SPAR to add 60 stores in Ireland by 2025

BWG Foods will grow the total network of outlets up to 525 across the country via a €65 million investment.

BWG Foods, operator of the SPAR and EUROSPAR brands in Ireland, plans to open 60 new stores by 2025. This will take the total number of stores across the country to 525.

The plan will see an investment of €65 million from BWG as well as by independent retailers of both brands. Since 2021, SPAR and EUROSPAR supermarkets have added over 30 stores and have exceeded €1.6 billion in retail sales across the combined network in 2022.

The firm has identified several potential greenfield and brownfield sites for the new stores and will be focusing on the emergence of new communities in the vicinity of the country’s major cities as new housing developments come up. The new stores will create over 1,100 new jobs.

“Our SPAR and EUROSPAR brands continue to perform very well, and our exceptional sales are a tribute to the strength of the SPAR and EUROSPAR brands which have been at the forefront of the grocery sector in Ireland for the past 60 years,” said Leo Crawford, Chief Executive of BWG Group.

BWG Foods has also confirmed its intention to upgrade more than 100 existing stores across Ireland. The renovation plan includes the rollout of a new store design for the EUROSPAR Supermarket format featuring a number of carbon-reduction measures. These include refrigeration technologies, solar panel installations and recycled fixings.

The announcement came at the time of celebrating the 60th anniversary of the SPAR brand’s presence in Ireland, having first launched in 1963.