Late Opening
Eleven at Night, Every Night of the Week
Closing time is 11pm, Saturdays and Sundays included. Weekday mornings start at six and weekends at seven, which makes a seventeen-hour trading day Monday to Friday.
Not much here changes by the week. The ovens run, the deli serves, the Post Office counter does its business and the doors stay open until eleven at night, seven nights a week. What follows is the standing detail worth knowing before you call in.
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Store news
Standing news from the shop floor
Bakery
Baked in the Building, Not Delivered In
Bread, baps and pastries come out of the in-store bakery rather than arriving on a lorry. Between that and the deli counter, most of a lunch can be put together without leaving the shop.
Deli
Deli Counter and Hot Food Through the Day
The deli and the hot food run across the trading day, from the first customers of the morning to the last of the evening. If you are passing at teatime and cooking is not happening, that counter is what it is there for.
Post Office
A Post Office Counter Inside the Shop
Postage, parcels and the usual counter business are handled in the store, which saves a separate errand somewhere else. PayPoint, cash back at the till and the cash machine cover the other money jobs.
Forecourt
Fuel on the Forecourt, Coffee Inside
There is a petrol forecourt at the door and a barista bar inside, which suits an early start or a late drive home. Contactless and Apple Pay are taken throughout the store.
Fresh Food
Fruit, Veg and a Fresh Meat Counter
Fresh fruit and vegetables sit alongside fresh meat, so dinner can be bought properly rather than assembled from whatever is left in the freezer. The late close means that shop is still possible at half ten at night.
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Across Belfast
Liam McMahon's other stores
Four shops, each run for the street it stands on. Opening hours and counters differ from store to store.
Belfast
SPAR Grosvenor Road
261 Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 4LL — Mon–Fri 6:30am–9pm, Sat–Sun 7:30am–9pm
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EUROSPAR Springfield Road
111–129 Springfield Road, Belfast, BT12 7AE — open 24 hours, 7 days a week
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SPAR Twin Spires
Unit 17–21 Twin Spires Complex, 155 Northumberland Street, Belfast, BT13 2JF — 6:00am–9pm daily
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