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2. Wholesale & Foodservice
2.1. Wholesale
The wholesale activities in Belgium and France include the
deliveries of Spar Retail to independent storekeepers of the
various Spar formulas, the deliveries to independent Alvo stores
from Alvocol, the B2B activities and the supplying of affiliated
stores in France. The combined revenue of this activity over the
past financial year amounted to EUR 684,1 million (+5,0%).
2.1.1. Spar Retail
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Retail
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Wholesale
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foodservice
• Year of inception: 2003 Spar Retail, licence holder of
the Spar formula in Belgium. 1932 DESPAR, the present
Spar International.
• Revenue: EUR 501,4 million (+ 5,7%)
• Number of affiliated stores: 226
• Store surface area: 200 to 1.200 m²
• Number of employees in FTE: 621 (+ 29)
• Baseline: My Spar, pleasant and delicious
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Other
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Corporate
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With a passion for food and quality, Spar Retail aims to be the
best independent storekeepers’ organisation in the country.
Independent storekeepers are given every opportunity to
expand their business sustainably and successfully.
The store park comprises three formulas, for supplementary
shopping (stores up to 400 m2), for daily shopping (400
m2 to 700 m2) and for weekly shopping (from 700 m2). All
stores fulfil the role of ‘neighbourhood store’, with the emphasis
on fresh, quality and personal service. The independent
storekeepers add their own touch that makes their store unique.
The win-win situation between Spar Retail and the independent
storekeepers is based on a combined effort and cooperation,
belief in the consultation model and sharing the enthusiasm for
independent entrepreneurship.
Developments
Spar Retail can look back on a strong financial year. Eight new
stores were opened. Eight existing stores were restyled. Spar
Retail was the strongest grower of all Belgian retailers with regard
to sales per m2. Spar Retail’s market share rose to 3,33% (1), a
very good performance in an extremely competitive market. It is
remarkable that Spar Retail has achieved this gain with 19 stores
less and a sales surface area that decreased further to 113.640
m². Spar Retail had 226 points of sale at the end of the financial
year, which together realised a 5,7% increase in revenue.
Spar Retail wishes to increase the involvement of its
independent storekeepers. This is why they are being given
more of a say in the consultation bodies of the business unit.
In addition, Spar Retail also organised an engagement day. The
storekeepers were able to familiarise themselves with the four
core engagements of their company in an interactive manner:
neighbourhood, colleagues, employees and customers.
(1) Market share calculated based on the store categories F1-F2-F3 (F1 wholesale, F2 medium-sized
supermarkets and superettes, F3 small-scale self-service stores and stores offering traditional service)