Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington is to host The Convenience Awards 2021.

Brought to you by ConvenienceStore.co.uk, The Grocer and Lumina Intelligence, this year’s awards take place on 14 September at The Londoner Hotel in Leicester Square, London.

Adlington made her Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008 and went on to win both 400m and 800m freestyle events. It saw her become the first woman to take swimming gold for Great Britain in over forty years and the first in a century to secure two wins at a single Games.

At the London 2012 Games she added to her medal tally with two bronze medals.

After retiring from competition she combined a media career with work for charities and schemes to promote swimming and sport in general. Her Swim Stars programme aims to ensure every child in the country is able to swim 25m before starting secondary school, whilst Becky Adlington Training focuses on developing swimming teachers.

She is a BBC commentator and pundit covering Olympic, World and European competitions. She has also appeared on TV shows from I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and 8 Out of 10 Cats to celebrity versions of MasterChef, The Chase and Come Dine With Me.

In speeches, Adlington takes audiences through her sporting journey, reflecting on the motivation and dedication, the teamwork, marginal gains and sacrifice required to beat the best in the world.

To hear from Rebecca Adlington, book your place at The Convenience Awards now!

The Convenience Awards 2021 is kindly sponsored by Bestway, Booker, Boost, Coca-Cola, Nescafe, Nisa, Post Office, Premier Foods, SBF, Snappy Shopper and Spar.

The Convenience Awards 2021 finalists

Small Convenience Store of the Year

Ash’s Shop, Cambridgeshire

Best One Preens, West Yorkshire

Londis Culverhay Stores, Wiltshire

MJ’s Premier Store, Lancashire

Independent Convenience Store of the Year

Budgens Berrymoor, Northamptonshire

Costcutter Chislehurst, Bromley

Premier Morley, Leeds

Spar Parkfoot, Kent 

Large Convenience Store of the Year

Heart of England Co-operative Earlsdon, Coventry

Knight’s Budgens of Hassocks, Sussex

Scotmid Inverkeithing, Fife

Tout’s Langford, Bristol

Multiple Managed Convenience Store of the Year

Scotmid Rimbleton, Glenrothes

Spar Carnmoney Hill, Co. Antrim

Spar Intake, Doncaster

Spar Malone Road, Co. Antrim

Customer Delivery Store of the Year

MJ’s Premier Store, Lancashire

Premier Heyside and Post Office, Manchester

Scotmid Armadale, West Lothian

Spar Parkfoot Garage, Kent

Food to Go Store of the Year

Mulkerns Eurospar, Co. Down

Premier Heyside and Post Office, Manchester

Premier Morley, Leeds

Scotmid Bo’ness, West Lothian

H & Jodies Nisa Local, Walsall

Mulkerns Eurospar, Co. Down

Scotmid Blackburn, West Lothian

Welcome – Brockenhurst, Hampshire

New Store/Refit of the Year

Premier Heyside and Post Office, Manchester

Scotmid Bo’ness, West Lothian

Spar Malone Road, Co. Antrim

Welcome – Brockenhurst, Hampshire

Sustainability Retailer of the Year

Knight’s Budgens of Hassocks, Sussex

Londis Heath Stores Horsmonden, Kent

Mulkerns Eurospar, Co. Down

Scotmid Inverkeithing, Fife

Convenience Rising Star of the Year

Ajay Singh, Premier Morley

Anand Cheema, Spar Falkirk

Enya McAteer, Mulkerns Spar Jonesborough

Nishi Patel, Londis Bexley Park

Sales Colleague of the Year

Elaine Rowley Markfield Central England Co-op

Luke Barrow Anstey Central England Co-op

Natalie McKerracher Scotmid Menstrie

Wiktoria Zaucha Spies Lane Central England Co-op, Halesowen

Retailers’ Retailer of the Year

H & Jodie’s Nisa Local

Londis Heath Stores Horsmonden, Kent

Premier Morley, Leeds

Premier Heyside and Post Office, Manchester