SPAR (UK) Company Description
SPAR (UK) Limited oversees more than 2,700 independently owned convenience stores under the SPAR banner throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland. SPAR has restructured its retail operations to maintain its leadership position (an 11% market share) in the UK's rapidly consolidating convenience store market, where grocery chains Tesco and J Sainsbury have been aggressively expanding their convenience store businesses through acquisitions. The retailer sells some 900 SPAR-brand products in its shops. Founded in Great Britain in 1956, SPAR (UK) is part of a global voluntary organization of retailers that operate more than 16,000 stores in 34 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America.
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