Tesco Category supplier of the year 2014

This week Marston's have been awarded Tesco's Category Supplier of the year for Beers, Wines & Spirits (BWS).

This is a great achievement for any supplier, but even more so considering the scale of competition Marston's were up against, all with superior levels of investment and teams of resource.

A lot goes into achieving this level of recognition, but key in this instance has been the teams focus on innovation and bringing an exclusive opportunity to Tesco with the Revisionist range of beers and and delivering it against a tight window for implementation instore.

Our project team of Category Manager Thom Wilkes, Account Manager Howard Dix, Brewers Simon Yates, Genevieve Upton and myself co-ordinating the project, all worked seamlessly with the Tesco buying and Technical teams to deliver a great result.

Carl Middleton, Marston's Head of Take Home recognised my contribution saying "Justin's category expertise is a real asset to my team. His development of the Revisionist range of beers played a major role in the team being recognised as Tesco's category supplier of the year for BWS."

Chiara Nesbitt, Tesco Beer Buyer added "Justin's category insight and support were key to bringing the Revisionist craft beer range to market and making the project a success."

I urge you all to pop into Tesco and raise a toast with Revisionist Rye Pale Ale (my personal favourite).