Archive of all Spar articles – Page 39
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That was the year that was 10
May 25, 1991. Convenience newcomer Morning Noon & Night is due to open its first store on Wednesday in Aberdeen. It is on track to have seven stores by the end of July according to md Eddie Thompson. Three of these stores are Spar defectors, and all...
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Multiples: Sainsbury's squares up to Spar with first Local o
Sainsbury is to take on Spar's flagship store in Wylde Green, Birmingham, with the opening of its first Local outside the M25 corridor. The new Local, which is due to open next February, will be in the same precinct as the Blakemore owned Spar....
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Symbol groups: Spar finds a partner for local home shopping
Spar has teamed up with neighbourhood online shopping service BeeBeep.com to provide local internet shopping and home delivery services. The scheme involves clusters of local stores within a neighbourhood that will form local BeeBeep networks....
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Scotland: Botterills aims for £51m sales with new stores
The 31-strong Scottish Spar chain Botterills Convenience Stores aims to open four or five new stores in the next year, which should take annual sales to approximately £51m. Speaking at the company's awards dinner at the Crutherland Hotel, East...
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Symbol groups: Spar flexes MRG muscle
Spar has already negotiated "significantly better" day to day trading terms with top suppliers including Coke, Interbrew and Bass through its new buying consortium Multiple Retail Group, claims Keith Webb, proprietary trading director at Spar....
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Convenience outlets: Connex planning station c-stores
Rail operator working to set up joint venture with major retailer following test with Spar and Costcutter Train operator Connex is currently trialing a combined ticket office/c-store concept on two of its stations and believes there is scope for...
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Armed forces: New generation Naafi Max opens in Germany
UK stores will keep Spar fascia but uniforms and internal branding will change Exclusive John Wood, Sennelager The armed forces retailer Naafi has unveiled the first of a new generation of stores. The 37,670sq ft Naafi Max store at Sennelager in...
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C-stores: NFRN c-store project will soon be fully fledged'
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents has overcome the mid-term hiccup it suffered when Londis pulled out of its fascia project, and the scheme is firmly back on track. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, former Spar boss John Irish ...
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Symbol groups: Spar seeking new fast food partner
Spar UK has split up with its catering partner on its flagship Food to go initiative, and is planning to announce a new supplier at its annual conference in Orlando. In 1998, Spar unveiled a deal with The Compass Group, a multinational foodservice...
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Personal development: Happy employees are key to success
Like every company, John Henderson Group, Spar's wholesaler for Northern Ireland, is committed to maintaining high standards in recruiting, motivating and retaining its 1,200 strong workforce. As a major employer in Northern Ireland, the group...
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Prizes: Doing the Calypso
A Spar retailer from Cheswardine, Shropshire has become the first Grocer Club member to scoop two major prizes. Last October, Jane Moore won a LDV Cub van and now is the proud owner of a chiller cabinet courtesy of Calypso Soft Drinks. Calypso ...
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Category managers for Spar
Spar's wholesaler for the south and west, Appleby Westward, has appointed two new category managers. Cliff Frazher will be responsible for grocery, non food, confectionery and laundry ranges. He has previously worked as a buyer for Martins Retail...
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Name: Ian Connell
Position: General manager Company: Appleby Westward The job: With nearly 300 Spar stores west of a line drawn from Bristol to Southampton, the brief for Connell is to recruit new business. Over the last three years the wholesaler has added...
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Store technology: E-top-ups plugged in
The first terminals to accept the new breed of mobile phone electronic top-up swipe cards from Vodafone have entered service. A number of Spar, Londis and Alldays stores in East Anglia now offer a service crediting phones with airtime without...
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Internet shopping: C-stores sign up to M-box
Hi-tech delivery service M-box has announced retail partnerships with c-store groups representing 7,400 outlets. Signings include national groups Spar, Londis and Costcutter along with regional chains Jacksons, Bells, Morning Noon and Night,...
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BWG: Kealy moving to Haslett
Exclusive John Wood Appleby Westward's highly rated managing director Peter Kealy is leaving the Spar wholesaler to head Northern Ireland's Mace wholesaler J&J Haslett. It is an in-house move for Kealy, as both companies are owned by the Dublin...
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Symbol groups: Moscow cold towards Spar expansion plans
Spar’s plan to open 30 stores in Russia over the next three years has been dismissed as overly ambitious by local retailers and commentators. “Budget supermarkets that can set low prices thanks to high turnover are undoubtedly profitable in…
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On a Leicester artery
Trading under the Spar Banner, the convenience store in Humberstone Road, Leicester is showing weekly sales of some £17,500 and lottery sales of £2,000. Prominently located on this main throughfare into the centre of Leicester, it also benefits...
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Spar: Appleby Westward plans net lunch
A new internet shopping service will be launched in the autumn by Appleby Westward, Spar's wholesaler for the West Country. Speaking at the first meeting of Spar's Wessex Guild, Appleby Westward md Peter Kealy told delegates it would be launching a...
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The hole truth about Spar golf
It wasn't just the hot summer sun yes, really that was producing the red faces on the golf course during Appleby Westward's Spar convention in Jersey last weekend. Most of the players admitted to appalling rounds, with one senior executive...