Archive of all Spar articles – Page 36
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Ego' of Tesco's 1,000 is scorned
Senior c-store industry figures have poured scorn on Tesco's claims it is going to open 1,000 Express c-stores over the next five years, but the multiple has denied rumours that it will make an acquisition to achieve its goal. Spar md Jerry Marwood...
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Spar rallies suppliers as it gets behind own label
Ed Bedington Spar is set to invest £3m in a bid to boost its own label business, with an increased focus on the fresh sector. The symbol group is calling on suppliers to support it to ensure the own label offering remains innovative,...
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Ads to underline international clout
Spar International is launching its first cross-border advertising campaign spanning 12 countries in the autumn. Speaking at the 47th annual Spar Congress in Athens, Spar International md Gordon Campbell said the project was of "enormous strategic...
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James Hall streamlines online ordering with WebSpar system
Anne Bruce Northern Spar wholesaler James Hall is to lead a technological revolution at Spar with a new web-based communications and ordering system. It will pay for all its retailers to have ISDN phone lines installed as it rolls out WebSpar...
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Spar set for launch of updated fascia
Spar UK is poised to launch a new look fascia later this year. The group's new marketing controller Joanne Morley revealed the company would be launching the updated store exterior designs at its conference in September. It would be based on two...
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Woolworths simplification casts doubt on Spar venture
Anne Bruce Woolworths is deciding whether to call time on its new Spar partnership as it re-absorbs Woolworths' General Stores into its main chain portfolio. It will start by removing General Stores fascias from up to nine of its 19 General Stores...
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Spar format is launched as a universal supermarket model
John Wood A new store opened in Glostrup, Copenhagen, will become the model for all Spar supermarkets across the globe. The 400 sq metre store, which is a joint project between International Spar and Spar Denmark, will be followed by one in...
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Local poised to trial Spar concessions
Woolworths and Spar are finalising details of a trial of Spar branded concessions in two or three Woolworths Local stores. The trial concessions will be the first of 50 in-store Spars in Woolworths Local high street shops planned for this year,...
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Woolworths and Spar go for deeper relationship
Spar is to extend its partnership with Woolworths, opening concessions in 50 "local" Woolworths high street stores this year. And it is in talks with Big W to install branded concessions at Woolworths' hypermarket stores. It already has...
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Spar set to shout about value with Real Deals
Spar is planning to spend £2.25m on marketing in the next year, with more TV advertising and new PoS material to make stores "stand out and be recognised". Activity scheduled for the next year will include three two-week bursts of the Spar...
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SCS Stores is circumnavigating Scotland's cities to continue
Scottish Spar retailer Stanley Sokolowski finds it tough choosing new stores to add to his family chain with low unemployment and high wages in the cities, few people want to work in a c-store. This, combined with shortage of parking, prevents...
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Long lease Spar sold to private buyer
The Spar store in College Road in the heavily populated Kingstanding area of Birmingham has been sold through Dowling Kerr. Price paid by the private buyer is under wraps, but the agent was looking for offers based on £80,000 for the long leasehold...
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Willie Nimmo leaves Botterills
Willie Nimmo, development director at Scottish Spar convenience chain Botterills, is leaving the company by mutual agreement as of the end of March. Botterills md Jim Botterill said: "Both parties have agreed this is the best course of action for...
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Spar has relaunched in Lithuania after Norwegian real estate
Baltic Food, which owns the Spar franchise in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, went into liquidation in December. Spar International deputy general manager Gerrit Kok said Selvaag a major shareholder in Baltic Food has promised to put in the...
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Owner-occupier could lift profits
Its corporate owner has put the Spar store in the centre of the village of Tanterton, near Preston in Lancashire, on the market because it no longer fits the company's profits criteria. That said, the business represents a considerable opportunity...
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Impressed Woolworths hires Spar to supply General Stores
Exclusive John Wood Woolworths has signed a supply deal for Spar to provide all the food, alcohol and tobacco to its General Stores and for Spar imagery to be used in store. In addition, Woolworths is also trialling food supplied by Spar in four...
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German supermarket chain Spar Handels is expected to close t
The streamlining exercise began last year when new boss Dr Fritz Ammann pulled the plug on the cash draining online shopping venture Einkauf 24 and sold the non food discount chain Kodi. According to local press reports, predators circling round...
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Reynolds, CBE, dies
Mike Reynolds, one of the most influential figures in the growth of Spar in the UK, has died at the age of 70. Reynolds was managing director of Spar UK from 1971-77, and current Spar UK md Morton Middleditch said: "He was a trader to his roots and...
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n The Grocer's major new series tracking four independents a
After a four-year wait, Jane and Mike Clarke finally launched their newly built Spar shop on the Oxford public just before Christmas. A planning hold-up at the council meant the couple had extra time for planning and strategy. But everything went to...