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Yorkshire family service station expands Spar store and switches forecourt to Jet

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Spar independent retailer Oliver Blake has been developing the family’s Oasis service station at Long Riston in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Blake family have had their forecourt site since the 1950s, consistently evolving the business in that time. A move to Spar in…

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