Stéphanie1d ago
Fun random fact of the day: Spar (the supermarket chain) is Dutch. Its name means "spruce", a coniferous tree. This also i spired the logo.
However, its name comes from much earlier, when it was called "de spar" ("de" being Dutch for "the"). Besides meqning "the spruce", it also was an acronym for "Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig" : "through united collaboration everybody profits regularly". Yes, it is as clunky in Dutch as it is in English, but what do you expect from a name from 1932.
Show threadJennifer Moore 😷

@Stephanie

I always thought it was an allusion to "sparen" as in "saving"! Maybe contriving that is why the spelt-out words are a bit clunky?

Mar 23 at 6:32pmWeb
Show threadftg1d ago
@unchartedworlds @Stephanie
That was my expectation as well.
Show threadMaarten Koning9h ago
@unchartedworlds @Stephanie In the early days the SPAR marketing rhyme was in Dutch: “kopen bij de spar, is sparen bij de koop” meaning: shopping at the spar is saving money while shopping.