Archive of all Spar articles – Page 40
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Convenience outlets: Connex planning station c-stores
Rail operator working to set up joint venture with major retailer following test with Spar and Costcutter Train operator Connex is currently trialing a combined ticket office/c-store concept on two of its stations and believes there is scope for...
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Armed forces: New generation Naafi Max opens in Germany
UK stores will keep Spar fascia but uniforms and internal branding will change Exclusive John Wood, Sennelager The armed forces retailer Naafi has unveiled the first of a new generation of stores. The 37,670sq ft Naafi Max store at Sennelager in...
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C-stores: NFRN c-store project will soon be fully fledged'
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents has overcome the mid-term hiccup it suffered when Londis pulled out of its fascia project, and the scheme is firmly back on track. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, former Spar boss John Irish ...
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Symbol groups: Spar seeking new fast food partner
Spar UK has split up with its catering partner on its flagship Food to go initiative, and is planning to announce a new supplier at its annual conference in Orlando. In 1998, Spar unveiled a deal with The Compass Group, a multinational foodservice...
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Personal development: Happy employees are key to success
Like every company, John Henderson Group, Spar's wholesaler for Northern Ireland, is committed to maintaining high standards in recruiting, motivating and retaining its 1,200 strong workforce. As a major employer in Northern Ireland, the group...
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Prizes: Doing the Calypso
A Spar retailer from Cheswardine, Shropshire has become the first Grocer Club member to scoop two major prizes. Last October, Jane Moore won a LDV Cub van and now is the proud owner of a chiller cabinet courtesy of Calypso Soft Drinks. Calypso ...
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Category managers for Spar
Spar's wholesaler for the south and west, Appleby Westward, has appointed two new category managers. Cliff Frazher will be responsible for grocery, non food, confectionery and laundry ranges. He has previously worked as a buyer for Martins Retail...
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Name: Ian Connell
Position: General manager Company: Appleby Westward The job: With nearly 300 Spar stores west of a line drawn from Bristol to Southampton, the brief for Connell is to recruit new business. Over the last three years the wholesaler has added...
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Store technology: E-top-ups plugged in
The first terminals to accept the new breed of mobile phone electronic top-up swipe cards from Vodafone have entered service. A number of Spar, Londis and Alldays stores in East Anglia now offer a service crediting phones with airtime without...
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Internet shopping: C-stores sign up to M-box
Hi-tech delivery service M-box has announced retail partnerships with c-store groups representing 7,400 outlets. Signings include national groups Spar, Londis and Costcutter along with regional chains Jacksons, Bells, Morning Noon and Night,...
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BWG: Kealy moving to Haslett
Exclusive John Wood Appleby Westward's highly rated managing director Peter Kealy is leaving the Spar wholesaler to head Northern Ireland's Mace wholesaler J&J Haslett. It is an in-house move for Kealy, as both companies are owned by the Dublin...
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Symbol groups: Moscow cold towards Spar expansion plans
Spar’s plan to open 30 stores in Russia over the next three years has been dismissed as overly ambitious by local retailers and commentators. “Budget supermarkets that can set low prices thanks to high turnover are undoubtedly profitable in…
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On a Leicester artery
Trading under the Spar Banner, the convenience store in Humberstone Road, Leicester is showing weekly sales of some £17,500 and lottery sales of £2,000. Prominently located on this main throughfare into the centre of Leicester, it also benefits...
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Spar: Appleby Westward plans net lunch
A new internet shopping service will be launched in the autumn by Appleby Westward, Spar's wholesaler for the West Country. Speaking at the first meeting of Spar's Wessex Guild, Appleby Westward md Peter Kealy told delegates it would be launching a...
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The hole truth about Spar golf
It wasn't just the hot summer sun yes, really that was producing the red faces on the golf course during Appleby Westward's Spar convention in Jersey last weekend. Most of the players admitted to appalling rounds, with one senior executive...
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National Federation of Retail Newsagents' conference
Irish savages failure of CTNs to stock top lines Independent CTNs were this week given a stark warning by John Irish embrace symbol group values or die. The former Spar boss told the National Federation of Retail Newsagents' annual conference in...
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Symbol groups: Blakemore out to get better terms
Suppliers are to be asked for better terms, better margins and better promotions as part of a new initiative from AF Blakemore. The Spar wholesaler is launching the Multiple Retail Group, a buying consortium centred on its company owned stores that...
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Knocking on Europe's door
Europe: Spar Direct launches pan-continental home deliveries International Spar is aiming to roll out a home delivery service across Europe. Spar Direct is currently available in Stockholm, but groups in Finland, France, Germany and Japan are...
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E-convenience stores: C-stores set up as drop zones for e-pu
Convenience stores operating under the Londis, Spar and Jet fascias will be the first Dropzone outlets for goods bought on the internet. In July, Dropzone 1 will test the concept in the Reading area, but there are plans for a national launch by the...
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Landsburgh to take over from Dewar at SGF helm
Scott Landsburgh has been named chief executive designate of the Scottish Grocers' Federation. Landsburgh, 45, currently operates his own retail business DS Landsburgh which runs two Spar stores in Dundee. The business was last week sold to...