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Spar to supply Total forecourts
Total UK has announced a new partnership with Spar to supply 22 of its large format forecourt stores. Conversions to the Spar fascia will begin in August and follow a successful three-store trial. This will bring the number of Spar forecourt sites up to 485.
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Spar Scotland increases retailer support
Spar Scotland has restructured its field sales team in a move which it says will strengthen the support available to its independent retailers.The forecourt division is to be boosted by an extra field sales executive, Neil Horsburgh, whose role will be to help existing retailers increase their c-store business. This ...
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Highland Spring sales sparkle
Highland Spring mineral water has new limited edition snowflake packaging for Christmas.The eye-catching festive design features on 1.5 litre still and sparkling single bottles and multi-packs.Sales of Highland Spring sparkling increased by 25% during last year’s festive period.01764 660500
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Spar Bank Machine
Spar has named Bank Machine as its new preferred ATM supplier. The symbol group’s retail controller, Barry Wallis, says the new deal is the most competititive one for its retailers so far.Ron Delnevo, managing director at Bank Machine, comments: “We have been proud to have worked with Spar on an ...
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Spar aims for e-distribution
Spar is rolling out a new epos system driven by Epson’s MR-800 modular register across its 2,600 stores in a bid to improve both efficiency and customer service.The high-performance Epson kit has an ultra-slim touchscreen monitor and built-in magnetic stripe reader, and runs the Sparpos scanning software, developed by Business ...
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NewsSpar takes the high road
Spar wholesaler CJ Lang is setting its sights firmly on the forecourt sector in Scotland, with 36 forecourt shops already branded Spar and five more in the pipeline for the next few months.“Our target is for 24% wholesale growth this year, which equates to 12 sites until April 2006,” says ...
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NewsTriple Eight Group - Spar/BP, Wilton Road, Salisbury
I have long wanted to visit a Triple Eight Group site, so finding myself close to Salisbury I soon located the joint-branded Spar/BP forecourt on Wilton Road, part of the busy A36 Southampton/ Bath road. It is on the Wilton side of Salisbury, a mile from the city centre, ...
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Spar brand grows Scottish presence
The number of Spar-branded forecourt shops in Scotland has risen by 50% to 39 sites in the past year.Since April 2004, Spar Scotland has recruited nine more forecourt convenience stores and there are several more sites in the pipeline between now and the end of April, according to Ewen Chisholm, ...
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Spar aims high with package to shape up
Spar has launched a radical package of initiatives as it sets out to reinforce its position in a fiercely competitive marketplace and realise its goal of becoming the biggest and best convenience retailer in the UK. Spar managing director Jerry Marwood announced the programme on the eve of the company’s ...
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NewsSpar is tops at Esso
Spar has been recommended as the symbol group supplier of choice for independent Esso dealers.The decision by Esso’s dealer division and Spar was announced at a meeting at the Bridgend Garage in Auchinleck , Scotland, owned by Jean Allardyce, which has a successful Spar store.Spar already supplies 36 independent Esso ...
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Aberness deal: good for Spar
Spar’s wholesaler in Scotland, CJ Lang, has described Somerfield’s takeover of Aberness Foods, which operates the Mace brand, as a “huge opportunity” for expansion of the Spar fascia in Scotland.Ed Ferguson, managing director of CJ Lang, said: “This takeover leaves CJ Lang as the only independent Scottish-based wholesaler and one ...
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Forecourts key to Spar’s sales growth
Forecourts are a key growth area for symbol group Spar, with site numbers increasing by 34 per cent in the past two years.In its latest financial results, Spar has announced record sales – up 16 per cent in its 12th consecutive month of rising sales, and footfall figures of 12 ...
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Spar is first on motorway site
Spar has become the first convenience retailer to have a presence on a motorway service station. In a joint initiative with RoadChef, a Spar c-store has opened up at Clacket Lane on the M25 near Westerham, Kent. The store has been refitted to offer three times the space allocation, allowing ...