Welcome to A.F. Blakemore & Son Ltd, one of the largest and most forward-thinking family-owned businesses in the UK. 

The company began life in 1917 as a counter-service grocery store, and has grown from these humble beginnings into a company that now employs more than 7,300 people with a turnover of circa £1.1 billion.

A.F. Blakemore is the largest division of SPAR UK, owning 276 SPAR stores and serving more than 950 in total across England and Wales. 

With eight divisions spanning across the retail, logistics, wholesale distribution and shop fitting sectors, our career opportunities are incredibly diverse.

All current job opportunities across the A.F. Blakemore Group are listed on the company's dedicated vacancies webpage:

afblakemore.livevacancies.co.uk/#/

About Our Divisions

Blakemore Retail is the UK's leading privately owned multiple convenience store operator and manages A.F. Blakemore’s 276 company-owned SPAR stores and chain of 21 Philpotts prepared-food stores	Blakemore Trade Partners is a trading, marketing and sales support function for the 950+ SPAR stores across the Meridian & Welsh Guild, SPAR UK’s largest guild of retailers
Blakemore Design & Shopfitting specialises in bespoke, innovative and modern store design and refurbishment solutions for convenience retailers	Blakemore Logistics is the food distribution operation that supplies the SPAR stores across the Meridian & Welsh Guild and supports the wider A.F. Blakemore group
Blakemore Wholesale Distribution is a leading delivered wholesaler, providing retailers, vending operators and wholesalers with bespoke distribution solutions	Blakemore Foodservice is one of the UK's largest suppliers of catering products to schools, local authorities, public houses, restaurant chains and the leisure industry
Blakemore Fresh Foods is an international meat trading, wholesaling and manufacturing operation that supplies the retail, food service and wholesale sectors	Blakemore Fine Foods is a purveyor of speciality and fine food products, serving farm shops, delis, cafes, restaurants, hotels, garden centres and convenience stores