Coles has revealed the winners of its 2025 Supplier Partner Awards, celebrating those who go “above and beyond” to deliver quality food, drink and grocery products for customers.

From fresh produce, meat and pantry staples to liquor drops and health essentials, suppliers were recognised for their outstanding contributions across a wide range of categories at a celebratory dinner on 22 October in Melbourne.

The Product Launch of the Year was awarded to Grill’d for its line of gourmet burger patties, while Rombola Family Farms was named Fresh Produce Supplier of the Year.

Community Champion of the Year went to Unilever for its contribution to Australian communities through campaigns such as Clean Up Australia, Movember and Coles Healthy Kicks that delivered more than $560,000 in community support.

Coles Chief Commercial Officer Anna Croft says the awards put a spotlight on the people and partners behind the products Australians love.

“These awards are about celebrating our strong partnerships with the growers, producers and innovators who work with us to deliver products customers know, love and trust,” she says.

“It’s through their hard work and fresh thinking that Coles can continue to deliver the quality, variety and value Australians expect every day.”

Additional winners of the 2025 Coles Supplier Partner Awards:

• Lynch Group took home Own Brand Supplier of the Year for its success with Smith Street Flowers.
• Beak and Johnston was named Meat, Deli, Seafood and Convenience Supplier of the Year for its role in growing the Coles Made Easy.
• Lactalis was recognised as Bakery, Dairy and Frozen Supplier of the Year for its creative pipeline behind the Pauls Plus Masterbrand launch.
• Supply Chain Partner of the Year went to Nestlé for its “customer-first” mindset and dedication to raising the bar.
• Service Innovation Partner of the Year was awarded to Microsoft as a key partner in Coles’ digital acceleration, helping enhance capabilities to improve customer experience.
• Sorbent took out Digital Commerce Trading Partner of the Year for its collaboration with Coles on the Big Pack Value range.
• Kellanova was recognised as Grocery Supplier of the Year for its leading digital strategy, supported by marketing investment in key events such as back to school and footy finals.
• Solaris Paper (Sorbent) took out Health and Home Supplier of the Yearfor partnering with Coles’ customer fulfilment centres to make bulk paper products more accessible and convenient to online customers.
• Arla Foods was recognised as Sustainability Partner of the Year for its role in emissions reduction, adoption of the Farm Ahead platform for farm-level reporting, and collaboration with Coles to develop a category decarbonisation strategy.
• Marisco Vineyards and Brick Lane Brewing were dual winners of ELB Supplier of the Year.
• Lion won Beer Supplier of the Year for driving wins with products like XXXX Tropical and Stone & Wood Summer Pilsner, alongside successful activations such as the Heineken F1 Virtual Reality campaign and Heineken Silver launch.