Eight Galway SPAR stores were honoured at the 2025 SPAR 365 Standards Customer Care Programme for achieving exceptional standards in retailing, which was held in Kilashee Hotel, in Naas in Co Kildare, and hosted by BWG Foods, owners and operators of the SPAR brand in Ireland.
This year’s SPAR 365 Awards, held in association with independent bodies Solution Management Associates (SMA ) and Lloyds Register Quality Assurance LRQA, recognise those SPAR stores who have excelled during the year across all areas of store.
In winning these awards, the SPAR stores were independently assessed across a range of criteria including customer service through SMA as well as a robust Food Safety and Hygiene audit conducted by LRQA. These exemplary SPAR retailers received their award in recognition of their commitment to implementing Best practice store standards throughout their store, thereby providing an excellent customer experience to their local community.
The Galway stores who received a SPAR 365 Retailing Standards Award are:
Pat and Una McDonagh, McDonagh’s SPAR Galway Plaza; McDonagh’s SPAR N17 Plaza
Patrick O’Donoghue, O’Donoghue’s SPAR Abbeyknockmoy
John Sweeney, Sweeney’s SPAR Headford Point; Sweeney’s SPAR Clifden, Sweeney’s SPAR Moycullen, Sweeney’s SPAR Oranmore
Sean and Cillian Moran, Moran’s SPAR Corrandulla
SPAR Corrib Oil Gort; SPAR Corrib Oil Loughrea; SPAR Corrib Oil Ballinasloe; SPAR Corrib Oil Tuam
Jody Connolly & Micheline McNamara, Connolly and McNamara’s SPAR Craughwell
Gerry Geraghty, Geraghty’s SPAR Ballybrit
Tom Meehan, Meehan’s SPAR Westwood; Meehan’s SPAR Roscam
Congratulating the winners, Colin Donnelly, SPAR Sales Director, said: “We are incredibly proud of all our SPAR retailers and the wonderful service they provide to their communities and customers throughout Ireland. To be able to celebrate these wonderful ambassadors who bring the SPAR brand to life every day is a great source of pride for us. I congratulate all the SPAR winners from Galway. Their efforts have been truly outstanding, and this recognition is very well-deserved.”
