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'.
“I turned to SPAR because I knew they were the best”, I read all about them in the trade papers and didn’t even think of turning to anyone else. If I couldn’t have done it with SPAR, I wouldn’t have done it at all”
Sue Sussex
Coombe Martin
“SPAR and Appleby Westward have helped me to maximise my stores potential. The support I receive from my Regional Sales Manager and all of the team at Saltash and Cullompton have been invaluable over the years. There is a fantastic family feel between other retailers making SPAR the perfect environment for me and my store!”
Nick Haydon
Pool, Cornwall
“In the tough economic climate we are suffering, SPAR are always there to help grow our business and support us with the many challenges we face as retailers”
Lesley Jordan
Westbury & Dilton PO stores
"I Joined SPAR in 2004 from Londis and weekly T/O increased by 100% . AWG have an excellent Food Service team that convinced me it would be a great idea to invest in a new turbo serve. Since installing the Turbo serve in 2008 our FTG sales have increased by 40% and our overall shop sales are up 20% YOY. I couldn’t have achieved these results without the support of my RSM and the AWG team."
Steve Mowbry
Shaftesbury
“The introduction of ordering six days a week has given us the opportunity for a bigger and better product range for our customer and a way for us as retailers to maximise the shelf life of products, reduce our wastage and ensure they are always available"
Brian Humphries
Wiveliscombe
“As total newcomers to the world of retail, my husband and I felt in total chaos. We had immediately chosen to change the store from a Londis to SPAR as we thought that SPAR better resembled the type of business we wanted to be and we have never regretted the decision."
"The whole SPAR team were fantastic. They gave us tremendous support and were always available to help answer our many queries. Our regional sales manager was superb and we received great positive feed back from our customers."
"Our sales continue to grow and we haven't looked back."
Julie Bayliss
Bradninch
"Over the last three years we have seen our weekly sales increase by over 40% with the help and support of Appleby Westward."
"They have co-invested in the business and we have seen a massive growth in our off licence, Food to Go, Chilled & Produce sales. They are always looking to help their retailers grow sales and with the support of our RSM and the initiatives regularly introduced, we have been able to extend the heights of our gondolas, increase our chilled range and double the range of fresh fruit & veg all in the last 12 months!"
Peter Knight
Tinkerbell Garage
Wiltshire
"We are a Forecourt Shop trading in extremely difficult times and in a location with huge competition. Appleby Westward recognise this and with a very supportive Regional Sales Manager they are always looking at ways to help us stay one step ahead of the game"
Sue Kembrey
Yate
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