The Sammies are annual awards given by the

British Sandwich Association The British Sandwich & Food to Go Association (BSA) was founded in January 1990 and is based in Chepstow Chepstow () is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the ...

to sandwich manufacturers and retailers. They are celebrating 30 years with the 2024 Sammies Awards.

Winners

Though there are many awards, the main ones are included below.

The British Sandwich Industry Award

The BSA award is given for outstanding achievement to the development of the sandwich industry. *1995:

Marks & Spencer Marks and Spencer plc (commonly abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks & Sparks or simply Marks) is a major British multinational retailer based in London, England, that specialises in selling clothing, beauty products, home produc ...

*1996:

Pret a Manger Pret a Manger (; French for "ready to eat") is a British multinational sandwich shop chain founded in London, England, in 1983. It is popularly referred to simply as Pret. As of January 2025, Pret had over 700 locations across 19 countries and ...

*1997:

Edward Gibson Edward George Gibson (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut, aviator, pilot, engineer, and physicist. Before becoming an astronaut, Gibson graduated from the University of Rochester and the California Institute of Technology. He bec ...

(Gibsons) *1998: The Earl of Sandwich *1999: Peter and John Bartlett (Breadwinner) *2000:

Julian Metcalfe Julian Edward Metcalfe (born 14 December 1959) is a British entrepreneur and founder of food retailers Itsu and Metcalfe's Food Company. Early life Metcalfe's mother was Alexa, the widow of Alexander Korda; his paternal grandfather was Edward ...

and

Sinclair Beecham Pret a Manger (; French for "ready to eat") is a British multinational sandwich shop chain founded in London, England, in 1983. It is popularly referred to simply as Pret. As of January 2025, Pret had over 700 locations across 19 countries and ...

(Pret a Manger) *2001: Hans Blakmann *2002: Jim Winship (BSA) *2003: Patrick Simpson (Foodservice Centre) *2004: Robin Birley (Birley's) *2005: Nigel Hunter (Buckingham Foods) *2006: Phillip Brown (founder of Philpott's) *2007: David Samworth ( Samworth Brothers) *2008: Fred de Luca (Founder of Subway) *2009: Nellie Nichols *2010: Alan Dulin *2011:

Greggs Greggs plc is a British bakery chain. It specialises in savoury products such as baked goods, sausage rolls, sandwiches and sweet items including doughnuts and vanilla slices. It is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is lis ...

*2012:

Greencore Greencore Group plc is a food company in Ireland. It was established by the Irish government in 1991, when Irish Sugar was privatised, but today Greencore's products are mainly convenience foods, not only in Ireland but also in the United Kingd ...

, Food to Go *2013: Joe Street, Fine Lady Bakeries *2014: Camilla Deane *2015: Mark Arnold, Street Eats' head of innovation *2016: Andrew Hesketh *2018: Pam Sainsbury *2019: Roger Whiteside

The Manufacturer of the Year Award

Given to the sandwich manufacturer that has made the most technical progress over the year. *1995: Joint winners: Toft Foods and Walkers Bradgate Bakery *1996: Joint winners: Toft Foods and Walkers Bradgate Bakery *1997: Breadwinner Foods *1998: Joint winners: Walkers Bradgate Bakery and Gibsons *1999: Bradgate Bakery *2000: The Sandwich Company *2001: Brambles Foods *2002: Joint winners:Bradgate Bakery and Freshway Foods *2003: Benjy's *2004: Buckingham Foods *2005: Melton Foods *2006: Freshway Foods *2007: Bradgate Bakery *2008: Melton Foods *2009:

, Park Royal *2010: Raynor Foods *2011: Solway Foods *2012: Melton Foods *2013: Bradgate Bakery *2014: Greencore, Park Royal *2015: Melton Foods *2016: Joint Winners: On a Roll Sandwich Company and Bradgate Bakery *2017: Solway Foods *2018: Bradgate Bakery *2019: Bradgate Bakery *2020: Raynor Foods

The Multiple Retailer of the Year Award

Given to the retailer who has done the most to promote sandwich sales. *1995:

Tesco Tesco plc () is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in the United Kingdom at its head offices in Welwyn Garden City, England. The company was founded by Jack Cohen (businessman), Sir Jack Cohen in ...

*1996: Tesco *1997: Tesco *1998:

*1999:

Boots A boot is a type of footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf. Some boots extend up the leg, sometimes as far as the knee or even the hip. Most boots have a heel that is clearl ...

*2000: Marks & Spencer *2001: Spar *2002: Marks & Spencer *2003: Marks & Spencer *2004: Boots *2005: Marks & Spencer *2006: Marks & Spencer *2007: J. Sainsbury *2008:

Morrisons Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited, trading as Morrisons, is the List of supermarket chains in the United Kingdom, fifth largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. As of 2021, the company had 497 supermarkets across England, Wales and Sco ...

*2009: Boots *2010: Marks & Spencer *2011: Tesco *2012: Sainsbury's *2013: Sainsbury's *2014: Tesco *2015: Tesco *2016:

Waitrose Waitrose Limited, trading as Waitrose & Partners, is a British supermarket chain, founded in 1904 as Waite, Rose & Taylor, later shortened to Waitrose. In 1937, it was acquired by the John Lewis Partnership, the UK's largest employee-owned b ...

*2017: Morrisons *2018: Morrisons *2019: Marks & Spencer *2020: Tesco

References

External links

* British sandwiches British awards Food and drink awards {{Award-stub