Laois business manager wins national award

The manager of a Laois business has won a national award.

Keith Browne, 4 Aces, Portlaoise, Co. Laois has been named Cash and Carry Manager of the Year at the prestigious annual ShelfLife Grocery Management Awards.

Described as one of the most eagerly anticipated events in the Irish retail calendar, the National Grocery Management Awards is Ireland’s premier scheme for recognising and honouring management excellence.

Cash & Carry Director of BWG Foods Vincent Brown praised the Portlaoise manager.

“I would like to extend my congratulations to Keith and indeed all the team in 4 Aces Wholesale, Portlaoise on winning this prestigious national title. Keith is very deserving of this industry accolade and he and his team are great champions for the Value Centre network,” he said.

Winning a Shelflife Management award is a high point in the career of many of Ireland’s best performing managers from across a variety of categories and at various levels of career progression.

The awards is also a leading networking event for managers from across all wholesale brands to gather with colleagues, business partners, suppliers and friends.

Nikki Murran, director of Grocery Retail, Excel Recruitment, presented the Cash and Carry Manager of the Year Award to Keith Browne.

Portlaoise wholesaler 4 Aces has had a presence in Laois since 1984 and provides employment to 42 people locally.

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It underwent a €1 million revamp in 2019, and supplies 30 Gala stores locally, as well as a host of other businesses, including hotels, restaurants, pubs, off-licences and independent retail stores.

It is part of the Wholesale division of BWG Foods, with 22 locations across Ireland.