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SPAR / JAMES HALL
Spar wins first BBC Good Food Drinks Taste Awards The awards celebrate own-brand and retailer-exclusive bottles available from outlets around the UK
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par has won two medals at the first BBC Good Food Drinks Taste Awards 2021.The awards have been launched to celebrate ownbrand and retailer-exclusive bottles available from outlets around the UK. Winning medals from Spar are the Spar Harmonist Rhubarb & Ginger Flavoured Gin which has been crowned Best Pink Gin and the Spar Premium French Grain Vodka crowned Best Vodka.
The drinks are available in participating Spar stores in England, Scotland, and Wales. The symbol group will be supporting the award wins on social media and with in-store POS. Adam Georgiou, Spar UK Brand Manager, said: “We will be maximising these wins on pack and promoting the award to allow our retailers to make the most of the sales opportunity ahead of Christmas and the rest of the year.”
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JAMES HALL & CO OPENS 150TH COMPANY-OWNED SPAR STORE James Hall & Co, the distributor for Spar stores across the north of England, has opened its 150th company-owned Spar store in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The store, located in Wentworth Street, is on the site of a derelict former garage forecourt and has created 24 jobs in the area. The Spar store, which is open between 7am and 10pm every day, offers a range of food-to-go and hot food, as well as a Graham Eyes butcher’s counter, Clayton Park Bakery products, and a Cheeky Coffee machine. A Tango Ice machine and F’Real Smoothies and Milkshakes are also offered at the store, which has an ATM service and 16 car parking spaces. Fiona Drummond, Company Stores Director at James Hall & Co, said: “We’re thrilled with the finish of our new Wakefield Spar store in what is an exciting milestone opening for the company.”
