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SPAR Scotland announces £30K Community Cashback campaign

Hannah Hastings
By Hannah HastingsAug 06, 2020
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Convenience store group SPAR Scotland is launching its first Community Cashback campaign with over £30,000 to give away.

Launching on 10th August, customers, store staff and CJ Lang employees can nominate a local charity or community group to win a cash sum.

The campaign will be taking place in all 109 CJ Lang company owned SPAR stores with the winning groups being announced in November.

Colin McLean, CEO of SPAR Scotland said: “We are pleased to announce our first Community Cashback campaign where we are giving away over £30,000 to local community groups and charities around Scotland.

“During the pandemic local community groups and charities have suffered as they rely so much on donations from the general public.

“We hope a number of organisations will benefit from a share of the Community Cashback campaign.”

There is a total of 21 monetary prizes up for grabs ranging from £800 to £2,000.

The campaign will be supported with in-store POS, social media, online website content and SPAR Live radio.

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