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SPAR City of Preston 10K goes virtual
The Running Bee Foundation has postponed the SPAR City of Preston 10K which was due to take place on Sunday 28th March – it will now be held on Sunday 26th September 2021. With the current impact of COVID, government guidelines around the easing of lockdown, and their...
Four delicious new SPAR brand sausages launched
James Hall & Co. has added four new flavours of SPAR sausage for its network of independent and company owned SPAR stores to enjoy. All made from British pork and available in north of England SPAR stores, four new sausages have been released on a rotational basis...
SPAR Wolsingham re-launches in purpose built site
SPAR wholesaler for the north of England, James Hall & Co., has re-launched one of its company owned stores in Wolsingham, County Durham. There has been a SPAR store at the heart of Wolsingham village since 1995 and whilst the store has always been popular with...
James Hall & Co. deliver 202,758 pieces of essential PPE
Between October 2020 and January 2021, James Hall & Co. delivered over 202,700 pieces of PPE (personal protective equipment) to Marie Curie nurses working across the north of England. Working with independent SPAR retailers and company owned stores, a month’s...
20K customers aim to be QUIDS IN with SPAR
James Hall & Co. has seen over 20,000 entries in the company’s latest customer focused marketing campaign, ‘QUIDS IN’. With a £10K jackpot on offer and 1,000s of SPAR vouchers to spend in-store, 20,000 customers have already entered the text-to-win competition by...
Stopping the spread of COVID-19
In conjunction with Lancashire County Council, James Hall & Co. started weekly, COVID-19 lateral flow tests at Bowland View on Monday 4th January 2020. After one week of working with The British Army, over 30 staff volunteers were trained in how to supervise,...
G&E Murgatroyd SPAR Maryport re-launches in Cumbria
James Hall & Co. has knocked down and rebuilt one of its company owned SPAR stores in Maryport, Cumbria. Relaunched to offer customers the very best in modern convenience shopping, SPAR Maryport now features a 24 hour, 3,000 sq ft. SPAR store with a dedicated...
James Hall & Co. hit fundraising milestone of £400K for Marie Curie!
James Hall & Co., SPAR wholesaler for the north of England, is celebrating a charity milestone having raised £400,000 for end of life care charity, Marie Curie. Launched in March 2017, the partnership has seen staff across the company and SPAR stores across the...
Recognising excellence at The Forecourt Trader Awards 2020
Congratulations to independent SPAR retailer, Jos Richardson, who has been awarded the 'Special Recognition' Award in the Forecourt Trader Awards 2020. Recognising excellence and innovation across the forecourt retail industry, the awards were especially poignant this...
Free virtual P.E. resources to tackle inactivity during lockdown
Building on the success of last year’s virtual programme and in response to the UK’s third national lockdown, the SPAR Lancashire School Games has launched a new virtual programme of activities, designed to keep children across the county active and achieve their 60...
New vegan, veggie and gluten-free range
James Hall & Co. has launched eight new delicious sandwich flavours to accommodate SPAR customers shopping with dietary requirements. The new range, which is available to SPAR retailers across the north of England, features eight new products; three vegetarian,...
SPAR partners with Instagram influencer ‘The Fitness Chef’
SPAR is starting the New Year with a bang by partnering with social media influencer Graeme Tomlinson aka The Fitness Chef for the month of January. The partnership with myth busting, nutrition coach and personal trainer Graeme Tomlinson will mean SPAR will share...