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SPAR launches exciting new takeaway meal deal range
Leading symbol group SPAR is launching an exciting new takeaway meal deal range, offering a selection of delicious pizzas, sides, and dips. Available in participating SPAR stores across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland from 21st October 2024, this...
SPAR retailer M&L Richardson & Sons Ltd opens two new stores
SPAR independent retailer M&L Richardson & Sons Ltd has opened two new SPAR stores in as many weeks taking the business’ store portfolio to 11 sites. A new SPAR store has opened in Carlisle’s historic city centre breathing new life into a previously vacant...
SPAR launches new range of freeze-dried sweets from Bebeto
Leading symbol group SPAR is announcing the launch of a new range of freeze-dried sweets, making it the first retailer in the convenience sector to introduce this innovative snack. Capitalising on the growing trend for freeze-dried treats, the range has been developed...
SPAR donates £1,000 to Crash Bang Wallop Youth Theatre
Crash Bang Wallop Youth Theatre has received £1,000 from SPAR through the retailer’s Community Cashback scheme. The North Yorkshire voluntary managed youth theatre has been established since 2005 and provides an all-inclusive opportunity for any child to be involved...
Nineteen years strong… Active Lancashire and SPAR renew School Games partnership
Active Lancashire and SPAR will continue in partnership with the Lancashire School Games for a 19th year. The announcement for 2024-25 comes as a Girls Active event was held at Roefield Leisure Centre in Clitheroe where 150 children from Pennine Lancashire schools...
SPAR donates £1,000 to Lostock Hall’s TippyToes Baby Bank
SPAR has donated £1,000 to the TippyToes Baby Bank in Lostock Hall through its Community Cashback scheme. Founded in 2019, TippyToes provides essentials for families in need and has an ambition to enable every family to offer the best start in life to their children...
SPAR’s BIG Deals of Christmas returns for 2024
SPAR’s national brand campaign, BIG Deals of Christmas, is back and bigger than ever for 2024. Launching in SPAR stores on 17th October in Scotland and from 31st October in England and Wales, this year’s campaign promises even more incredible promotional offers. In...
SPAR Northern Guild charity challenge raises £40,000 for Marie Curie
The SPAR Northern Guild’s Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge trek has raised an incredible £40,000 for Marie Curie. The trek in July saw 135 people tackle the 24-mile route, taking in the climbs of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough and more than 1,600m of ascent...
SPAR donates £1,000 to Sunderland’s St Benedict’s Hospice
St Benedict’s Hospice in Sunderland has received £1,000 in funding through SPAR’s Community Cashback initiative. The hospice, which was set up in 1984, offers end of life care and a holistic range of bespoke care services tailored to patients and their families. The...
James Hall & Co. Ltd and Lancashire Mind mark World Mental Health Day
James Hall & Co. Ltd and Lancashire Mind have marked World Mental Health Day through a ‘tea and talk’ event. Members of the Lancashire Mind team have been at James Hall & Co. Ltd’s Bowland View SPAR Distribution Centre today promoting positive mental health...
Search Newcastle receives £2,000 from SPAR’s Community Cashback initiative
SPAR has donated £2,000 to Search Newcastle through its Community Cashback initiative. Search is one of the oldest voluntary projects in Newcastle, having been set up in the mid-1970s to help the welfare of local older people. At its core, Search offers advice and...
Date set for 2025 after successful return of West Lancashire 24-hour yacht race
The return of the West Lancashire Yacht Club 24-hour race in Southport has been heralded a huge success with the date for 2025’s event now set. Fifty-one boats from sailing clubs across the country took to the water on Marine Lake at noon on Saturday 21st September to...