Iceland Foods has once again been recognised as one of The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work in the ‘Very Big Organisation’ category – marking its second consecutive year on the list and standing out as the only food retailer listed.
Each year, The Sunday Times releases a prestigious list of organisations with the highest levels of employee wellbeing and engagement. Iceland Foods, as well as its sister brand, The Food Warehouse, have once again been recognised as one of the UK’s best places to work in 2025.
The Sunday Times Best Places to Work ranks organisations in six key areas comprising; reward and recognition, information sharing, empowerment, wellbeing, instilling pride and job satisfaction, to highlight the UK’s top employers.
Last year Iceland was ranked as the best supermarket to work at in the UK, and this year it has again been recognised as the only food retailer to make the list. This is partly down to how Iceland recognises the hard work done by all its staff and colleagues, providing a range of benefits to reward the effort that colleagues put in to provide customers the service they receive.
Iceland Foods employee benefits range from enhanced family friendly policies to more generous long-service awards to ensure that employees feel valued and appreciated at all stages of their career.
The frozen food retailer has continued to build on its people-first policies to ensure that its staff and colleagues continue to feel like part of the Iceland family, through supporting their own personal development, whilst also looking after their wellbeing through the Employee Assistance Programme.
Iceland Foods HR director Helen Tindle said: “At Iceland and The Food Warehouse we are proud that our colleagues feel like a valued part of our family business. Over the last year we have made significant investments in both personal development and career opportunities.
“Understanding our employees’ views on their work is so important to us, as this is what helps us drive improvement and innovation. To ensure our employees feel like their voices are heard, we run director listening groups, annual pulse surveys, as well as other dedicated colleague support services.”
Across Iceland’s 900+ stores and head office, employees are given opportunities to join award winning apprenticeship schemes to help develop their professional and personal skills.
Iceland Foods executive chairman, Richard Walker said: “Without the hard work and dedication of all our colleagues, Iceland could not have become the business that it is today. It’s our Iceland colleagues who really deserve this accolade as they truly drive the culture of our organisation.
“Recognising and supporting our colleagues in the best ways we can is what has led us to this incredible achievement of being named best supermarket to work in the UK for the second year in a row.”
