JUDGING CRITERIA

FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR

There are two awards in each state, except Tasmania — one for metro distributor of the year and another for regional distributor of the year. 

These awards were decided by a rating system utilising six criteria and voted upon by a strong cross-section of suppliers to the foodservice distribution channel.

NATIONAL SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR

The customer base in each category was approached to rate those companies they considered worthy of consideration eg the major foodservice distributor groups rated the food, beverage and tabletop supplier categories and Commercial Equipment Suppliers were rated by their Dealers and Distributors. 

Voters were asked to rate companies from 1–5 points (5 equalling excellent) against criteria such as communication, business cooperation, staff professionalism, administration and marketing support. To facilitate a clear outcome, voters were allowed to rate to one decimal place (eg 4.6 instead of 4). 

The winner in each category is the company with the overall highest score.

Scores for the above are given by the customer base within each of the categories as this provides the best and most impartial method of determining the finalists and winners and eliminates the need for judges.

INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

This award was open to applications from any member supply company within the industry and across any area: entrants which best met the four criteria were selected as finalists.

The winner was the finalist awarded the highest score by our independent expert panel of judges, who were drawn from a range of supply channels to the industry and invited to judge based on their impartiality, knowledge and industry expertise. 

TIED SCORES/CO-WINNERS:

Tied scores will result in nominees being announced as co-winners.

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP

FSAA member companies nominated candidates from within their foodservice teams, with each entrant providing a senior management reference to be interviewed in support of their application.

From these nominations, a judging panel selected two finalists.  Each finalist was required to deliver a presentation and participate in an interview, with assessments based on their demonstrated commitment, passion, drive and depth of research on the nominated topic.  The topic selected this year was “The Future of Foodservice Leadership: Balancing Profitability, Sustainability and People”

FSAA MARKETING SCHOLARSHIP
sponsored by Restaurant & Foodservice Show

FSAA member companies nominated candidates from within their marketing teams, with each entrant providing a senior management reference to be interviewed in support of their application.

From these nominations, a judging panel selected four finalists.  Each finalist was required to deliver a presentation and participate in an interview, with assessments based on their creativity, strategic thinking, marketing expertise and depth of research on a nominated topic. The topic selected this year was “Designing a 12-Month Growth Strategy for an Australian Foodservice Brand in a Flat or Declining Market”

Visit www.fsaa.org.au for full details