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SPAR sign Deal to Sponsor Series of North West Running Events
James Hall & Co. Ltd, North West distributor for SPAR, is sponsoring a series of local running events, to be called The SPAR Series, helping to inspire active lifestyles in communities. The three established events are delivered by local media group Quest Media...
Community benefits from brand new shopping experience at SPAR Stakesby
Whitby residents have a brand new shopping experience on their doorstep after the reopening of Stakesby’s SPAR store. Following a complete refurbishment and extension which includes a Graham Eyes butchers and a Clayton Park Deli, the offering at SPAR Stakesby has been...
Nabeela is named as Lancashire Degree Apprentice of the Year!
A warehouse manager at James Hall & Co. Ltd has been named as a Lancashire Apprentice of the Year. Nabeela Malek, 25, from Bolton, was named as the winner of the Degree Apprentice of the Year Award at the Lancashire Apprenticeship Awards held at Preston North End...
Let the games begin! SPAR and Active Lancashire launch the Lancashire School Games!
The SPAR Lancashire School Games 2022-23 have been launched in style with support from dozens of schoolchildren from across the Red Rose County. Held at James Hall & Co. Ltd’s SPAR Distribution Centre in Preston, more than 60 children were invited to launch the...
Kirkbymoorside girl wins SPAR and Marie Curie trailer design competition
A 10-year-old girl from Kirkbymoorside in North Yorkshire has won the competition to design a lorry trailer celebrating the charity partnership between SPAR and Marie Curie. Holly Brocklebank-Watts was selected as the winner from more than 200 entries submitted...
James Hall Group of Companies acquires iconic Ann Forshaw’s Alston Dairy
Iconic Lancashire brand Ann Forshaw’s and its associated Alston Dairy has been acquired by the James Hall Group of Companies. The acquisition sees the Group expand its portfolio of food manufacturing businesses in the North West to five, adding Ann Forshaw’s Alston...
SPAR retailers celebrated for supporting Marie Curie Nurses with one million PPE items during pandemic
SPAR retailers in the North of England who supported Marie Curie Nurses with over one million items of PPE during the pandemic have been thanked by the charity. At the peak of the pandemic, 93 SPAR stores owned or serviced by James Hall & Co. Ltd became PPE access...
SPAR wins Convenience Chain of the Year at 2023 Drinks Retailing Awards
The 2023 Drinks Retailing Awards celebrated a range of dynamic supermarkets, convenience chains and regional stores, all of which are championing drinks and helping the off-trade thrive. Taking place on 7 February 2023 at the Dorchester Hotel, London, leading symbol...
SPAR agrees to continue sponsorship of Lancashire School Games
SPAR has agreed to continue its sponsorship of the Lancashire School Games, supporting thousands of children with opportunities to compete and achieve personal bests. Organised and run by Active Lancashire and the School Games Organiser Network, the Lancashire School...
James Hall & Co. Ltd HGV driver set to take on peers in SPAR International competition
A lorry driver with James Hall & Co. Ltd is set to challenge himself against peers from around the world in a SPAR International competition. Steve Metcalf will travel to Sweden in March to participate in the first ever SPAR International Driver of the Year...
SPAR launches its second UK wide £100,000 Community Cashback Scheme
Following the enormous success of last year’s £100,000 Community Cashback Scheme, leading convenience symbol group SPAR is launching a second £100,000 Community Cashback Scheme this February, giving away grants to local voluntary or community organisations and...
New independent Dr Hamid Hashemi launches SPAR store in Heald Green
The community of Heald Green is benefiting from a new convenience store after the opening of a SPAR in Wilmslow Road. Located in a building that formerly housed a guitar shop, the SPAR convenience store has added a new string to store owner Dr Hamid Hashemi’s...