Archive of all Spar articles – Page 24
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World News 20/6/09
Spar is set for further expansion in China after international managing director Gordon Campbell said the retailer would enter Hunan province over the next year, moving within reach of 400 million Chinese customers. Spar's retail sales area...
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Tates reopens Somerfields as Eurospars
Spar retailer Tates has opened the first Eurospar stores on the British mainland this week in Nottingham and Sheffield.
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James switches stores from Budgens to Spar
One of Budgens' most well-known retailers, Jonathan James, has switched two of his five stores to the Spar fascia. James changed the stores in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, from Budgens to Spar after Musgrave opened a new store in the small...
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Core range initiative helps Spar fight off slump in wine sales
Spar UK has bucked the recent trend of falling wine sales in the off-trade. The symbol operator’s wine sales for the first three months of 2009 were up 9.7% year-on-year to £17.8m.
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Row breaks out as Co-op Group and Spar ads use same slogan
A row has erupted after The Co-operative Group adopted an advertising slogan that is also used by Spar.The Co-op Group's latest TV ad promotes salmon, potatoes and green beans with a voiceover that says: "Dinner for two for under five pounds...
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Spar’s McCammond set for move to Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has poached Mark McCammond, operations director of retail for Spar’s Northern Ireland wholesaler Henderson Group, to take charge of its convenience stores in northern England and Scotland, The Grocer has learnt. McCammond is due to start...
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NewsEurospar format set to make its debut on the British mainland
The first Eurospars are due to open on the UK mainland next month. Tates, the retail arm of AF Blakemore, which distributes for Spar in the Midlands and parts of Wales, will open a 5,000 sq ft store in Nottingham at the beginning of May and a...
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Pattison takes reins as MD Connell leaves Appleby Westward
John Pattison is taking over from Ian Connell as Appleby Westward's managing director.The former retail managing director for Somerfield's west division takes the reins from Connell, who is retiring from the Spar wholesaler after nine years...
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Voice picking system cuts waste at depot
Henderson Wholesale claims to have saved £175,000 since introducing a new voice picking and stock system.The Northern Ireland-based Spar wholesaler said the system at its ambient depot in Belfast had helped halve its wastage and that it...
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Spar begins massive revamp of own label
Spar is planning a massive overhaul of its 900-strong own-label range this year in what it claims is the company's biggest initiative since Eight Till Late.Next month, the company will relaunch its value range as Spar Extra Value to help...
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Liptrot joins Blakemore to fuel delivered growth
John Liptrot, the former MD of the now-defunct buying group Key Lekkerland, has joined AF Blakemore in the newly created position of sales director for the Spar distributor's wholesale division.Liptrot has worked in wholesale for more than...
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AF Blakemore approves Spar retailer loans
Retailers are beginning to reap the rewards of a new loan scheme from wholesaler AF Blakemore for store refurbishments.Five applications to the Guaranteed Investment Scheme have been approved for loans, while a further 19 are in progress....
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Euro Garages converting to Spar fascia
Spar wholesaler James Hall & Co has signed a deal to supply Euro Garages, which runs 70 forecourts across the north west of England and the Midlands.The independent petrol station operator has converted 20 stores to the Spar fascia and plans...
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World News 25/10/2008
SPAR, INDIA: Spar has entered the Indian market with a 20,000 sq ft supermarket in the city of Hyderabad. Spar will operate under a licence agreement with Landmark Group’s Indian subsidiary, Max Hypermarkets, which will be responsible for the...
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AF Blakemore picks Carter to be its first marketing director
Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore has appointed change specialist Jed Carter as its first marketing director. He joined this month from Asda where he was general manager of step change and also worked on the George brand relaunch. Carter said he wanted...
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BWG in talks to buy Fresh supermarkets
BWG, the Irish-owned retail group that runs the Spar and Mace franchises, is in talks to acquire Fresh, a Dublin-based supermarket chain with four outlets across the city. Fresh was set up two years ago by local businessman Noel Smith with the...
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Police seize counterfeit Spar vodka
Counterfeit Spar vodka containing 160 times the legal safe limit of methanol has been seized by police and council officials in North London and Northumbria. More than 180 bottles of the vodka, which was an imitation of Spar brand Imperial vodka,...
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All change for newsagents around Jersey
Jersey CTN chain Channel Islands Newsagents has been sold to the Channel Island Wholesale Group. Channel Islands Wholesale Group holds the Spar contract for the Channel Islands and as part of the deal bought 12 of Channel Islands Newsagents’ 13...
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Protest fails to get through to Vodafone
Vodafone has refused to back down in its stand-off with independents who rebelled against a move to cut the rate of commission by a single percentage point. Led by Spar, retailers organised three boycotts by refusing to sell its top-ups. But the...
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Henderson offers food-to-go online
Northern Irish Spar wholesaler Henderson Group has launched an online ordering system for its food-to-go offer. The scheme, being trialled at the company-owned Spar store in Great Victoria Street, Belfast, is being run in partnership with...