Top honours for eight Mayo SPAR stores
EIGHT Mayo SPAR stores were awarded one of retail’s highest honours at the annual SPAR 365 Standards Customer Care Programme celebration at the Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge.
SPAR and SPAR Express retailers from across Ireland attended the prestigious ceremony, hosted by BWG Foods, owners and operators of the SPAR brand in Ireland.
The SPAR 365 Standards Customer Care Programme, held in association with the Excellence Ireland Quality Association (EIQA), are presented annually to SPAR and SPAR Express stores that demonstrated outstanding industry excellence following a year of comprehensive inspections, visits from mystery shoppers and audits.
The winners excelled in all areas of inspection, displaying exemplary standards across their stores.
The Mayo winners are:
• McHugh’s SPAR, Ballindine
• McDonagh’s SPAR, Ballyhaunis Road, Charlestown
• Corrib Oil SPAR, Ballyhaunis
• Corrib Oil SPAR Express, Ballinrobe
• Corrib Oil SPAR Express, Castlebar
• Corrib Oil SPAR Express, Louisburgh
• Corrib Oil SPAR Express, Swinford
• Corrib Oil SPAR, Westport
Said Colin Donnelly, SPAR sales director: “SPAR and SPAR Express stores are renowned for demonstrating industry leading standards. The SPAR 365 Standards Customer Care Programme is one that retailers must be committed to year round. Maintaining the highest standards in customer care and food safety consistently on a daily basis is no easy feat and these retailers work extremely hard in order to achieve this.
“I’m delighted to see eight Mayo stores achieve the mark this year and get the recognition they deserve.”