Top prize for Laois team as The Portlaoise Plaza wins big at Supermac's Awards

The hardworking Supermac's team at The Portlaoise Plaza in Laois has reaped the rewards of their labours by winning one of the big prizes the Supermac's Annual Awards.

The midlands scooped several of the top awards at the Awards held recently at the Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick.

But the night belonged to the Supermac’s team at The Portlaoise Plaza, led by site manager Colm Mulrooney, who did the business by taking the top Outlet of the Year Award.

The Deli at the Obama Plaza in Offaly won the Deli of the Year Award  while Supermac's Roscrea won the coveted Papa John’s Outlet of the Year and Supermac's Ballinalack in Westmeath picked up an award for operational excellence.

Supermac’s owners Pat and Una McDonagh were on hand in Limerick to honour all the winners. MD, Pat McDonagh, paid tribute to the Supermac's teams.

“All of our winners have worked very hard to get to a level where they win an award,” Pat McDonagh said. “There are 120 outlets so the competition is strong and to be the Supermac’s Outlet of the Year is something all our winners should be proud of,” he said in statement issued to the Leinster Express / Laois Live.

It's nearly a half century since Supermac’s opened its first outlet in Ballinasloe, Co Galway and a year later made its first venture outside of the county by opening an outlet on O’Connell St in Ennis.

The group currently employs over 4,000 people throughout the country. Supermac’s also operates Papa John’s Pizza, SuperSubs and Macs Place Diners. The Só Hotel Group is also owned by Pat and Úna McDonagh which includes the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise.

The Portlaoise Plaza opened in July 2020 after a multi-million euro investment. The new motorway service station features a food court consisting of a Supermac’s, Papa John’s Pizza, a SuperSubs, Mac’s Deli, a Bewley’s Coffee counter, as well as a large, spacious seating area.

There is also a Spar shop and fuel pumps which are open 24hrs.