Archive of all Spar articles – Page 30
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McWhinney’s adieu to Henderson Wholesale
Ken McWhinney, the deputy managing director and group corporate development director of Spar’s Northern Ireland wholesaler Henderson Wholesale, is to retire.A spokeswoman for Henderson Group said that McWhinney, who joined in 1976 after 11...
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Tesco could overtake Spar in convenience
Tesco could overtake Spar in the £44.1bn convenience store sector next year, according to a Verdict report, putting it first in that market as it is in the supermarket sector.The study, entitled Neighbourhood Retailing 2006, claims Tesco’s...
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Henderson relishes its c-store tussle with Tesco
The battle for control of Northern Ireland’s c-store market is heating up this month.Tesco is set to open its second Express store in the province on Monday (November 14) and Martin Agnew, MD of Henderson Wholesale, which supplies the Spar and...
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Walters promoted to board at Capper & Co
South Wales-based Spar wholesaler Capper & Co has promoted Bryan Walters to its executive board as sales director designate.Walters, who was previously retail sales controller for the Eastern region, becomes responsible for the independent...
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Magners pushing into retail
Irish cider brand Magners is planning a massive push into the off-trade after a successful launch in pubs.The drink will initially be available through Morrisons, Spar and selected Asdas, as well as independent off-licences. It will be...
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Irish chance to buy
More than 130 retailers in the Irish Republic are being offered the chance to buy or lease the stores they operate under the Spar franchise, owned by the BWG Group. A group subsidiary, Newhill Limited, owns the 150 outlets involved, mainly in the...
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BP connects to the future
BP is embarking on a new strategy for its Connect forecourt stores with a formula that it believes convenience operators such as Tesco and Spar will be unable to replicate. The first strand of the strategy will be revealed when the oil giant...
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Evans is appointed MD of AF Blakemore & Son
Dennis Evans has been appointed managing director for Spar distribution business AF Blakemore & Son.Evans joins Blakemore from Somerfield, where he was regional director responsible for managing the retail operations of 132 stores in...
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BWG likely to buy Irish Iceland stores
BWG Holdings, owner of the Spar franchise, is seen as the most likely buyer of some of Iceland’s Irish stores, after the company’s decision to close down operations in the Republic because of continuing losses.Seven outlets – six in Dublin and...
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Bank Machine takes over Spar ATM contract
ATM operator Bank Machine has ousted Moneybox as Spar’s preferred supplier of cash machines.Spar has refused to comment on why it needed to switch suppliers, but has said that Bank Machine proved the most professional ATM company following a...
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Bennett moves to Spar after career with M&S
Richard Bennett has been appointed the new retail director for Spar UK.Bennett will take up his new role later this month, replacing Steve Blackmore, who moved up to the newly created position of supply chain and management information director...
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Good till hunting
Kevin Hunt talks to James Durston about the Tesco challengeKevin Hunt has missed his vocation as a Formula 1 driver, judging by the office cabinet full of racing memorabilia. But as MD of the Lawrence Hunt & Co franchise of Spar...
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Mace empire is carved up
Spar and Palmer & Harvey McLane appear to have ended up splitting what was left of Somerfield’s beleaguered Mace empire pretty much evenly between them.Delivered wholesale operator P&H – which grabbed the rights to the Mace fascia in...
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Tates’ fresh look boosts sales
An initiative to boost fresh produce takings in Spar stores has resulted in a sales uplift of almost a third in 12 months.Central Meridian Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore undertook a “root and branch overhaul” of its fresh produce offer last...
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Spar UK creates consumer insight role for Closhen
Spar UK has appointed Cornelia Closhen to the newly created position of consumer insight manager, where she will conduct tactical and strategic consumer research and develop new formats, store ranges and availability programmes.Closhen was...
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row over margins will not go away
from Kevin Hunt, MD of Spar retailer Lawrence Hunt & CoSir; With reference to last week’s feature on PayPoint, the row over margins to retailers will not go away until they reach a level that is acceptable to...
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Bigger Spar role for Hird
Spar UK has promoted Tina Hird to the position of trading controller, after a restructure of the Spar trading department.The shake-up has combined the Spar brand and proprietary buying functions to provide an overall category approach. The...
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Newspapers are a weighty concern
from Kevin Hunt, MD, Spar retailer Lawrence Hunt & CoSir; It has struck me that we are in a way a victim of our own success in newstrade, because the more papers you sell, the bigger the impact at stores on a Saturday and...
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Spar confident of recruits as two more Maces desert Somerfield
Two more Mace retailers have defected from Somerfield to Spar in Scotland, fuelling speculation of a mass exodus.Stores at Glencoe, near Fort William, and at Inverness will join Spar after handing in their notice to Somerfield. And Spar...
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Spar goes for prime time
Spar has signed a deal with outdoor advertising firm Primesight to create hundreds of media sites in front of stores to drive up sales of fmcg goods.Primesight, part of SMG, is surveying 1,500 stores to assess the viability of the six-sheet...