Convenience retailer David Sands Group has joined Spar Scotland.
David Sands is a family-owned, fifth-generation business that has over 200 years of grocery retailing in Scotland. The company launched the David’s Kitchen brand of convenience retailing/foodservice local stores in 2013. Today the company has four stores operating around Scotland, including the award-winning Pinkie Farm store in Musselburgh.
Revealing the news at the Spar Scotland 2022 tradeshow, which took place in Aviemore yesterday (22 September), CJ Lang boss Colin McLean said: “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. 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.”
Dan Brown, Managing Director at Pinkie Farm, 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.”
Keith Fernley, Managing Director at David’s Kitchen, 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.”
Sands added: “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.”
