishling Mann, Mann’s MACE Tullamore

This year’s MACE Excellence Awards, held in association with Solution Management Associates (SMA) are only awarded to MACE stores that pass an intensive year-long inspection, including two unannounced audits in addition to an SMA Audit, as well as a BWG Foods Safety audit in conjunction with the globally recognised Assurance Partner, LRQA.

Congratulating the winners, Keith Crawford, MACE Sales Director, said: “As Ireland’s longest serving convenience symbol brand, MACE retailers have a well-established commitment to outstanding retail standards and customer service. The recipients of this year’s MACE Excellence Awards continue to set the benchmark for the brand and marketplace overall. Congratulations to Rita Lambe and Brendan and Aishling Mann and their teams for all they do in their local communities.”

Operated by independent retailers, MACE’s nationwide network includes local community stores as well as forecourt shopping and urban stores, with more than 155 MACE stores located throughout Ireland.