A food tasting day was held at a Cheddar SPAR store where sales figures for a successful food-to-go range continue to show healthy increasesMore...
Ron Irving has been promoted to the new position of Transport Manager at Appleby Westward Ltd., the Saltash-based regional distribution company for SPAR convenience stores in the south west.More...
Simon Harrison and Julie Keenan, who own the SPAR store in Tintagel, have embarked on a sponsorship package for their local football tea.More...
Helen Spilsted, who owns the SPAR forecourt store at Summersdale City Motors in Chichester, has helped raised funds for a local charity after taking part in a London to Brighton vintage car run.More...
Appleby Westward, the regional distribution company for SPAR in the south west, is launching a new campaign to attract independent convenience store owners to join the company.More...
"The Payroll department not only deal with the on-going payroll processing of the Appleby Westward staff," (says Claire Parkin, Appleby Westward's Payroll Co-ordinator) they also work with a large number of our retailers who outsource their payroll to Appleby Westward'.
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Appleby Westward are renowned for not just being a distribution centre, but also offering a range of office based services to assist retailers with queries they may have. One of the main departments that retailers will deal with is Customer Support who are here to offer assistance on a variety of subjects.
The department is run by Nicola Riddle who works with her team of 5 staff; Claire, Sara, Kris, Ruth & Sarah.
Retailers Chris and Sue Sharrinton run a highly successful SPAR store in Helston, Cornwall, and started a six day chilled delivery programme two years ago to examine its effectiveness and to assess its advantages.
“To be honest, it is hard to see any disadvantages”, said Chris.
SPAR retailers in the UK are serviced by six regional distribution centres (RDC's) which are owned by independent wholesalers operating within a defined territory known as a 'Guild'.
Every SPAR retailer is associated with one of the wholesalers and automatically becomes a member of his or her local 'Guild' (which has its own unique name) and in turn a member of the 'National Guild of SPAR'. This guild system ensures every SPAR retail member is represented within the organisation and given the opportunity to make representations at a local and national level on SPAR's marketing program, support services, and matters affecting SPAR retailers.
In order that SPAR retail members' views may be co-ordinated and presented to the National Guild of SPAR, the Wessex Guild has its own committee of elected SPAR retailers and is chaired by Appleby Westward's Sales & Marketing Director, Nick Kenworthy.
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