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More than 1.1 million Munch food rescue packages have already found their homes in SPAR stores
In total, more than 1.1 million Munch food rescue packages have been purchased by SPAR store customers since the innovative service was introduced in 2022. Among them, around 500 thousand...
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SPAR Hungary spent nearly 220 million forints on supporting social causes last year
Since its founding, more than 30 years ago, social responsibility and support for charitable causes have been an important part of SPAR Hungary’s corporate culture. The company helps thousands of...
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From March, online orders can arrive within an hour: SPAR’s online shop moves to Wolt
SPAR’s online shopping service will not be discontinued, but will move to Wolt from March 21, 2025. This will make delivery faster than before: online customers can receive their ordered...
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Easter shopping begins: SPAR is preparing for this year’s holidays with more than 500 tons of smoked meat products
SPAR and INTERSPAR stores are preparing for this Easter season with more than 500 tons of smoked meat products. About 250 tons of the Easter hit, the tied shoulder, are...
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Intimacy, smiles, marketing – the best Christmas ads of 2024
For the second time in 2024, Trade magazin organised the Christmas TV Ads – Viewer’s Choice Awards competition. There were 11 entries and the public vote was open from 12...
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SPAR Netherlands university retailer to open stores on university campuses in Arnhem and Nijmegen
In collaboration with Compass Group Netherlands, SPAR Netherlands’ university retailer will open two stores on the campuses of the HAN University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem and Nijmegen during the...
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SPAR’s innovative packaging solution that uses less plastic has been recognized with prestigious awards
SPAR Hungary’s innovative packaging technology has been honored with two prestigious awards. The company’s Regnum meat plant’s flow-pack machine is used to package the meat plant’s most popular product using...
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GVH measure: More than a hundred small producers and new jobs at SPAR
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has helped more than a hundred small-scale domestic producers to sell in SPAR Hungary stores, and has created many new jobs. Although the GVH has...
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ISM 2025: Sweet Euphoria, With Full Halls, Good Business, And A Top Atmosphere
ISM, in Cologne, confirmed its position as the leading worldwide trade fair of a flourishing sweet-and-snack industry from 2 to 5 February 2025. The event impressively demonstrated that the industry is...
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SPAR also builds its employee community with its own events, which recognize excellence in the profession.
As an employer, SPAR places great importance on valuing its colleagues: it not only provides them with competitive income and fringe benefits, but also pays special attention to building a...
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Wolt delivers more than 8,000 products from 73 SPAR stores in 40 Hungarian cities: Hungarians are already doing their weekly shopping online
Wolt is now taking care of our bulk shopping at store prices in 73 SPAR stores in Hungary, after the cooperation between the two companies, which began in the summer,...
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SPAR proudly sponsors the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn
SPAR is proud to be a sponsor of the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, taking place from Thursday, 6 March to Sunday, 9 March 2025, in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. This...
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SPAR Slovenia expands Ljubljana warehouse with €40 million investment
SPAR Slovenia is expanding its warehouse in Ljubljana with a modern 20,000m² facility to enhance the speed and variety of fresh, high-quality product deliveries to its stores. This €40 million...
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Nestlé and SPAR’s Year Planner campaign has launched
At the start of the New Year, many people decide to change their lifestyle, but research shows that it takes an average of 66 days to change habits. What’s more,...
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SPAR Slovenia and YouSea Institute collect 380kg of waste in marine clean-up
SPAR Slovenia, in partnership with the YouSea Institute, launched a series of clean-up initiatives to preserve the Slovenian coast. The first of four planned clean-ups took place in November 2024...
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Garfield returns to SPAR and INTERSPAR stores with a special sticker album
The most famous cat on Earth, Garfield, has returned to SPAR and INTERSPAR stores with a new sticker album featuring the world’s most unique animals, Animal Records 2. The entertaining,...
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SPAR and the Trade Union of Commercial Employees have reached an agreement on wages for 2025
SPAR Hungary Retail Ltd. and the Trade Employees’ Union (KASZ) have agreed on wages for 2025; the company will spend almost 10 billion forints on wage development this year, SPAR...
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SPAR Hungary also made its mark at one of the largest Hungarian gin festivals in Budapest
The IV. Gin Market Budapest awaits visitors with more exhibitors than ever before, in an impressive new location, on June 13-14, 2025. The organizers are expecting around 10 thousand guests...
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This year’s Adni Öröm! Christmas fundraising campaign helps people in need with more than 223 tons of food
More than 26 thousand packages will reach people in need before Christmas as a result of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and SPAR Hungary’s Adni Öröm! campaign. Customers of SPAR...
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SPAR recruits famous wine expert
SPAR Magyarország sells the products of more than 100 wineries, from nearly every wine region in Hungary. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/11 In October Dr...
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SPAR Austria opens state-of-the-art bakery facility
A new INTERSPAR Hypermarkets bakery facility opened in Marchtrenk, Austria, producing bread and pastries using regional ingredients and the best local craftsmanship, in one of the most modern production facilities...
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Hungarian Retailers Unite for Charity During the Holiday Season
Seven major Hungarian food retail chains—Aldi, Auchan, Lidl, Penny, SPAR, Tesco, and Metro—are continuing their tradition of supporting those in need during the holiday season. Through donations of food, clothing,...
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Awards galore at the 15th POP competition
2024 was an outstanding year in the history of the Hungarian POPAI Awards POP competitions, which have a 15-year tradition. A large number of entries were exhibited in Tapolca during...
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We were learning together (Part 2)
Almost 1,100 “students” enrolled at the FMCG Open University, to learn from the best professors from different departments of the HoReCa and FMCG sector at the Trade Campus, in Hotel...
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SPAR Magyarország wins customer award
SPAR Magyarország has won the Customer Award of Excellence in the Retail Award of Excellence for Hungarian Products 2024 competition. We asked head of communications Mark Maczelka about the recognition:...
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The Joy of Giving! fundraising campaign has started.
The Joy of Giving! fundraising campaign has started: every donation makes Christmas more beautiful for someone in need The Joy of Giving! Christmas campaign of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service...
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SPAR opens state-of-the-art logistics centre in Croatia
On 9 October SPAR opened a new logistics centre in Donja Zdenčina, near Zagreb, in Croatia. The 75,000m² centre represents a significant step forward in supplying 140 SPAR and INTERSPAR...
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Three SPAR supermarkets have been renovated and made more energy efficient, with a total investment of HUF 736 million
SPAR Hungary has invested a total of HUF 736 million in the modernization of its stores in Miskolc, Sopron and Tatabánya. The company’s own developments have renewed the interiors of...
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Help arrives where it is needed most through the cooperation of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and SPAR
The Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and SPAR Hungary are supporting tens of thousands of people in difficult situations through the cooperation of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and SPAR Hungary....
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SPAR Austria is main sponsor of FIS Alpine Ski World Championships Saalbach 2025
SPAR Austria has announced it has become the official main sponsor of the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Saalbach in 2025. This new sponsorship builds on SPAR Austria’s longstanding...
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