Growing
Further
Awards
2025
Further
Awards
2025
Innovative Future Retail Awards
Growing Further is an annual award initiative designed to support and promote innovation within the grocery retail supply chain. Launched by the Greenman Group, Europe’s only fully integrated grocery-anchored real estate investment and fund management company, the award focuses on advancing innovation from production to waste management. With a prize fund of €100,000, Growing Further aims to foster groundbreaking solutions that will shape the future of the grocery retail industry.
This year’s categories are as follows:
Production, Distribution & Retail, Built Environment and Customer Engagement.
CATEGORIES
PRODUCTION
Businesses focused on innovations in the primary production (AgTech) and secondary processing (FoodTech) of ingredients and food.
DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL
Businesses focused on innovations in the packaging, distribution and sale of products (retail supply chain management) that help to reduce costs, deliver products faster, present produce more effectively, and help retailers gain a competitive advantage in the market.
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Businesses focused on innovations impacting the built environment in which grocery or retail products are stored and sold (Proptech/building engineering), improving building efficiencies and sustainability.
CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT
Businesses developing innovative ways to communicate and engage with retail consumers, inside or outside the store (Ad-tech/AR/XR/etc), analysing behaviour, enhancing personalisation and promoting experiential marketing.
TIMELINE
1st May 2024
Application process opens
4th October 2024
Closing date for applications
15th NOVEMBER 2024
Announcement of finalists
10thJanuary 2024
Submission of finalist pitch videos
29thJanuary 2024
Judging process begins
30th January 2025
Final judging and awards event
PRIZE FUND
CASH PRIZE FUND:
€100,000
CATEGORY WINNERS:
€12,500
OVERALL WINNER:
€50,000
Each category winner will receive €12,500 while the overall winner will receive an additional €50,000, making their total prize €62,500.
JUDGES
HEATHER MORRIS
Dogpatch Labs. Managing Director, Founders Talent Accelerator
AIDAN BRADY
Former Chief Executive of Citibank Europe and chief country officer of Citi Ireland
AMINE RAJI
Co-founder & CEO, Spore.Bio. Last years Growing Further Winner!
JON BRADFORD
Co-founder & Managing Partner of Dynamo Ventures