Spar Opens 14th Store in Nigeria

One of the leading hypermarket chain stores in the country, Spar Nigeria, has announced the opening of its 14th store; the largest of its outlets in Opebi, Lagos.

The opening of the store which coincided with the Black Friday sales, saw the hypermarket offering its customers a discount of 70 per cent in every purchase made. The store has an array of products that caters to the needs of Nigerian consumers such as Food and Grocery, Butchery and Bakery, Wine and Spirit, Fresh Farm Foods, Frozen Foods, Laptops, Mobile phones, electronics products and other household items.

Managing Director, Spar Nigeria, Opebi Store, Mr. Haresh Keswani, affirmed that the Opebi store is the largest and 14th outlet in Nigeria, noting that there are nine stores in Lagos with Abuja and Port Harcourt having two each and one outlet in Enugu and Calabar respectively.

Speaking in the same vein, the Chairman, Artee Group, Solomon Kayode Onafowokan, said that the Opebi store remains the largest hypermarket store in Nigeria and it is strategically located in Opebi to respond to the yawning of the residents of that area.

“We are opening the largest hypermarket here in Opebi because of the cravings of our ever growing customers especially from this community. The uniqueness of Opebi is that we have all our products here, electronics, food and grocery, wines, perfumes, frozen products just to mention a few. We have free parking space for our customers, most of our products are made in Nigeria, about 65 per cent.

“We also have other imported goods and products for non-Nigerians to enjoy. We have ensured that all our food and grocery products are approved by the regulatory authorities in Nigeria and our prices are affordable. Right now we have an unbeatable promo going on due to Black Friday Sales that we are currently offering our dear customers with 50 per cent, 70 per cent off some of our products, this will last for 8 days and we encourage our customers to take advantage of this window.”

The new outlet was commissioned by the Oba of Lagos, His Highness Oba Rilwan Akiolu in the presence of other well-meaning dignitaries such as, the chairman of Artee Group, Asiwaju Solomon Kayode Onafowokan, Mr. Haresh Keswani, Managing Director of SPAR Nigeria, Mr. Prakesh Keswani, Deputy Managing Director, SPAR Nigeria, Chief Adegunwa Adebola, the owner of Adebola House, Alhaji ‘Kunle Hamzat, former Head of Corporate Services, SPAR Nigeria, Mr. Gbolahan Toriola, Lagos State Chief Vehicle Inspection Officer amongst many others.

Speaking at the launch of the new outlet, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akinolu said that with the opening of the new store, SPAR Nigeria has demonstrated that she is committed to the economic growth of Nigeria and making consumers’ goods and services available to the ever increasing residents of Lagos State and across Nigeria.

Akiolu said: “SPAR is promoting made in Nigerian goods and products which is strategic to economic development of any country such as ours. They are helping to promote our local contents thereby helping the government in her economic development policy and through that, SPAR helps the government to solve many problems especially the problem of high unemployment in Nigeria.

“SPAR Nigeria remains one of the leading hypermarket stores in Nigeria and with this new outlet in Opebi, the residents of this area will now enjoy varieties of affordable consumer goods and products that SPAR offers to the general public. I will want to thank the company for opening this store here in this strategic location.”