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Nigel Wild, Spar, Ulverston, Cumbria
We don't expect a significant increase in pre Christmas sales where we are. We put special offers on via James Hall and the first week in December is when the special beer prices start. James Hall is not doing its usual roadshow this year. Instead...
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Spar is not the only international chain setting up shop in
It's hard not to be impressed by the millions being pumped into the Moscow region by these operators as they look to grab a slice of the largest and least developed consumer goods markets in Europe. At Metro's Russian office, spokeswoman Elena...
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Jane picks up the glittering prize
The prestigious title of Sales Assistant of the Year 2001, organised by our sister publication Convenience Store has been won by Jane Thomas of the Spar store in Pennar, West Wales. Jane, 35, received her £2,000 prize from C-Store editor Sonia...
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Spar trading chief blasts suppliers' poor service Companies supplying Spar's south west wholesaler Appleby Westward have come in for a roasting from trading director Nigel Taylor for their poor service levels. Speaking at the Spar Wessex Guild's...
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trading controller Spar is focusing on a much tighter range to satisfy consumer demand. We want to avoid falling into the trap of having a range presented by a supplier. We want to identify what consumers want rather than throwing everything...
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GTA confident of replacing lost revenue as Makro goes
Makro is pulling out of Group Trading Alliance, the multi-billion pound buying group it set up with Spar UK and Landmark. The 27-depot cash and carry group will cease to be a member of GTA at the end of the year. In a statement it said: "Following...
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First convenience store bank opens at Edinburgh Botterill's
Spar won the race to open the first bank inside a convenience store when the Bank of Scotland launched a pilot at a Botterill's store in Inverkeithing, Edinburgh, this week. The prototype bank at the relaunched 4,200 sq ft store has a cash deposit...
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Spar's Zimbabwe subsidiary set to grow through alliance
Spar South Africa's Zimbabwean subsidiary is to be expanded following a tie-up with leading Zimbabwean food and leisure group Innscor. Under the deal, Innscor will take control of the Spar distribution centre in the capital Harare and a 65%...
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Spar: Tates set for biggest ever
Spar UK's most powerful member is planning to build its biggest ever store. Tates, the company owned stores division of Spar UK's biggest wholesaler AF Blakemore, is awaiting planing permission for a store in mid Wales of about 6,000 sq ft, and...
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Germany: Spar's online division ditched as radical restructu
Spar's German company has decided to axe its online shopping division Einkauf 24 after the service failed to catch on with consumers. Although the service has been running since 1998, it was still being described by the company earlier this year as...
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Spar Multiple Retail Group: What the multiples can do, we c
Membership of Spar's buying consortium Multiple Retail Group has swelled to almost 700 members one year after its inception, said Spar's trading director Keith Webb. Originally comprising the company owned stores to "replicate the multiple set-up",...
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Rural action: Charles pushes local sourcing
Clive Beddall Chief executives of Sainsbury, the Co-operative Group, Spar and the IGD stood alongside the Prince of Wales at St James's Palace on Tuesday to give a high profile send-off to what could be the biggest ever boost for locally produced...
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Symbol groups: Spar's combined c-store and post office debut
Spar has opened the UK's first combined main post office and convenience store in London this week. Rather than sectioning off the post office behind glass windows, the open plan design at Westminster Bridge Road enables customers to pay for...
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Convenience stores: AW's Hart attacks critics of Spar tv ad
Appleby Westward marketing director John Hart hit out at critics of Spar's new £2m TV advertising campaign at the company's annual trade show at Westpoint, Exeter. Referring to recent letters in The Grocer and a follow-up letter from Londis to Spar...
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Channel Islands Wholesale Group: Sailing for Guernsey
Jersey based Spar wholesaler Channel Islands Wholesale Group is heading to Guernsey this year. Discussions are now underway to set up a distribution facility on the island, said group MD Nigel Robson. "Initially, goods will be shipped over from...
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Great to be back on the box
Sir; I find the letter from J Richardson about Spar's £2m advertising campaign with the heading No need to advertise' (The Grocer, June 16, p19) an astonishing statement. Marketing to our customer must be through a mix of formats. With the recent...
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Germany: Spar seeks radical solutions for the climb back to
The new boss of Spar's loss making German operation has announced a radical restructuring of the business to return the group to profitability by the end of the year. Fritz Ammann said the group will focus on the company owned Eurospar estate, the...
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Trading hours: Middleditch gunning for LibDem's Sunday move
Spar MD Morton Middleditch has vowed to fight proposals to liberalise Sunday trading legislation by LibDem peer Lord Clement-Jones. The former Kingfisher director is asking retailers for cash to fund a campaign to scrap the six-hour Sunday trading...
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Spar yuppies are wasting £2m
Sir; I was utterly appalled when I read in your article dated May 12, that Spar, the symbol group of which I have been a member for 25 years, proposes to engage in a national TV advertising campaign. The reason people come into my store is because...