Archive of all Spar articles – Page 37
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Costcutter and Spar circling as thousands of POs face closur
Consignia's plans to close a tranche of unprofitable post offices could prove an opportunity for symbol groups such as Spar and Costcutter, said bosses at the two chains. Consignia is assessing the viability of about 9,000 post offices in urban...
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Jerry Marwood to take over from Middleditch at Spar
Exclusive John Wood Newshops managing director Jerry Marwood will take over the top job in the UK symbol sector in May, when Spar UK managing director Morton Middleditch stands down. In a surprise move, Middleditch announced this week that he...
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Spar wholesaler Capper & Co is to open a fourth railway stat
Sainsbury has teamed up with the World Cancer Research Fund to distribute leaflets on reducing the risk of cancer through diet and lifestyle at its 96 instore pharmacies. Unilever has signed a multimillion dollar advertising agreement with AOL Time...
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Gilletts hits 27th store
One of the largest Spar retailers in the UK has opened its 27th store and launched its own web site. Mark Gillett, sales director of Gilletts Callington, which operates Spar stores in the West Country, said: "The scale of our business is now such...
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Robert Neal
Senior trading controller, Spar The trend in the toilet tissuemarket is towards premium and we have upgraded our own label range this year. We've pursued a policy of not promoting market leader Andrex or newly launched Charmin, instead,...
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Priced for a quick sale
With the price reduced to achieve a quick sale, the first offer of more than £60,000 takes the Spar store in Hillyard Row, Catterick, North Yorkshire, says agent Dowling Kerr. Close to the Army base, it is located in a main road position on a busy...
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Spar must amass stores to defeat multiple c-force
Spar must acquire more stores if it is to eliminate the price advantage suppliers give to multiple competitors, who are now entering the convenience arena in force, said Spar UK chairman Peter Blakemore. Speaking at the Central Meridian Spar Guild...
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Appleby FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS
South west Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward has moved from sixth to fifth place in terms of turnover in the rankings of Spar wholesalers, said Wessex Guild of Spar chairman John Hart. Almost a third of the stores converting to the Millennium Store...
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RIVALRY IN SCOTLAND
Nowhere is the competition between the symbol groups fiercer than in Scotland. While the catalyst for this battle was the move north of the border by Londis, new management teams at Spar and Mace have met that challenge head on. Spar has long been...
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Nigel Wild, Spar, Ulverston, Cumbria
We don't expect a significant increase in pre Christmas sales where we are. We put special offers on via James Hall and the first week in December is when the special beer prices start. James Hall is not doing its usual roadshow this year. Instead...
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Spar is not the only international chain setting up shop in
It's hard not to be impressed by the millions being pumped into the Moscow region by these operators as they look to grab a slice of the largest and least developed consumer goods markets in Europe. At Metro's Russian office, spokeswoman Elena...
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Jane picks up the glittering prize
The prestigious title of Sales Assistant of the Year 2001, organised by our sister publication Convenience Store has been won by Jane Thomas of the Spar store in Pennar, West Wales. Jane, 35, received her £2,000 prize from C-Store editor Sonia...
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appleby westward
Spar trading chief blasts suppliers' poor service Companies supplying Spar's south west wholesaler Appleby Westward have come in for a roasting from trading director Nigel Taylor for their poor service levels. Speaking at the Spar Wessex Guild's...
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Mark Keeley Spar
trading controller Spar is focusing on a much tighter range to satisfy consumer demand. We want to avoid falling into the trap of having a range presented by a supplier. We want to identify what consumers want rather than throwing everything...
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GTA confident of replacing lost revenue as Makro goes
Makro is pulling out of Group Trading Alliance, the multi-billion pound buying group it set up with Spar UK and Landmark. The 27-depot cash and carry group will cease to be a member of GTA at the end of the year. In a statement it said: "Following...
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First convenience store bank opens at Edinburgh Botterill's
Spar won the race to open the first bank inside a convenience store when the Bank of Scotland launched a pilot at a Botterill's store in Inverkeithing, Edinburgh, this week. The prototype bank at the relaunched 4,200 sq ft store has a cash deposit...
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Spar's Zimbabwe subsidiary set to grow through alliance
Spar South Africa's Zimbabwean subsidiary is to be expanded following a tie-up with leading Zimbabwean food and leisure group Innscor. Under the deal, Innscor will take control of the Spar distribution centre in the capital Harare and a 65%...
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Spar: Tates set for biggest ever
Spar UK's most powerful member is planning to build its biggest ever store. Tates, the company owned stores division of Spar UK's biggest wholesaler AF Blakemore, is awaiting planing permission for a store in mid Wales of about 6,000 sq ft, and...