THE EXCHANGE AWARDS

The  Exchange  Awards provide a  way  to  celebrate  and  honor  individuals,  multi-unit  concepts,  agencies  and  suppliers  within  the  on-premise  beverage  industry,    who  have  excelled  in  various  categories  for  the  current calendar  year.  

The Exchange  Awards made  a  triumphant  return  in  the  Fall  of  2022  with  expanded  categories  based  on  recommendations  from  industry  peers  as  to  what  categories  would  be  meaningful.      The  Exchange  Awards  are  one  of  the  few  award  programs  created  for  the  beverage  industry ,  by  the  beverage  industry.    

Colleagues  and  peers  submit  overall  nominations, through our awards nomination form which will  be    available on our website  June  1-20,  2025..      Once nomination forms are received,  they  are  verified before being placed on the industry ballot.       The  industry  vote  narrows  down  each  category  to  our  top  5  finalists.    Please  review  the  awards  process  page  for  eligibility  and  criteria   to  nominate  and  participate  in  the  industry  vote.  

   Our overall winner in each category is determined by an industry awards committee made up of individuals representing all tiers  of  the  beverage  industry.    

Two  awards,  The  Teddy  Mac  Award  and  The  ICON  Award  are  not  available  for  industry  wide  nominations

  or  the  Industry  Vote,  as  both  

of  these  awards  have  awards  committees  set  up  for  each  to  determine  the  recipient.    

  What  a  tremendous  honor  to  be  recognized  by  your  peers.    

Please  note  that  The  Exchange  Awards  are  open  to  any  individual,  concept,  supplier  or  agency  within  the  NAOP  segment   that  has  a  focus  on  beverage  programming,  strategies  and  implementation.