Scottish retail firm David Sands Group has joined Spar Scotland.
The announcement of the four-store group’s joining was announced at the Spar Scotland 2022 tradeshow earlier this week.
CJ Lang & Son CEO Colin McLean welcomed the group to the fold. “Over the past four years our business has changed dramatically, and we are now attracting the very best Scottish retailers to join Spar Scotland because of our competitive wholesale package,” he explained. “With our value proposition; Spar own label; depth of range across chilled, ambient & frozen; our new Spar Scotland brand positioning; and all delivered by our best-in-class delivery proposition. We are delighted that David and his team have decided to continue the next part of their journey with Spar Scotland and would encourage others to take a fresh look at what we can now offer.
“Two, genuinely Scottish family businesses, with a proud heritage working together to drive the future of independent Scottish convenience retailing with Spar Scotland. It is great news to have such a high-profile convenience store group join us. McLean said.
Commenting on the move, David Sands said: “Moving towards a Spar Scotland partnership with C J Lang & Son Ltd gives us the opportunity to develop our business into the future as well as provide the local communities where our stores are situated with an even better service. Having the support of the Spar brand means we can offer shoppers a wider range of products. Our vision is to continue to develop a solid business not just for today but for future generations and we believe that Spar Scotland is the only symbol group who can supply all that required support and more.
“We spent a long time debating on our next relationship. We visited C J Lang’s depot in Dundee, several Spar stores, met the team and the newly refurbished Spar Market store in Crosshouse. We have been extremely impressed with the proposition Spar Scotland has to offer. The team understands what our customers want and how we want to make sure we deliver on their needs. The customer is at the heart of what we do and it’s great to see that Spar Scotland shares these same values.”
Dan Brown, managing director of Pinkie Farm, the location of one of the stores, added: “We’ve seen the changes over the past few years in Spar Scotland and we are very excited to be joining them on the next stage of their journey.”
The David Sands Group also includes the ‘David’s Kitchen’ brand which combines retail and foodservice. According to the group, joining Spar Scotland will help them grow that offering.
Keith Fernley, MD of David’s Kitchen Ltd, said: “We’ve been impressed by their overall package and their delivery proposition and this gives us a solid platform to invest in our business for the future.”
1 Readers' comment