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MACE Retailers and customers hit the bikes to raise an extra €100,000 for Down Syndrome Ireland this summer

Tour de MACE static cycling fundraising events proving hugely popular MACE retailers across Ireland are inviting customers and staff to donate between 15 minutes and 1 hour of their time to cycle on static bikes and raise much needed funds for Down Syndrome Ireland, MACE’s official charity partner. Together, MACE and Down Syndrome Ireland have [...]

Latest Retailing Trends, Technologies and Solutions Revealed at SPAR Innovation Event

Latest Retailing Trends, Technologies and Solutions Revealed at SPAR Innovation Event   SPAR Ireland hosted a SPAR Innovation Event last week when hundreds of retailers from across Ireland gathered at the business forum showcasing the latest thinking in retailing trends, along with revealing a number of technologies and other solutions to support retailers’ businesses due [...]

Furey Smyth Group Pioneers Multi Solution Approach to Significantly Reduce Carbon Footprint Across Network of EUROSPAR Stores Following €2 Million Investment

Furey Smyth Group Pioneers Multi Solution Approach to Significantly Reduce Carbon Footprint Across Network of EUROSPAR Stores Following €2 Million Investment Leading supermarket group accelerates its journey to net zero carbon through the support of BWG Foods The Furey Smyth Group, which operates a network of 8 prominent EUROSPAR supermarkets across Ireland, have completed a [...]

SPAR Retailer showcased on international stage

SPAR Retailer showcased on international stage Croom and Padraig Broderick’s SPAR store were elevated to a global stage this week when his SPAR store was presented to 48 nations at the 65th annual SPAR International Congress in Amsterdam as a shining example of what is possible when innovative design is met with true community retailing ambition. [...]

Rory’s Stories and Londis partner to return Little Piece of Heaven to HELL & BACK

Leading community retail group Londis has partnered with comedian and mental health advocate Rory’s Stories (Rory O’Connor) to announce the return of HELL & BACK after a two-year break. As the official sponsors, Londis is inviting participants to refuel at the ‘Little Piece of Heaven’ tent available at all HELL & BACK events. HELL & [...]

2022-05-23T09:15:20+00:00 May 23rd, 2022|Brands & Stores, Business News, Media & PR, Responsibility|

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 [...]

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 [...]

2022-04-12T15:54:45+00:00 April 12th, 2022|Brands & Stores, Business News, Media & PR|

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 [...]

2022-03-11T08:52:10+00:00 March 11th, 2022|Brands & Stores, Business News, Media & PR, Responsibility|

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 [...]

2022-01-25T16:42:45+00:00 January 25th, 2022|Brands & Stores, Business News, Media & PR, Responsibility|

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 [...]

2022-01-17T14:19:24+00:00 January 17th, 2022|Brands & Stores, Business News, Innovation & Awards, Media & PR|