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Spar: So Near So Spar

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Advertisement featuring a jingle singing about all the things Spar is; ‘so fresh’, ‘so friendly’ and ‘so low in price’. It also highlights the wide variety of products available in Spar shops, including international food products. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

Spar: Frozen Prices

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A presenter interviews people outside a Spar shop to discuss the hardship caused by rising product prices. He explains to shoppers that Spar are freezing prices on a number of products until June including beans and margarine. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

Spar: Weekly Deals

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Advertisement for Spar which lists the various discounts currently available in-store, including reductions in the price of PG Tips tea, Heinz Baked Beans and Nescafé coffee. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

Spar: Price Train

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Short advertisement for Spar featuring an animated train travelling along the window of a Spar shop and displaying deals on offer. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

Lemon’s Sweets: Nut Milk Toffee

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This charming black and white animated advertisement for Lemon’s sweets was originally broadcast in 1964. In 1842 Graham Lemon opened The Confectioners Hall at 49 Lower Sackville Street, now Lower O’Connell Street in the heart of Dublin city.  James Joyce helped immortalise the Lemon’s Sweet shop in his masterpiece Ulysses describing Lemon’s at the beginning […]