BWG Foods shortlisted for prestigious national marketing awards

  BWG Foods marketing has been recognised at a number of high profile industry Awards with the Team shortlisted for the ‘Marketing Team of the Year’ Award at next week’s prestigious All-Ireland Marketing (AIM) Awards. The All-Ireland Marketing Awards programme, organised by The Marketing Institute of Ireland, is the nation’s premier platform for recognising the… Continue reading BWG Foods shortlisted for prestigious national marketing awards

SPAR Launches Summer Community Road Trip with Brand Ambassador Kellie Harrington

SPAR and Olympic gold medallist Kellie Harrington today launched the SPAR Community Road Trip where throughout the month of June SPAR and Kellie will spend time with five lucky communities across Ireland, learning about how they are making their community a richer and happier place to live. Throughout the course of the road trip, SPAR… Continue reading SPAR Launches Summer Community Road Trip with Brand Ambassador Kellie Harrington

BWG supports Ukraine appeal

We have all been horrified and shocked by the devastating humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and are all exploring ways in which we can help those affected. Across our retail network of SPAR, EUROSPAR, MACE, Londis and XL stores, as well as our nationwide Wholesale and Foodservice operations, we have partnered with UNICEF to facilitate shoppers… Continue reading BWG supports Ukraine appeal

The Nation Is Committed To Making Better Choices in 2022 For Improved Physical and Mental Health

  Exercising more, eating less treats, eating fewer ready-made meals and increasing fruit and veg intake amongst the most common better choices we intend to make in 2022 according to SPAR New study places a spotlight on Ireland’s most popular foods and exercise habits as the nation gets set to make better choices for healthier… Continue reading The Nation Is Committed To Making Better Choices in 2022 For Improved Physical and Mental Health

BWG Foods spearheads game-changing AI-enabled technology to create a smart, predictive stock management system, with an investment of €6.5m over the next five years

Leading retailer and wholesaler partners with innovative US-based AI leader R4 Technologies to introduce first of its kind technology in Ireland’s grocery retail sector New solution, ShoplinkPRO, will launch in 22 stores nationwide and enable an intelligent, automatic ordering platform that continually processes data to predict and forecast sales patterns The system gathers 240 data… Continue reading BWG Foods spearheads game-changing AI-enabled technology to create a smart, predictive stock management system, with an investment of €6.5m over the next five years

KELLIE HARRINGTON BECOMES AN OFFICIAL BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR SPAR

SPAR and Kellie Harrington launch the SPAR Christmas Community Fund, where 10 local community mentors will be in with the chance to win €1,000 each for their club or community group. SPAR is delighted to announce today a new partnership with Olympic Gold Medallist boxer Kellie Harrington. The new three-year partnership will see SPAR support… Continue reading KELLIE HARRINGTON BECOMES AN OFFICIAL BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR SPAR

BWG Foodservice launch Christmas brochure

BWG Foodservice unveiled their spectacular Christmas brochure this week at the CATEX exhibition at the RDS. The BWG Foodservice Christmas Brochure is packed with added-value products for customers, including a full range of chilled, frozen, ambient, disposables and seasonal ranges to get any commercial kitchen through this year’s festivities. Commenting, Ricky O’Brien said, “Central to… Continue reading BWG Foodservice launch Christmas brochure

MACE Retailers and their Customers Go the Extra Mile for Down Syndrome Ireland

  MACE Sales Director Peter Dwan recently presented Down Syndrome Ireland CEO, Barry Sheridan, with a cheque for €30,000, which are the proceeds of MACE Retailers’ Tour de MACE static cycling fundraising events. All through the summer, MACE Retailers like Jewel Akber from MACE Black Bull in Drogheda invited customers and staff to donate between… Continue reading MACE Retailers and their Customers Go the Extra Mile for Down Syndrome Ireland

SPAR Partners with Too Good To Go to Minimise Food Waste Across Stores

New solution enables customers to intelligently purchase short shelf-life foods in perfect condition from select SPAR stores at a third of the original value SPAR has launched a new partnership with pioneering food waste app Too Good To Go, making it the first retail network in Ireland to sign up to what is expected to… Continue reading SPAR Partners with Too Good To Go to Minimise Food Waste Across Stores

SPAR reveals Ireland’s first wholly plant-based fillet to challenge the traditional chicken fillet roll

Leading convenience retailer SPAR has announced an innovative new plant-based alternative fresh food offering as it aims to meet the growing demand for this category.   The new offering will be anchored by SPAR’s signature plant-based fillet, which is a first for the Irish market and will provide a meat free alternative to the traditional… Continue reading SPAR reveals Ireland’s first wholly plant-based fillet to challenge the traditional chicken fillet roll

SPAR to introduce contactless donations for Make-A-Wish  

SPAR is currently trialling an innovative digital ‘Smart Poster’ collection solution in its nationwide network of more than 400 local stores that allows customers to donate to SPAR’s official charity partner Make-A-Wish Ireland via their mobile telephones.   Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people don’t carry cash anymore, which has had a… Continue reading SPAR to introduce contactless donations for Make-A-Wish  

SPAR Teams up with Seamus Coleman for Better Choices Campaign

SPAR Better Choices gives customers healthier options in-store and helpful shopping lists and recipes online to plan for summer days out and nights in Republic of Ireland and Everton captain, Seamus Coleman, launched SPAR’s Better Choices summer 2021 campaign, available now in SPAR stores nationwide. SPAR has extended its Better Choices range for summer 2021,… Continue reading SPAR Teams up with Seamus Coleman for Better Choices Campaign