Archive of all Spar articles – Page 28
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Spar decides to be flexible friend
Spar UK has abandoned plans to roll out its six new store formats throughout its estate, instead opting for a strategy of developing its retail offer on an ongoing and more flexible basis. The symbol group announced earlier this year that...
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In Brief: Tobacco sales up; Self-checkout units; Asda local thrives
Tobacco sales up Sales of tobacco have grown 6% y-o-y in Scottish Spars despite the ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces north of the border, according to Liz Aked, tobacco buyer. Self-checkout...
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Who we visited. Spar, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Texaco, Nottingham Road, Ashby de la Zouche. Sainsbury's Local, Bridge Way, Cobham, Surrey. Co-op Group, Kingfisher Drive, Westbury, Wiltshire. Tesco Express, Warwick...
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Who we visited. Spar, Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey. Kwik Save, The Paddock, Handforth, Cheshire. Best One Ditton Hill, Long Ditton, Surrey. Scotmid Co-op East Main Street, Uphall, West Lothian. Tesco Express,...
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Who we visited. Costcutter, Lodway, Bristol, One stop, Station Road, Horsham. Budgens, Tolworth, Surrey Spar, Amersham Road, Bucks. Tesco Express, Wellingborough Road, Northamptonshire. How they...
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Who we visitedMace Hamilton Express, Cregagh Road, County Antrim, NI Nisa, Chapel House Drive, Newcastle-upon-Tynesainsbury's Local, South Ealing Road, Londonspar, Freehold Road, Ipswich, Suffolktesco...
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Shop Profile Lawrence Hunt
After 60 years in business, Spar convenience store chain Lawrence Hunt is addressing issues remarkably similar to those it faced in its early years. Expansion, customer service and staff management are all still at the top of its agenda....
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BWG plans leave rivals undeterred
Two Irish symbol groups have said they intend to open more stores just a week after the new owners of BWG announced expansion of the Spar and Mace networks in the Republic. Gala, the mainly rural-based convenience chain, plans a €40m...
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Shop profile - Lawrence Hunt
After 60 years in business, Spar convenience store chain Lawrence Hunt is addressing issues remarkably similar to those it faced in its early years.
Expansion, customer service and staff management are all still at the forefront of its… -
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Who we visited. Budgens, Sycamore Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Midlands Co-operative Society, Shelton Lock, Derbyshire, Costcutter, Gloucester Avenue, Northampton, Spar Hazel Grove, Stockport, Greater...
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€400m BWG management buyout set to be tied up soon
Managers at BWG, owner of the Spar and Mace franchises, are set to buy the company from its biggest shareholder, Electra Partners, in a deal that values the business at €400m. The management team, led by BWG chief executive Leo Crawford...
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World News - 7th October 2006
Russia. Spar International has announced plans to open 100 new stores in central Russia by mid-2007. There are currently 67 supermarkets trading in the region under the Spar brand. Two different formats have been launched to meet...
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Who we visitedWelcome co-op, Cooden Sea Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussexesso on the run, Hampton Court, Surreymace, Newton Park, Four Winds, Belfastspar Crawley Avenue, Crawley, West Sussextesco express,...
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AF Blakemore makes Fitton retail director
Spar wholesaler AF Blake-more has appointed Mike Fitton as retail sales director for Spar distribution, replacing Elwyn Davies who has taken up the position of retail development director.Fitton joins the company from Musgrave Budgens...
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Who we visited Smile, Old Market Street, Bristol Spar, Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands premier, Broadfield Barton, Crawley, West Sussex tesco EXpress, High Street, Woodville, Derbyshire tesco metro, New...
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Who we visited BudgeNs, Sycamore Road, Amersham, Bucks Esso on the run, A3, Coombe Lane, Surrey sainsbury's at jacksons, Bawtry Road, Rotherham, Yorkshire Spar, Manor Road, Hinchley Wood, Surrey tesco EXpress,...
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Rivals buy into alliance
Two of the high street's biggest rivals, The Co-operative Group and Spar UK, have joined forces in a buying alliance to reduce the cost of own label goods and give them a more competitive position in the market. The companies are pooling...
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"Two high street competitors have put aside their rivalry and found a way to work together to the benefit of all"
It's not often you get invited to a secret rendezvous at a Heathrow hotel with two of the biggest names in the industry. So when I got a call to meet The Co-operative Group's Guy McCracken and Spar's Jerry Marwood at a Holiday Inn near the...
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Who we visitedCo-OP High St, Highley, ShropshireBOOTHS New Market Street, Chorley, LancashireSCOTMID CO-OP Main Street, Uphall, West LothianSmiLE Kingsway, Little Stoke, South GloucestershireSPAR Bristol...
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Spar shopenterprise
BWG Group, which operates the Mace and Spar franchises in the Irish Republic, has always been recognised as a market leader. And the launch last December of a pioneering new Spar format - complete with juice bar, coffee concession and...