People across Northern Ireland are being called on to nominate their local heroes, as part of a major new campaign to uncover our most inspirational individuals. The new SuperValu SuperStars initiative will honour unsung heroes in local communities that have gone beyond the call of duty to help someone in... View Article
SPAR Northern Ireland has announced a new charity partnership with terminal illness charity, Marie Curie. To officially launch the UK-wide partnership, Peter McBride, a SPAR retailer with a network of 11 stores throughout Mid Ulster, met with the charity’s fundraising and community teams in store during the spring Great Daffodil... View Article
The Henderson Group has announced record levels of sales, investment and jobs growth in the year ending 31st December 2016. Ron Whitten, Chief Financial Officer and Patrick Doody, Sales and Marketing Director, Henderson Group, announced the annual results during the company’s Wholesale Conference in Seville, Spain recently, attended by over... View Article
Costcutter Supermarkets Group has launched its third Costcutter pilot store as part of the rollout of its sector defining Shopper First programme. Located in the Lincolnshire village of Kirton, the 1,900 sq.ft store underwent a £150,000 transformation, and is run by long-standing Costcutter retailers, Manjula and her daughter Suenita Keshwara.... View Article
Three local SPAR stores have come home successful from a recent awards ceremony in London – the only NI retailers to do so. The 2017 Convenience Retail Awards, took place in London recently where McBride’s SPAR, Enniskillen, SPAR Classic Service Station, Omagh and Mullan’s SPAR in Armagh all picked up... View Article
Armagh-based Emerson’s Supermarket has been named UK’s Most Sustainable Independent Retailer for a second year running at the Retail Industry Awards 2016 held in London’s Grosvenor Hotel last month. The supermarket houses the city’s Post Office, PhotoLab, Uluru Bar & Grill and its own off-licence, stocked with craft beers, cider... View Article
The eighth annual Tesco Taste Festival landed in Custom House Square last month with a bigger bang than ever before, with more than 25,000 consumers attending over the weekend. Bringing together more than 60 suppliers from Northern Ireland and the Republic, the Festival has become one of the region’s most... View Article
More than 150 retailers across the SuperValu and Centra brands attended Musgrave NI’s annual retailer showcase, held on September 21 at the Galgorm Resort and Spa, Co Antrim. The showcase featured the latest range and best practice execution across a number of key categories including Food to Go, Coffee, Bakery,... View Article
Henderson Group, owners of the SPAR, EUROSPAR and VIVO franchises in Northern Ireland, is rolling out a new Christmas deal initiative for their SPAR retail partners in the run up to the big day. The company has invested £500,000 in its 12 Deals of Christmas campaign, which will allow retailers... View Article
A state-of-the-art convenience store opened in June in the heart of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, creating 25 jobs as part of a £500,000 investment by a local businessman in partnership with Musgrave NI. Donagh McGoveran’s Centra Cathedral Quarter, located on Donegall Street, is redefining the convenience market in Northern Ireland with... View Article
