COUPLE TAKE OVER VILLAGE STORE AND POST OFFICE

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STUDENTS PRAISE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

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HUNNYHILL RAISING FUNDS FOR LOCAL POOL

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FOOD TO GO IS HEARTBEAT OF NEW STORE

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CUSTOMERS PRAISE NEW FORECOURT STORE DEVELOPMENT

Customers have been full of praise for the transformation of a SPAR forecourt store following a �100,000 co-investment development scheme carried out ...More...

Payroll

"The Payroll department not only deal with the on-going payroll processing of the Appleby Westward staff," (says Clare Parkin, Appleby Westward's Payroll Co-ordinator) they also work with a large number of our retailers who outsource their payroll to Appleby Westward'.

Appleby Westward History - gallery

A gallery of images from past to present

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Some photographs dug out from the old files of long ago. I especially enjoyed the one of the old offices showing the old computers and fashion.

Check out the old lorry with the Appleby Westward signage and the old(ish) SPAR store.

Also an picture of Mr Appleby himself.

Something from the archives:

"Appleby Westward is a private company formed in August 1984, as a result of the amalgamation of two wholesalers, Appleby & Son of Bristol and Westward Food Distributors of Saltash.

The company's main activity is food distribution to retailers operating stores in the SPAR and VG symbol groups in the West Country."

Appleby Westward still work from the same offices today!

An old Appleby Westward lorry in the workshop

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