Recognition for Food & Retail

Boost appreciation in the service industry

Cut turnover, increase motivation, and improve satisfaction in the service industry, from food service to retail.

Trusted by 3,000+ organizations worldwide

Why Awardco?

Features that fuel the frontlines

AwardCodes™

Hand out physical cards, customized with branding, messages, and reward points, to any busy employee on the spot.

External Recognition

Allow customers to scan a QR code and recognize any employee they interact with, providing positive reinforcement from the outside in.

Customized Incentives

Build custom incentives to drive productivity and build excitement, and provide amazing rewards for participants.

Milestone Celebrations

Celebrate service awards and personal milestones with meaningful messages from coworkers and exciting gifts employees will love.

Employee Health & Wellbeing

Reduce stress and burnout with wellness programs

Build custom wellness incentives or introduce wellbeing benefits to empower holisitic employee health.

ROI of Recognition

Tailored solutions to solve unique challenges

Food service and retail face turnover rates as high as 75%. Recognition flips the script.

Productivity

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increase in productivity

Drive greater performance with desirable rewards

One Awardco client in the retail space saw a 50% increase in productivity after implementation.

Productivity

Retention

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reduction in turnover rate

Keep top talent with more appreciation

One Awardco client in the car wash industry saw their turnover drop by 20% after implementing rewards and recognition.

Retention

Satisfaction

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boost to employee happiness

Increase happiness with meaningful support

Recognition leads to greater employee happiness no matter the industry.

Satisfaction

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A-Pay^™ cards for flexible rewards

Load points to a digital or physical card to be used nearly anywhere for dining out, retail shopping, online subscriptions, and much more.

success stories

What our customers say

Our team loves that they can spend their points on anything—from company swag (print-on-demand) to Amazon purchases and gift cards from thousands of merchants. That flexibility makes recognition feel truly personal.

Vanessa D.

Sr. Manager Employee Engagement & CSR

We used to give everyone a trophy at our annual event. Now, we reward true top performers. Awardco enables smarter, more meaningful recognition and spend.

Melissa York

SVP, Head of People & Culture

We've given our employees something they never had before: the power to choose their own rewards. And if that wasn't enough, we save money because the products aren't marked up! Awardco truly brought our recognition programs into the 21st century.

Jeff Jensen

Director of HR

I could rave to millions of people that I think this should be the platform of choice.

Ryan Zellner

Marketing & Corporate Communications Manager

At ClickUp, we like to recognize employees on their work anniversaries. Awardco makes this infinitely easier by automating the process. Now, employees receive a timely email on the day of their anniversary along with a small gift. It's just one small way we're able to express our gratitude and now we're able to do it without any manual labor on our end.

Deanna Tindell

People Operations Specialist

Awardco has made employees' lives easier. Working outside in the elements with the customers can be tough, but being recognized, seen, heard, and valued makes it easier.

Christina Castro

Training Leader

If I were to describe the High Five Club [Awardco] in a couple words, I'd say it's collaborative and it's contagious.

Pat Cokingtin

Senior VP of Sales & Marketing

As an evolving company, I like to ask myself if we're better than we were a year ago—and with employee recognition and employee engagement, the answer is absolutely.

Dan Higbee

Senior Director of HR