SPAR English Street Carlisle 1

It’s been a busy few days for Spar retailer M&L Richardson & Sons Ltd, which has opened two new stores in as many weeks, taking the business’ store portfolio to 11 sites.

The first is in English Street, Carlisle (above), and just over the Cumbria border into Northumberland, a changeover has taken place at Edens Lawn Service Station in Haltwhistle which is now a Spar and Esso forecourt.

Speaking about the English Street store, Martyn Richardson of M&L Richardson & Sons Ltd, said: “It’s been an incredible effort by the whole team to open Spar English Street and the store looks terrific. With its city centre location, we really are catering for the ‘on the go’ customer with our range and offer, and the delivery services when launched soon will appeal to a city customer base.

Turning his attention to Edens Lawn Service Station, Martyn said: “It was too good an opportunity to miss out on when we learned the service station in our local area had become available for acquisition. From a business perspective, we are confident it will be a success as it is on the main road in and out of Haltwhistle.”

M&L Richardson & Sons Ltd operate nine forecourts with Spar stores and two non-forecourt Spar stores across Cumbria and the North East of England.