SPAR works hard to keep ahead of the game, so there's nothing like winning an award to let us know we're doing something right. Find out about the awards we've won so far in 2010 below.
Convenience Retail Awards
This year's Convenience Retail Awards saw SPAR net 16 awards in total – quite a haul! The winners were:
- SPAR Greystone – Best Chilled Food retailer (SPAR Greystone manager Aidan McIvor and Muller Dairies Impulse controller Simon Warren pictured above with Paul Ross)
- SPAR Golftyn – Best Food to Go retailer
- SPAR Great Victoria Street, Belfast – Excellence in Impulse
- SPAR Ormesby – Category Management Award
- SPAR Knocklynn – Best Seasonal Grocery Display
- Highly Commended Best Independent Store – SPAR Walthamstow
- Best Independent Store Finalist – SPAR Hackenthorpe
- Wholesale Business Initiative Winner – AF Blakemore for the ‘Pounds Down’ campaign
- Best Multiple Store Winner – Tates SPAR, Rope Lane, Crewe
- Highly Commended Best Multiple Store finalist – SPAR Manor Garage, East Ayton
- Best Multiple Store finalist – SPAR Great Victoria Street, Belfast
- Best Multiple Store finalist – Tates SPAR Tenbury Wells
- Best Multiple Store finalist – Tates SPAR Wrexham
- Highly Commended Best Large Store – SPAR Carrick Milestone, Carrickfergus
- Best Large Store finalist – EUROSPAR Hillcrest, Portrush
- Best Large Store finalist – SPAR Cullybackey, County Antrim
Scottish Grocer Awards
The Scottish Grocer Awards proved that SPAR is a hit north of the border, too:
- Social Responsibility Award winner – C.J.Lang & Son Ltd (Mark Baird of Diageo, Jennifer Johnstone and Susan Glass pictured below with Tess Daly)
- Chilled Store of the Year – SPAR Hillfoot Road, Ayr
- Best Soft Drinks Outlet – SPAR Camelon Highly Commended
- City Store of the Year – SPAR Broomhill Highly Commended
- Bakery Retailer of the Year – SPAR Kirkintilloch
- Best Soft Drinks Outlet – SPAR West Craigs
- Making the Most of Milk Award – SPAR South Street, Greenock
- Making the Most of Milk Award – Highly Commended – SPAR Castle Douglas
- Making the Most of Milk Award – Highly Commended – SPAR West Craigs
- Confectionery Retailer of the Year – SPAR South Street, Greenock
- Best Independent Retailer – Highly Commended – SPAR South Street, Greenock
