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 employs more than 7,000 people with a turnover of circa £1.2 billion.

A.F. Blakemore is the largest division of SPAR UK, owning 260+ SPAR stores and serving more than 900 in total across England and Wales. 

With divisions spanning across the retail and wholesale distribution sector, 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 company-owned SPAR stores and chain of Philpotts prepared-food stores	Blakemore Trade Partners supports A.F. Blakemore's independent SPAR estate, which consists of more than 600 stores across the Meridian & Welsh Guild, SPAR UK’s largest guild of 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 Design & Shopfitting specialises in bespoke, innovative and modern store design and refurbishment solutions for convenience retailers