Swifts Maxol Lisnaskea were awarded the Excellence in Standards Award as part of the Excellence Awards 2002 at the company's recent Retail Conference held at the K Club, County Kildare.

The Maxol Excellence Awards, which returned for the first time since 2019, promote excellence in station and store standards, customer experience and community engagement throughout its network of service stations across the island of Ireland.

They are designed to recognise the exceptional efforts made by Maxol Independent Licensees, Independent Dealers and their staff and are assessed through regular store audits, mystery shopper visits and reviews of each store’s local community engagement – rewarding retailers who are “at the heart of it" in their local communities and have run special initiatives for Maxol’s Charity partner, Aware NI.

Swifts Maxol Lisnaskea is a family business run by brother and sister Stephen Swift and Sandra Quigley.

Their Eurospar supermarket, which exceeds 11,000 sq. feet, was recognised for its best-in-class offer that provides the local community and a large passing trade with a huge offering of hot food to go, an extensive deli, Barista Bar coffee and a Subway.

The store also provides a craft butchery, bakery, off-sales and a large selection of freshly-made ready meals to cater for everyone and every occasion.

Completing the award-winning offer are customer facilities including a large car park, a parent and baby changing room and customer toilets.

Speaking on their win, Stephen said: “The introduction of the Maxol Brand on our forecourt has been a brilliant addition to the site.

"Maxol as a brand is second to none on the island, and its reputation for quality fuels has really driven our volumes on the forecourt and into our store.

"We’re absolutely delighted to pick up the Excellence Award and add it to our already impressive list of accomplishments over the years.”

Brian Donaldson, Chief Executive Officer of The Maxol Group, said: “I would like to congratulate Stephen, Sandra and their team on winning their Excellence award.

"Setting and maintaining the highest of standards is critical to the success of any business. It’s therefore a genuine pleasure for myself and the team at Maxol to recognise and reward the hard work of our retailers and their staff, who continuously provide outstanding levels of service to their customers and their communities."