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Esme cracks the brief with egg-cellent design to win SPAR sandwich pack competition
A 12-year-old from Wakefield has won SPAR North of England’s competition designing an Egg Mayonnaise sandwich pack. Esme Jones’ design impressed a judging panel for its fun take on the ingredients of the popular Egg Mayonnaise sandwich which is one of SPAR North of...
Nestlé KitKat Chunky Crunchy Double Chocolate exclusive to SPAR
SPAR has agreed another UK symbol group exclusive with Nestlé on the launch of KitKat Chunky Crunchy Double Chocolate. Continuing its trend on bringing newness and excitement to shoppers, from 27th June SPAR stores all over the UK will be offering shoppers Nestlé...
Dominic Hall Named As President Of SPAR International
Dominic Hall, Joint Managing Director of James Hall & Co Ltd has been elected President of SPAR International, the world’s largest voluntary retail food network. The announcement was made at the 67th International SPAR Congress, which took place in Malta on 21 and...
Community wowed as SPAR Nafferton opens its doors
Sunshine and a hugely supportive village community greeted the opening of SPAR Nafferton in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The new 3,000 sq. ft. SPAR store and Shell forecourt had a long queue of locals arriving an hour before opening, eager to see the transformation...
James Hall and Butlers partnership celebrated on National Cheese Day
More than six months after a devastating fire at Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses, a partnership has flourished between the cheesemaker and SPAR wholesaler and distributor, James Hall & Co. Ltd. In November 2023 in the busy run up to Christmas, Butlers’ office and...
SPAR customers can score again as Win With Every Goal returns
SPAR customers will have the chance to score again as Win With Every Goal returns to coincide with the biggest football tournament of the year. SPAR wholesalers and distributors James Hall & Co. Ltd and CJ Lang & Son Ltd have put English and Scottish rivalries...
SPAR introduces new value own label wine collection
SPAR UK, the leading symbol group, is announcing the release of its latest collection of value own label wines. Available now participating licensed SPAR stores, the specially curated wines have been expertly developed by Philippa Carr, Master of Wine, who selected...
Skating, scooting and BMX fun at SPAR Lancashire School Games
School pupils from East Lancashire have enjoyed skateboarding, scootering, and BMXing as part of the SPAR Lancashire School Games. Held at Junction 4 Urban Skatepark in Darwen, 240 primary and secondary school boys from 24 schools in Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley,...
James Hall & Co. Ltd retains GroceryAid Bronze Award
James Hall & Co. Ltd is very pleased to announce that it has retained its Bronze status in the GroceryAid Awards. GroceryAid Bronze winners are selected as having participated in four different activities across at least two of our three of the organisation’s...
Success stories shared at SPAR Transform retail event
More than 500 delegates were joined by 45 suppliers at James Hall & Co. Ltd’s SPAR Transform retail event. Held at the Harrogate Convention Centre, SPAR Transform was a radical overhaul and expansion of the company’s retail events consolidating business updates, a...
Hunts SPAR group launch innovative in-store Parcel+ concept
Lawrence Hunt & Co. Ltd has introduced an innovative solution into one of its SPAR stores that could be a gamechanger for how the group handles parcels. The company’s new package handling concept under a freshly created Parcel+ brand has launched at SPAR Willow...
SPAR’s £100,000 Community Cashback initiative returns
Due to the amazing success of last year’s £100,000 Community Cashback scheme, SPAR is launching its third £100,000 Community Cashback scheme, giving away various grants to local voluntary or community organisations and charities. After rewarding over 20 different...