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• SPAR A growing concern

  SPAR’s Rural Hub initiative is aimed at bringing smaller agricultural producers into the grocery value chain. The first one was established in Mopani in the Limpopo province in 2017, with a dedicated packhouse established to buy the product direct fr... More »

  • Supermarket.co.za 11/12/20

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• SPAR Green shoots

  A very tidy set of results from SPAR, with turnover up +13.5% YoY to R124bn for the year through September, and operating profit up +15.6% to R3.4bn. This as the various lockdowns saw an increase in sales in high-margin categories like grocery and fr... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 23/11/20

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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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