Tag: Spar
Award profile – Bread and Bakery of the Year Award 2014
Winner: Spar, Hillfoot Road, Ayr
Bread and Bakery of the Year Award 2014 – in association with Kingsmill.
Interview with Kevin Rarity, store manager, above left,...
Symbols set to change?
Much of the news on the symbol sector is still very positive. Forecasts for future trading and market share are robust. But symbol-branded shops...
City store opens the doors
DUNDEE’S latest Spar stores has opened its doors in the city’s Albert Street.
Owners the Asif family bring a wealth of 32 years retail experience...
At the heart of the community
Last year Spar Ladybank was awarded the Kingsmill Community Grant. What has it meant so far?
IN early 2013 the team behind leading bread brand...
Revamped store says here is the news
DRIVERS and residents of Polbeth and West Calder have been making their way to the transformed Spar Polbeth Service Station.
Denis McCormack, who owns and...
City Spar adds post office
SPAR Maryhill in Glasgow is now home to what was previously St George’s Cross Post Office.
Store owner Iqbal Sadiq and Spar wholesaler CJ Lang...
Positively open – New Spar store for Keith
SPAR on Mid Street, Keith officially opened its doors with a red ribbon cutting by store owner Paul McBain.
Customers were invited in to mark...
Still burning – Energy drink analysis
Energy drinks remain hugely important to soft drinks sales, especially in c-stores. But the shelves are becoming crowded.
IT hasn’t been difficult to find the...
Spar forecourt push begins
SYMBOL group Spar’s move into fully branded forecourts kicked off in August when the first filling station and store opened in Pickering, in north...
Green-fingered good work takes the prize
WHEN it comes to making things better in the local community, Scotland, and in particular Ladybank in Fife, is tops.
The town’s Spar shop ran...
Spar south meets its match – Cricket tournament
SPAR’S Scottish Guild Cricket Tournament, held in Fife last month, was a landslide for the North team.
The annual friendly event, at Freuchie Cricket Club,...
Spar stores up four decades of service – Anniversary celebrations
Milestone celebration sees staff and customers raise £1,500
BACK in 1973 Cumbernauld was settling into its new role as one of Scotland’s post-war new towns....
New store in town – Alloa opening
A new Spar store opened at Medwyn Place in Alloa last month, after the renovation of the town’s former Medwyn Stores.
New owner is...
Spar gets ready to picnic
SPAR has revamped its own-label range for summer.
New lines, which went on shelf last month, include a three-bean salad, a Moroccan couscous salad, a...
Spar – most trusted says report
NEW research has shown that the country’s most trusted convenience store chain is Spar, depended on by almost a third of UK shoppers (31%).
Independent...
CJ Lang takes two more – Carnoustie stores aquired
SPAR wholesaler and retailer CJ Lang has bought two Spar stores and post offices in Carnoustie from independent retailer and former Scottish Grocers’ Federation...
