UNIC and Coca-Cola have jointly awarded Odeon Cinemas Group and Pathé Cinémas France the UNIC/Coca-Cola Retail Award at CineEurope 2025. The award recognizes excellence in cinema retail, with both companies being honored as joint winners for their outstanding contributions. The event, taking place in Barcelona, celebrates innovation and excellence in the cinema industry.
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The Retail Award, initially introduced at CineEurope by Coca-Cola in 2024, recognises and celebrates the excellence and business importance of Retail to Cinema Exhibition.
For 2025, Coca-Cola has partnered with UNIC to present the UNIC/Coca-Cola Retail Award. A new selection process welcomed entries from cinema exhibition across Europe resulting in 4 finalists going through to final judging – Notorious Cinemas; Odeon Cinemas Group; Pathé Cinémas France and Village Cinemas.
After the final selection by the judges –
Nicola Knight
[Head of Away from Home Insight, Institute of Grocery Distribution];
Malcolm MacMillan
[Managing Director, UK. EVP Exhibitor Relations, Boost, The Boxoffice Company] and
Sonia Ragone
[Industry Relations & Research Manager, UNIC] – the scoring concluded in a tie. While the entries differed in approach, both were deemed equally outstanding, warranting the decision to honour both companies as joint winners.
We are pleased to announce the Joint Winners of this year’s award – Odeon Cinemas Group, for their brilliantly executed omnichannel digital food and beverage sales programme, and Pathé Cinémas France for their innovative and elegant Popcorn Bar at the Pathé Café at Pathé Palace in Paris.
Welcoming the announcement of the Awards, Laura Houlgatte, UNIC CEO, said:
“Congratulations to this year’s awardees, whose outstanding contribution and dedication to excellence in retail concepts are a source of inspiration – bravo!
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Nick Gault, Senior Director, Away From Home Customers for Coca-Cola Europe said:
“Congratulations to all participants in this year’s UNIC/Coca-Cola Retail Award. We were delighted with the quality of entries across Europe and that they came from small and large operators. We welcome this opportunity to showcase and promote excellence in cinema retail.”
Andrew Sunshine, President of The Film Expo Group, added:
“We are thrilled to honor these two exhibitors and recognize their exceptional retail achievements this year.”
Source: Press Release