The SPAR International Academy now features a Grocery Store Management Training Package. This newly-released resource includes exclusive SPAR International webinars covering the most relevant topics needed to design and operate a grocery store successfully. The webinars cover store workforce management, retail finance, omnichannel food retail, store design and merchandising, marketing, category management, and store site selection. The set of videos and webinars are supplemented with an extensive collection of best practice materials. These include the SPAR retail store operations manual, SPAR cleaning manual, SPAR Bakery handbook, and industry body best practice documents, such as the power of private brands and avoiding food wastage.

The Grocery Store Management training package is just one of currently eight different sets of training materials available in the modernised SPAR Academy. Please visit our site on SPAR Connect and review the e-learning courses, webinars & masterclasses, and trainer support materials, in addition to the store management training package.

Continued employee education is essential to maximise employees’ potential and their contribution to our company’s successes. However, finding time for training can be a challenge in today’s busy world. The SPAR Academy supports partners in building employee skills and competencies in a time-efficient way by offering a blended learning experience.

The SPAR Academy combines self-paced online courses and trainer support material with virtual webinars/masterclasses and on-site training events. The offer is extended by a state-of-the-art 3D Retail Game, which can be accessed separately.

SPAR professionals and subject matter experts can stay on top of retail industry developments, trends, and key learnings in their particular working area by following topic-specific webinars and podcasts. Trainers can utilise the online training courses and webinars to extend their training portfolio. Training professionals and supervisors can find valuable training guidelines and samples to support their local classroom training development.

The SPAR Academy is suitable for all (mobile) devices. For any input or questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at spar-academy@spar-international.com.