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Why SPAR? SPAR Kexborough
Clare Hale who recently won the 2020 Retail Industry Award for Independent Store Manager Of The Year talks to us about customer service, the importance of team work, how to overcome challenges and what makes SPAR different to our competitors. Watch the below video to...
Why SPAR? SPAR Long Riston
Take a look at why the Blake family decided to join SPAR and how Oliver and the team at Long Riston have found it so far. Oliver explains how the store was a last resort for customers, but since working with the team at James Hall & joining SPAR, they are now a...
Why SPAR? Bhav Parekh
SPAR Retailer Bhav Parekh talks about his experience over the last 4 years with SPAR and James Hall & Co. Highlighting how service level, availability and the support we provide has helped him grow his business. Take a look at the below video to find out more...
G&E Murgatroyd SPAR raise £13k for Marie Curie
G&E Murgatroyd, James Hall & Co.’s company owned stores division, is celebrating having raised over £13,000 for Marie Curie's annual Blooming Great Tea Party event. Raised through a combination of fundraising activities including raffles, cake sales, car...
New butchery and deli offering for SPAR Alston
SPAR Alston has benefited from a store refurbishment and the addition of new facilities including a butchery counter and fresh deli offering. Serving the village since 2012, the forecourt site has remained open during the refurbishment, launching its newest facilities...
Recycling Partnership: Baking the World a Better Place
Ever wondered what happens to those aluminium pie trays after they go in the bin? The answer to that question has recently changed for the better thanks to a progressive new partnership between Clayton Park Bakery and HML Recycling. The two Amazing Accrington...
New Signing for Accrington Stanley Football Club: Clayton Park Pies Agrees 3 Year Contract
Accrington Stanley Football Club has agreed a new 3-year deal with Clayton Park Bakery. The award winning bakery, also based in Accrington, will be supplying pies and savoury baked goods to the town’s football club until 2024. Clayton Park Bakery first started...
Clayton Park Bakery Fights Food Poverty in East Lancashire
Clayton Park Bakery, has donated over 62,000 of their products to food banks in the region so far this year, and their support is ongoing. Clayton Park Bakery started out selling pies and sausage rolls at Blackburn market in 1995. Since then the company has grown to...
Vantastic! Clayton Park Bakery Invests in New Fleet of Low Carbon Vehicles
Increased sales and strong demand for deliveries has led Clayton Park Bakery, one of Lancashire’s leading food producers, to invest thousands in a fleet of brand new, low carbon vans. The firm has been enjoying increased sales of its Lancashire made products, and...
New butchery counter and refurb unveiled at SPAR Haworth
Nestled in the picturesque village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, SPAR Haworth has re-opened its doors after a significant six-week refurbishment. From the 20th May, SPAR customers will benefit from additional facilities within the rural store including a butchery...
Fazila Foods supports local community tidy-up in Bolton
Refreshments for local community group Fazila Foods has proudly supported a local community group working to tidy up Heaton cemetery, by donating refreshments for the group’s volunteers. Heaton Cemetery Tidy Up is a multi-faith charity organisation that has been...
SPAR nominated for a Third Sector Business Charity Award
SPAR UK has been nominated for a Third Sector Business Charity Award, in the 'Best Covid-19 Partnerships' category. Recognised for the group's partnership with end-of-life care charity, Marie Curie, the nomination highlights a PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)...