GIC's 2021 Top 10 in Grocery winners!

Awards program recognizes new, innovative products as voted on by conference attendees

Canadian Grocer staff

10/28/2021

The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers announced the Top 10 in Grocery award winners for 2021 on Wednesday as part of its GIC LIVE @ HOME virtual conference and trade show.

Conference attendees voted to determine this year’s most innovative products, which ranged from coffee enhancers to squeezable peanut butter.

Here's the list of this year's winners, plus a photo gallery below.

Best Condiment

French’s Creamy Mustard Spreads (McCormick)

Best Green Product

Produce / T-Shirt Bag Compostable (Alpha Eagle Group)

Best Frozen

Restaurant Style Waffle Fries (Cavendish Farms)

Best Cookies

Shorts Shortbread Cookies (Cookie It Up)

Best Paper Product

Sponge Towels Ultra Pro (Kruger Products)

Best Dairy

Starbucks Coffee Enhancers (Nestlé)

Best Candy

Cheery Chews Fizzy Floss (PB&J Sales & Marketing)

Best Packaging

Jif Squeeze (The J.M. Smucker Co.)

Best Meat

New Zealand Spring Lamb Burgers (The Lamb Company)

Best Frozen Dessert

Ben & Jerry’s Oh Cone-ada! (Unilever)