Forecourt-specific planograms and rolling weekly promotions were just some of Spar wholesaler Blakemore’s sales-boosting plans revealed at its annual conference last month.

Developing partnerships was the main theme of the conference, and group managing director, Peter Blakemore, spoke of the successes of the Capper/Blakemore integration, detailing how the two separate companies had become one stronger business.

"By adapting a ’best of the best’ approach, we will achieve not just a bigger Blakemore but a better Blakemore," he said.