We are delighted to announce that Corby + Fellas received an unexpected award at the Choice Marketing Gala dinner: Non-Retail Service Supplier of the year! This is a great achievement for the company, and we would like to thank Michelle de Lavis-Trafford, Terry Maywood, and Mike Cook. Alan McCammon and Grant Davis had a wonderful time seeing some of Corby + Fellas' long standing customers, along with others from the industry last week. They hope that everyone enjoyed it and the Gala Dinner as much as they did!

Corby + Fellas MD, Alan McCammon told GTN Xtra: “We're absolutely honoured to win such an award. Super proud to be associated with Choice and it is a credit to the team at Corby + Fellas and our progression over the years. I am told that we are effectively, recognised as an industry leader in garden centres and certainly with the nine Choice members that we have and another four or five lined up, I am absolutely privileged and honoured to represent Corby + Fellas and the team to win such a great award.

“Michelle, Terry, Mike, and the team at Choice run a brilliant conference. Everyone just really gets on well, multi-site businesses, smaller businesses, who are brilliant to work with. Choice Marketing has a nice family feel to it. I absolutely love collaborating with them.

Alan also spoke about the Corby + Fellas latest developments : “Out of the 85 customers we have and 64 garden centres, about 30 have the new Cucina Restaurant APP. It has been a real game changer for our customers restaurant operations, a massive increase in average sales, and it has been built with the help of the teams at Ruxley Manor, Gates, Polhill and Tong Garden Centres. As well as the new Restaurant systems, we have also developed enhanced delivery scheduling systems, a new customer service module, co-developed with Hayes Garden World, and our latest creation, the CRM plus system with the customer facing loyalty APP is an absolute revelation. Indeed, if you download the new Ruxley APP which went live today (from the Appstore or PlayStore) you will see the functionality that it offers. You can order event tickets and receive them within the APP. You can order food, order products from the website, have your receipts and loyalty points stored, both in-store and online, as well as customer behaviour driven, tailored offers and unique coupons”.

Picture Alan McCammon C+F MD proudly with the award.