All Spar articles – Page 12
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Two become one at Spar
West Midlands-based AF Blakemore & Son has acquired the business of fellow Spar wholesaler South Wales-based Capper & Co.The acquisition will take the turnover of the combined organisation to £1.1bn.The move will create the largest Spar wholesaler in the UK, serving 1,096 of the symbol group’s stores.Meanwhile, the successor to ...
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Two become one at Spar
West Midlands-based AF Blakemore & Son has acquired the business of fellow Spar wholesaler South Wales-based Capper & Co.The acquisition will take the turnover of the combined organisation to £1.1bn. The move will create the largest Spar wholesaler in the UK, serving 1,096 of the symbol group’s stores.Meanwhile, the successor ...
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Spar signs shelf deal
Spar UK has joined forces with shelving unit supplier CAEM in a bid to bring bottom-line savings in shelf-fitting costs to Spar retailers nationwide.The partnership forms part of Spar’s Smart Savings scheme, which delivers centralised buying of products and services, so that a better deal can be provided to Spar ...
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Sam’s a real Spar Winner
An aptly-named customer of BP Ivy Garage in Trowbridge, Wiltshire has won a £1,500 holiday prize in a competition that was held in hundreds of Spar convenience stores throughout the South West. Trowbridge resident Sam Winner won the holiday after entering the competition, run by Budweiser during this ...
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’Spar’kling results from Hendersons
Henderson Group, owners of the Spar, Eurospar, Vivo and Vivoextra retail brands, has announced what it described as an "exceptional" performance for 2009 despite the tough economic trading conditions. Ron Whitten, financial director, Henderson Group, said: “Turnover has increased by 11 per cent compared to 2008. We ...
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Spar refit boosts sales at Hillcroft
Retailer Malcolm Williams has seen sales increase 15% since finishing a refit at his Hillcroft Service Station site in Newport, Wales. Malcolm, who has been a prominent local businessman in the area for the past 33 years, joined Spar in December 2005. Then his trading area was just ...
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Spar refit boosts sales
Retailer Malcolm Williams has seen sales increase 15% since finishing a refit at his Hillcroft Service Station site in Newport, Wales. Malcolm, who has been a prominent local businessman in the area for the past 33 years, joined Spar in December 2005. Then his trading area was just 600sq ft. ...
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Switch to Spar boosts sales for MRH
MRH (GB)’s Nettlebed site has seen a 75% increase in shop sales since it underwent a major development and switched to Spar last year. The store, previously a kiosk, opened in August 2009 after following the Spar ‘Stores of the Future’ format. Located in an Oxfordshire Village, Spar ...
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Sparkling promotion
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is driving sales of its flavoured sparkling drinks range with its latest on-pack promotion. It gives shoppers the chance to receive 50p-worth of mobile credit on any major network with every purchase of a Fanta, Sprite or Dr Pepper promotional pack. Consumers text the unique on-pack code ...
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Spar offers forecourts new contactless payment
Spar UK has introduced an integrated contactless EFT payment solution developed with IT partner BCP (Business Computer Projects Ltd) for its SparPoS store system.According to the symbol group, contactless payment is one of the latest developments in payment technology, using an embedded RFID chip on cards with the ...
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Spar’s sporty summer
Spar (UK) is getting set to make this summer its most sporting ever, with a budgeted spend of more than £2m on promotional support to help Spar retailers back the world’s biggest sporting events. Throughout June and July Spar retailers will support the World Cup, European Athletics Championships and Wimbledon ...
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Spar launches new website for food and fitness
Spar (UK) Limited has launched a new consumer website aimed at enhancing its food and drink credentials and championing its ongoing commitment to athletics sponsorship.Spar said the website would bring the company’s long-term link with UK and European Athletics to life in the run up to the 2012 Olympics, as ...
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Spar tempts wine fans
From April 22 to June 2, Spar will be rolling out its first national Wine Festival across its 2,100 licensed UK stores, offering 25% off more than 35 different wines. For lovers of the New World, and in anticipation of the World Cup which kicks off this summer, Spar is ...
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Brand investment pays off for Spar stores
Spar UK has announced strong results for Christmas with total convenience store sales rising by 10.39% since December 14, according to Jerry Marwood, the company’s managing director. He said figures showed investment in stores had helped boost performance of both existing and new stores. "We have worked very hard to ...
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New Express sites for Spar
Spar has launched a new shop concept called Spar Express on six forecourts in Austria. The move followed research by USP Market Intelligence which showed that 57% of people in the country aged 18-34 visited forecourts solely for food shopping. The Spar Express forecourt shops in Salzburg, Linz and Graz ...
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Londis replaces Spar at Wilson’s second store
Wilson Girvan has switched his Fort Augustus store from Spar to Londis to match his award-winning forecourt store at Aberfeldy, run by his son Blair. The Fort Augustus store has seen more than a few changes since 1971 when Wilson took it on as a rundown and bankrupt garage, ...
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Satha chooses Spar for his extended store
Surrey retailer S Satha has rebranded the store on his Jet forecourt in Chertsey as a Spar. The move coincided with an extension to the 24-hour store adding 300sq ft and taking the sales floor up to 800sq ft. Satha traded from a Portakabin for five weeks while structural ...
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Spar sales up 8.1%
Spar has reported overall sales up 8.1%, with like-for-like sales up 5.2%, in the three months (Q1) to July. Jerry Marwood, Spar UK MD, said the latest figures were very positive compared to most industry benchmarks, with a continued optimistic outlook for the months ahead. Marwood said: “The latest statistics ...
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Spar seals £200 million deal with Maxol
Spar has announced a £200 million deal with Maxol in Northern Ireland. The five year deal involves 29 Maxol convenience stores being branded as Spar outlets and means that all of Maxol’s company-owned service stations in NI will now operate under the Spar brand. The move follows an initial trial ...
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Another Spar store for MRH Retail
MRH Retail, number one in our Top 50 Indies list, has opened a Spar store on its BP site in Nettlebed, Surrey. The site underwent a major redevelopment with the old kiosk knocked down and replaced by a 1,300sq ft store complete with off licence, fresh and chilled, food-to-go and ...