Epicures of the year
Because distributors of gourmet products need to differentiate themselves and constantly innovate to develop their business, Le Monde de l'Epicerie Fine rewards the best initiatives in 5 categories.
Jury members (recognized experts in the industry) meet upstream to select the winners.
Best French Delicatessen
The winner must either have recently opened a store, or be a seasoned professional who has achieved something significant over the past few months. The winner must embody the fine grocery profession and a form of success or promise of success.
Best Foreign Grocery
Also new, this category will highlight a business particularly involved in the gastronomic representation of a foreign country in France.
Best Mixed Trade
This new category opens up nos Épicures to all food retailers offering a wide range of delicatessen products, as well as to wine merchants, tea rooms and restaurants...
Best
Networks
Whether franchised, licensed or wholly-owned, some concepts have everything it takes to be duplicated. This prize will reward the most relevant of them, and the most promising too.
Best Merchant Site
We rewarded a digital innovation that integrated e-commerce sites. This year - in view of the boom in online sales of food products - we're concentrating on online stores alone.