All Spar articles – Page 20
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Store & order at Spar Greystone
Law graduate Aidan McIvor chose the stockroom over the courtroom when he became manager of a Spar store
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Appleby Westward prepares for Spar store number four
Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward is to open its fourth company owned store in late March.
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Christmas bonus tops good season for Spar
Spar UK has announced strong results for its convenience stores over Christmas, with total sales rising by 10.39% in the last two weeks of the year.
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Spar is cream of crop at Wiseman awards
A Spar store in Pelynt, Cornwall, has won the highest accolade at the Robert Wiseman Dairies Neighbourhood Shop of the Year awards.
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Spar boss praises "entrepreneurs, employers and innovators" for strong quarter
Spar retailers are making changes to ensure they were following customer trends in challenging times, says the groups managing director Jerry Marwood, announcing a sales increase of 8% for the three months to October 31.
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NI decision sparks fury among trade
News International (NI)'s decision to reduce retailers' cash margin on The Sun by 1.16p per copy has been met with "revulsion and contempt" by newsagents, who say the move will take about £10m a year out of retailers' tills. NI announced...
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Eurospar goes large in Wales and South West
Spar's international format for larger stores, Eurospar, has been introduced to Wales and the South West of England. Conrad Davies, whose family own two stores in Pwhelli, North Wales, has doubled his estate with new stores in Blaenau...
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Spar goes large in Wales and South West
Spar’s international format for larger stores, Eurospar, has been introduced to Wales and the South West of England.
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Promotions boost Spar sales
Spar has reported an 8.1% increase in overall sales in the three months to July. Like-for-like sales for the same period were up 5.2%
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Tates cuts ribbon on Eurospar flagship
Tates has opened its flagship Eurospar outlet in Broomhill, Sheffield - the second supermarket format Spar store to open in the UK mainland.
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Spar own brand the star in summer drive
Spar has revamped its own-label range with a host of new products aimed at lunchtime and outdoor summer eating.
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Spar adds Extra Value
Spar UK is to revamp its own-label range in response to changes in consumer habits which have sent sales of economy own-brand products soaring.
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Spar snaps up Somerfield stores
Spar has purchased 11 former Somerfield stores from the Co-operative Group, some of which will be converted to its larger-store Eurospar format.
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Spar fuels growth
Independent petrol station operator Euro Garages has signed a deal that will see 70 outlets across the Midlands and North West re-branded with the Spar fascia by the end of November.
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Future’s bright for redesigned Spar
An emphasis on fresh produce and food to go has seen sales at Spar’s latest Store of the Future rocket by 14% in its first week of trading.
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ChanneI Island Newsagents bought by Spar group
Channel Islands Newsagents Ltd (CI Newsagents) has sold 12 stores to the Channel Islands Wholesale Group (CIWG) for an undisclosed sum. Daniel Bowyer of Christie & Co, which handled the sale, said the group, which owns both CI Newsagents and the...
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We can thrive under pressure, says Spar boss
Retailers should avoid thinking of the increasingly bleak economic climate as a reason for doom and gloom, Spar UK managing director Jerry Marwood has told delegates at AF Blakemore's annual conference.
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Spar distributor AF Blakemore offers no-risk refit deal
Spar distributor AF Blakemore is encouraging its members to refit their stores with an offer to cover any loss made on the cost of the transformation, the company revealed at its annual conference in Birmingham.
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Shooting sparks community fury
Police have moved to reassure hundreds of Yemeni shopkeepers on Merseyside after the murder of newsagent Abdo Saeed Al-Selwi.
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Spar ad push gets occasions sorted
Spar is concentrating on meal solutions for its latest advertising campaign in a bid to drive sales year-round across a range of products.