TOP 100 RETAILERS AWARDS

Beverage Dynamics held its seventh-annual Top 100 dinner in Annapolis last month, bringing together dozens of successful off-premise owners from across the industry and the country. Our winners included businesses as diverse as single-store operations, regional chains and control state agencies.

New for 2025, the dinner expanded into the Beverage Week Honors banquet. In addition to retailers, we included the Cheers BevX Awards, StateWays Best Practices Awards, Beverage Wholesaler Best Practices Awards and Beverage Information Group 40 Under 40. Members of all tiers and channels were on hand to join the festivities.

With two-time Retailer of the Year Macadoodles now in the Hall of Fame and ineligible for a Top 100 award, Garfield’ s Beverage became the newest Top 100 Retailer of the Year. Will they repeat as winner in 2026? Or could your store have a shot at the top prize?

If you didn’ t make this year’ s Top 100 list, be sure to enter the 2026 awards when entries open in the fall. Winners aren’ t chosen based on sales volume or store count – we recognize retailers who live by best practices that benefit the whole industry. While some winners on our list generate billions in sales, others do less than $ 1 million a year. We’ re looking for the best retailers, regardless of size.

I look forward to reading all of your entries for our 2026 program, and presenting awards to our Top 100 Retailers next year in Minneapolis!

INTERESTED IN SPONSORING THE TOP 100 RETAILERS AWARDS AND ATTENDING NEXT YEAR’ S BANQUET?

CONTACT: DEBBIE RITTENBERG AT DRITTENBERG @ EPGACCELERATION. COM OR 763-383-4455.

Jeremy Nedelka SVP, Beverage Information Group jnedelka @ epgacceleration. com

Entries and nominations for the 2026 Top 100 Retailers awards will open in November at https:// www. beveragedynamics. com / Top100. Entries are due by February 1. Don’ t delay! www. beveragedynamics. com 2025 Top 100 Issue • Beverage Dynamics 5