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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 ...
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Major own-brand launch for Spar
Spar is relaunching its own-label brand as it steps up its focus on customers and growing store sales. Spar UK’s marketing director Susan Darbyshire, told around 800 delegates at the recent Blakemore Spar Retail Conference at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole that the company would use its own brand to create ...
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Budgens boycott forces switch to Spar
Jonathan James has been forced to convert his two sites in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, to Spar following public outrage at the opening of a third Budgens store in the centre of the town. The former Somerfield store was bought by Musgrave Retail Partners GB as part of a seven-site deal from ...
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Jonathan does quickstep to Spar
Committed Budgens retailer Jonathan James has been forced to convert his two forecourt stores in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, to Spar following public outrage at the opening of a third Budgens store in the centre of the town. The former Somerfield store was bought by Musgrave Retail Partners GB as ...
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Going spare
In the current economic climate, repairing rather than replacing equipment is becoming more and more popular. According to catering equipment manufacturer Lincat, the prompt availability of spare parts is becoming critical.Nick McDonald, Lincat marketing director, says: "If you need a replacement thermostat, seal or control switch, the chances are you ...
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Euro opts for Spar in expansion plan
Blackburn-based Euro Garages, which is number five in our Top 50 Indies listing for 2008, has converted all its company-owned stores to Spar. The symbol group fascia was already in place on 20 of its sites but, in a deal with Spar wholesaler James Hall, the remaining 40 or ...
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NewsIn the surgery this month – Hazelgrove Services Sparkford, Somerset
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Situated on the busy A303, Hazelgrove Services is part of the Chartman Group. From the roundabout the Esso service station with its Spar shop is clearly visible and it shares the plot with a McDonald’s.FORECOURT: Under a large canopy there is plenty of space to access the ...
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Spar celebrates 50 years supporting local retailers
Spar celebrated 50 years since the opening of its first store in the UK with a huge gathering at a top London venue, where more than 2,000 Spar retailers, central office personnel and industry leaders came together to mark the significant occasion in style. The gala dinner, at which the ...
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NewsSparkling opportunity
It’s been almost a year since the mad rush to convert to the new licensing system. But while all the fuss may have made some retailers wonder if the category was worth the hassle, alcohol remains a big opportunity for forecourts.
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NewsSHOP DOCTOR: Eurospar, Newtownclough, Newry, Co. Down
On the B113 and heading towards Newry is a new EuroSpar store and Spar-branded forecourt. EuroSpar claims to be a ’large supermarket format aimed at fulfilling weekly shopping needs’. The advertising strapline is ’Expect a little more’. I did!General Appearance: The site is large and there are plenty of parking ...
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Spar sets 600-site target
Symbol group Spar aims to boost its forecourt estate to 600 stores over the next two years, according to the company’s retail director Richard Bennett.The revelation follows last month’s announcement that four Spar wholesalers will supply 22 of Total’s largest sites, which were formerly supplied by Somerfield."We have really accelerated ...