Tipperary SPAR Stores win top honours at 365 Standards Customer Care Programme ceremony
Seven Co. Tipperary 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 recently.
SPAR and SPAR Express retailers from across Ireland attended the prestigious ceremony, which was hosted by BWG Foods, owners and operators of the SPAR brand in Ireland.

Pictured at the SPAR 365 Standards Customer Care Programme Awards celebrating outstanding retailing excellence at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin were (left to right): Eric Shally, SPAR Regional Manager, Norman Foley, SPAR Gortlandroe, Nenagh, Shane Foley, SPAR Gortlandroe, Nenagh, Michael and Mary O’Brien, SPAR Borrisokane, Barry Doyle, SPAR Regional Manager

Pictured at the SPAR 365 Standards Customer Care Programme Awards celebrating outstanding retailing excellence at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin were (left to right): Randolph Oburu SPAR Roscrea; Liam O’Dwyer SPAR Retail Operations Advisor and Jamie Murphy SPAR John Street, Carrick-on-Suir.
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.
197 stores in all received SPAR 365 Standards Customer Care Programme accolades. The winners excelled in all areas of inspection, displaying exemplary standards across their stores.
The Co Tipperary winners are:
- H2 Group SPAR John Street, Carrick-on-Suir
- H2 Group SPAR Roscrea
- SPAR Racecourse Road, Thurles
- SPAR Express Old Dublin Road, Nenagh
- SPAR Ballina
- SPAR Gortlandroe, Nenagh
- O’Brien’s SPAR Borrisokane
Colin Donnelly, SPAR Sales Director, said, “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 seven County Tipperary stores achieve the mark this year and get the recognition they deserve.”
The SPAR 365 Standards Customer Care Programme is a rolling scheme where participants must undergo rigorous year-long assessments across a range of categories including customer care, shop presentation, food safety and retailing innovation.