Key Facts
SPAR is the world’s largest international food retail chain with nearly 16,000 stores in 34 countries. With 2,600 stores SPAR is also the UK's leading convenience store group.
• SPAR was founded in the Netherlands in 1932 by Adriaan Van Wells.
• SPAR’s name comes from the DESPAAR, Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig, which means ‘By United Cooperation All Will Profit’.
• SPAR is a symbol group, which means individual SPAR members remain independent but enjoy access to collective buying and marketing power.
• SPAR is the UK convenience market leader, with a turnover is in excess of £2.7 billion.
• SPAR businesses in the UK employ more than 50,000 people.
• SPAR owners have won more than 100 major industry awards in the past 3 years.
• SPAR UK has six Retail Distribution Centres (RDCs), which offer local retailers everything from the freshest food to financial packages and state of the art equipment.