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• SPAR For whom does the cow bell toll

  That SPAR trading update for the 48 weeks through August: Group sales grew +12.4% to R112.04bn, but sales here at home – in the SPAR Southern Africa region – were more muted, up just +4.8% in the face of our lockdown and the liquor ban: sales at TOPS... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 29/09/20

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• SPAR Musical offices

  Big changes at SPAR, where Graham O’Connor will be stepping down as CEO and Mike Hankinson as Chair as of the 2021 AGM. O’Connor will replace Mr Hankinson and will in turn be succeeded at the helm by Brett Botten, currently MD of SPAR South Rand, and... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 08/09/20

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• SPAR Yodelay!

  In Ireland, SPAR has become the first grocer in the country to roll out mobile self-checkout in two of its strategically located stores. It’s a JV with supplier BWG, who is using Scan, Pay & Go checkout technology, developed by MishiPay, for the ende... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 31/08/20

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• SPAR Engendering support

  Big news this Women’s Month from SPAR, which has partnered with Lifeline to help end gender-based violence by leveraging their extensive store network and media reach to communicate an ‘END GBV’ message and inform women about the services Lifeline pr... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 03/08/20

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• SPAR It should Polish up nicely though

  Those SPAR interims to which we alluded last week: as we reported, the acquisition of the loss-making Polish enterprise Piotr i Paweł, which requires still to be restructured and reorganised, saw the Jolly Green One post a decline in normalised dilut... More »

  • Business Report 22/05/20

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