Aldi beat Asda and Morrisons to The Grocer of the Year 2009 prize at The Grocer Gold Awards.

The result follows its victory in being crowned the best supermarket in the UK by the consumer watchdog Which? earlier this month.

Ocado scooped the Green Retailer of the Year award, despite considerable efforts in this field from the supermarkets. Ocado also triumphed in the Online Retailer of the Year award, against strong competition from Asda and Tesco.

JJ Foodservice, a £117 million sales catering specialist, triumphed over cash & carry giants Booker and Palmer+Harvey as well as foodservice companies Brakes and 3663, to be crowned Wholesaler of the Year.

After a day of presentations by store managers from Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose, Mike Toth, from Morrisons' Coventry branch, was crowned Store Manager of the Year.

It capped a strong night for Morrisons, which also secured the awards for service and availability. Asda won the award for price for the 12th consecutive year, but the overall showing of the big four was muted. Sainsbury's won the Consumer Initiative of the Year for its Switch+Save campaign.

Tesco won just one award, the consumer-voted prize for Britain's Favourite Supermarket.

It was a strong year for the resurgent Co-operative Group, which won the Business Initiative of the Year and the Own-Label Range of the Year.

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