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NewsAldi's Reay to join Spar as commercial director
Spar UK has appointed Aldi’s buying director Vicki Reay to the new role of commercial director.
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NewsSpar adds more snacks and cakes
Spar is extending its ownlabel baked snacks and cakes range after a successful rollout last year.
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NewsSymbols must raise their game on own label says Robinson
Spar UK’s new managing director Debbie Robinson has called for symbol groups to “take charge of their own destiny” by focusing on developing ownlabel ranges for the convenience sector.
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NewsEskimo targets frozen gap left by Eismann UK
Ex-Spar chief Jerry Marwood is chairing a new company that is hoping to rebuild the collapsed delivered frozen food business Eismann UK - using a new business model. Eskimo Frozen Foods, which has been trading for six weeks…
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Profiles and QandAsMcCammond made managing director at Appleby Westward
Mark McCammond has returned to Spar as managing director of Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward.
McCammond, who takes up the role in December, was retail operations director at fellow Spar wholesaler Henderson Group for eight years before… -
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Spar UK is ‘fantastic and entrepreneurial’ says incoming MD
Debbie Robinson officially took up the reins as MD of Spar UK this week.Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, the former Co-op food marketing director said it was an exciting time to be back in food retail. "The convenience...
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Manchester Drinks labels carry calories
The Manchester Drinks Company is adding calorie content details to labels on its pre-mixed cocktails. The updated packaging is rolling into Asda, Spar, Iceland and Booker now on the company's My Cocktail range and will be introduced on...
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Spar renews support for athletics champs
Spar International has extended its sponsorship of European Athletics for a further four years. Under the new deal, Spar will be the main sponsor of the European Athletics Championships in 2012 and 2014, the European Athletics Indoor…
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News"S Budget" lines replace Spar Extra Value range
UK Spar stores will start selling the company’s successful European value range, “S Budget”, from the end of the month. The 33-strong economy range of everyday essentials, which includes chicken fillets, baked beans, energy drinks, bleach…
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MD at Appleby Westward hands in notice
Appleby Westward's managing director has resigned and will leave the company at the end of September. John Pattison joined the Spar wholesaler in December 2008 as group business director before being appointed managing director in April...
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Save money on sourcing, Spar is told
Spar's outsourced procurement team has warned retailers they are paying over the odds by buying services and goods not for resale direct. Brightsourcing, founded by Somerfield's purchasing managers, was hired by Spar last year to improve...
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Bennett and Blackmore to exit as Spar directors
Two Spar directors have handed in their notice and will leave later this year. Retail director Richard Bennett will leave at the end of August while supply chain and management information director Steve Blackmore has decided to retire...
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NewsAppleby Westward’s Warren heads hiring
South West Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward Group has promoted Simon Warren to head of store recruitment, and has tasked him with adding 24 c-stores to the Spar fascia by the end of the year. Warren has been with the Saltash-based company...
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Analysis and FeaturesGrocery Retail Structure 2011: Multiple retailer swap shop sees Tesco swell its numbers
Tesco and Booker have increased their estates this year, while the Co-op Group and Spar were among those reducing numbers. Beth Phillips reports
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Property and wage hikes hit Clearys
Manchester-based Spar retailer Clearys has blamed spiralling property and wage costs for falling into the red. Accounts filed at Companies House this week revealed a pre-tax loss of £41,502 for the year ending 30 June 2010 compared with...
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School sports days get a spur from Spar
Spar is giving its retailers free UKA-branded sports day kits to donate to local schools in the latest phase of its ongoing UK Athletics sponsorship deal. The 2,500 kits each comprise two posters, four sets of 36 bibs, finishing tape,...
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NewsCapper fits chiller doors to save energy
Capper & Co has become the latest Spar member to test the impact of installing doors on its in-store dairy chiller cabinets. If the trial at Cefn Glas, Bridgend, is successful, the doors could be installed in further company stores....
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News'We were the biggest before and we’re still the biggest': an interview with Peter Blakemore
AF Blakemore bought Capper & Co last month, creating a Spar wholesaler with a £1.1bn turnover and a 45% share of Spar. In his first interview since the acquisition, Peter Blakemore talks to Elinor Zuke about the takeover, Spar and Big Society
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CJ Lang recruitment drive continues with AM Landsburgh deal
CJ Lang has almost sealed its purchase of Spar retailer AM Landsburgh. The Scottish Spar wholesaler this week confirmed it was in talks with the third-generation family business. CJ Lang will take on 10 Spar stores in Dundee and Fife for...
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World News 9/4/11
Spar has launched its first hypermarket in West India. The 35,000 sq ft store in Pune is the group's seventh store in India and joins those in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mangalore and Delhi. The opening is part of Spar's licence agreement with...