Roz and Michael White and their dedicated team at White’s IGA Mt Coolum are celebrating, after winning a prestigious award for the second year in a row.
White’s IGA Mt Coolum was again crowned the Queensland IGA Store of the Year at the annual Queensland IGA Awards of Excellence.
The store was also awarded the IGA Delicatessen Department of the Year, IGA Bakery Department of the Year and the IGA Dairy-Freezer Department of the Year.
White’s IGA Peregian Beach won IGA Meat Department of the Year and White’s Supa IGA claimed the IGA Customer Service and Experience Award.
The awards celebrate and recognise retail excellence and the dedicated efforts of independent family owned IGA stores across Queensland.
White’s IGA Mt Coolum won four top awards in recognition of their standout offer and ‘customer first’ mentality.
The Fresh, Delicatessen, Grocery and Gourmet local range at White’s IGA Mt Coolum are extensive, unique, immaculately presented and tailored to suit the needs of the local community.
The team continues to support local producers and suppliers through their Locavore program, which connects shoppers with food produced within 200km of the store.
The team at Mt Coolum’s pride in the store is renowned for their friendliness, helpfulness, and their efforts that have turned the store into a true local hub.
The awards were presented to the Mt Coolum team by IGA Queensland State Board Chair Frank Spanos and Roy Leisk, Queensland General Manager, Metcash Food.
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Mr Spanos said the Queensland IGA Awards of Excellence acknowledged the hard work, commitment, and excellence that IGA stores across Queensland have demonstrated throughout the year.
“Roz and Michael White and the entire team at White’s IGA Mt Coolum go over and above every day to provide a standout store for their local community,” he said.
This award is testament to their passion, hard work and excellence. Congratulations to the team.”
Mrs White said they were delighted to be recognised.
“Every day we all strive to offer the best products, best prices and best customer service to every single customer who walks through our doors,” she said.
“We are passionate about what we do and are incredibly proud to have won all these awards.
“A special thanks goes out to our entire team for their leadership, hard work and true passion that they display every single day.
“We are only able to do what we do, in the way that we do it because of the commitment of our amazing people and the support of our wonderful local community and we can’t thank them all enough.”
