Growing
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.

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

1^st May 2024

Application process opens

4^th October 2024

Closing date for applications

15^th NOVEMBER 2024

Announcement of finalists

10^thJanuary 2024

Submission of finalist pitch videos

29^thJanuary 2024

Judging process begins

30^th 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

Growing Further Awards 2025