Winner - 2005 - Finalist-2006  Speciality Food & Beverage Category JUDGES COMMENTS: Passionate and knowledgable operator, has created delightful village experience,                              made you feel confident of making the right purchase.

The winners of the 2005 Auckland Top Shop Awards were selected from more than 300 entries and were open to all retailers in the greater Auckland region from Orewa to Pukekohe. An independent panel of judges evaluated the stores on excellence in customer service, product knowledge, selling skills and manner of staff, as well as store’s atmosphere, design and layout. The judging process took place during August and September with each entrant mystery shopped in order to determine finalists. Each finalist was then revisited and reassessed by a judging panel of 11 retailing experts across consulting, design, HR, merchandising, media and training, the identities of whom were not revealed until after the awards were announced.