Roarty’s XL in Dunlewey, Gweedore Co. Donegal has taken the coveted title of XL Store of The Year 2012 at the national Awards held recently at the Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone. Owner Kieran Roarty also picked up the award for best enhanced store, sponsored by Kraft. The Awards were hosted by comedian Oliver Callan, with

MACE is to launch a new TV ad campaign celebrating The Gathering and featuring brand ambassador Brendan O’Connor as part of a €150,000 marketing investment by brand owners BWG Foods. The ad will go to air on Monday 4th March and is directed by IFTA Award winning David Caffrey of Love/Hate fame. The new ad

SPAR stores proved hugely successful at the national ShelfLife C-Store Awards 2012 held in Dublin recently. The ShelfLife Awards, now in their 12th year, were established to acknowledge stores and individuals that set the standards for the industry. Tobin’s SPAR Letterkenny, SPAR Express Junction 14 in Mayfield County Kildare, Rushe’s SPAR Stillorgan, Mullen’s SPAR Express

Irish shoppers can start the New Year as they mean to go on, following a makeover of the humble porridge breakfast into Radical Oats – a snack containing the superfood oats and low-fat probiotic yogurt – which hits SPAR shelves nationwide from today. The brand new Irish product was developed by aspiring Irish food business,

BWG Foods, the Irish owned and operated wholesale and retail company, which operates the SPAR, EUROSPAR, MACE and XL brands, has partnered with award-winning supply chain software company, Atlas, in a €300,000 investment to automate its entire purchase to pay process, handling in excess of 4.8 million transactions annually. The new system, BWG Tradelink powered

Joe Duffy has launched a search for inspiring individuals who create jobs in their local community for participation in the new television series of Local Heroes, in association with MACE. This series will celebrate individuals across the country who have come up with new and innovative ways to stimulate job creation in their own villages,

SPAR has travelled the length and breadth of Ireland – from the wilds of west Cork to the wilderness of Wicklow – in pursuit of Christmas trees to feature in its new TV commercial ‘SPAR Delivering Christmas’ which goes live on TV today, as part of a €800,000 Christmas campaign for the brand. The TV

BWG Foodservice, part of the Wholesale Division of BWG Foods, has been selected by St. James’s hospital in Dublin for the exclusive supply of food and non-food catering requirements. As part of the €2 million euro per annum contract, BWG Foodservice will supply over 700 products across 10 categories which had previously been serviced as

Aspiring new Irish food business, The Radical Food Company, located in Dublin, will soon get to stock its Radical Oats product on SPAR shelves nationwide after today being announced the winner of a 10 week competition run by Newstalk 106-108 fm’s ‘Down to Business’ and SPAR Ireland to find the country’s best new food producer.

Brand new store marks €170,000 investment by store owners and BWG Foods with creation of 10 new jobs Occasion marked with in-store customer celebration featuring special guest appearances from Eoin Cadogan and Paul Kerrigan   XL officially opened its 200th store at The Glen in Cork city, marking a major milestone in the brand’s history

EUROSPAR officially opened its doors to Gortahork and the surrounding community today celebrating with a two day in-store event for customers. The celebrations include food tastings and a live Highland Radio broadcast on location along with a special appearance from Donegal’s All-Ireland winning brothers, Eamon and Neil McGee. Features of the new supermarket include a

Byrne’s SPAR stores in Oak Park and Monavalley are the first SPAR stores in the country to begin offering customers a brand new rewards programme My SPAR Rewards Club, with those signing up paying less on certain products as part of a dual-pricing rewards system, the first of its kind in Ireland. The launch took