The Golden Spoon Awards

10th June 2026 at the JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai

(Assessment Period: March 2025 - April 2026)

Deadline: 5th April 2026

You may start filling up the form from the RHS GREEN Button "Submit an Entry".

If you have any enquiries please feel free to contact:

Zahabiya Murtuza
Mobile: +971 50 206 5352
E-mail: Zahabiya@imagesretailme.com

The IMAGES RetailME Golden Spoon Awards celebrate best practices in food and grocery retail, uncovering inspiring stories of growth across branding, marketing, customer experience, retail expansion and more.

Who is on the jury?

Eminent industry professionals from diverse sectors, including Retail, Technology, Food & Grocery and HoReCa, whose opinions shape the MENA food industry. 

Process & Schedule

1. nomination forms can be filled out online on the Food Business Forum website.

2. Assessment Period: March 2025 – April 2026

3. Upon submitting the online questionnaire, our team will send you a payment link. Prospective nominees are required to register nominations with the required fee. 

4. The Jury and the organizers have the right to decide on the final categories to be awarded, renaming the titles and moving nominations to the most appropriate categories – wherever required.

5. Categories failing to receive less than three valid entries may be considered for excellence awards Special Mention/Recognition by the jurors. 

6. Jurors are subject to change.

7. Awardees will be announced at the glittering IMAGES RetailME Golden Spoon Awards Awards ceremony on the 10th of June at the JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai.

8. For the presentation, please stick to a maximum of 10 slides. The following file type(s) are allowed - Document File : pdf,ppt

9. If you are unable to upload the presentation, please submit a Google drive link. We transfer links will not be accepted

10. File size must be smaller than 5MB

11. To ensure a smooth assessment of your nominations by our Jury, ensure that your submissions and presentations are only in English.

Processing fee per entry
AED 3000 + VAT for each nomination.

Payment details

Account Name - Images Multimedia FZ LLC
Bank - RAKBANK Account No - 0292886860001
Swift Code - NRAKAEAK
Branch - IBN Batuta,
Dubai IBAN Number - AE440400000292886860001

Terms & Conditions:

1. Award categories and titles are subject to change without notice.

2. Submitting an entry form does not guarantee nomination. Nominees will be shortlisted on the basis of Performance data as supplied in the entry form.

3. The final evaluation will be done by our grand jury. 

4. The Jurors evaluate only the information contained in the entry form away from any other information/ perception/ judgment and give their verdict to the Chairman of the jury who takes the final decision on the number of awardees (winners/ runners etc.) in each of the categories. Hence please fill in the form carefully.

5. Any attempt to canvass for selection could lead to disqualification. Nominees must not contact Jury members or organizers in this regard.

6. All nominees specifically agree that by participating in these awards, they are confirming that they will use:

A: The authorized and complete description of the award as mentioned on the first page in any public communication related to these awards.
B: Specific template of IMAGES RetailME’s logo, ribbon & trophy provided by the IMAGES Group.

7. Entries with factually incorrect or misleading information may be deemed invalid.

8. All nominees specifically confirm that the information they submit is accurate and true and that it may be used for internal research & Industry insights unless otherwise specified.

9. Every entry form must be attested by a person at the level of Director / CEO / Proprietor

10. Jury and the organizers have the right to decide on the final categories to be awarded, renaming the titles, clubbing the categories and moving nominations to a category other than the category originally filed in – wherever required.

11. Minimum 3 valid nominations are required per category; else the category may be dropped without notice. However, nominations received in such categories may be considered for Excellence/ Special Jury Awards, if not they will be moved to the closest category.

12. The processing fee will be non-refundable