All Costcutter articles – Page 13

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    Buying clout beefed up

    2007-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Costcutter has strengthened its buying team with two new trading managers.Steve McCann joins from Sainsbury's convenience division. He will be responsible for alcohol, tobacco and news. He has 12 years' experience in these...

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    Nisa charms members in wake of failed deal

    2007-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today's appears to be building bridges with members who became disgruntled during last year's contentious failed merger with Costcutter. New non-executive chairman Edwin Booth and chief executive Neil Turton met last month to discuss...

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    NMA rebels who wouldn't go away

    2007-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today's had been hoping for a quiet 2007 following the chaos that surrounded the collapse in 2006 of its proposed merger with Costcutter. For a while it appeared that peace had broken out between the rebel Nisa Members' Association,...

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    The odd couple that finally fell out

    2006-12-16T00:00:00Z

    From that May moment when The Grocer found out about the proposed merger between Nisa-Today's and independent retailer Costcutter, its biggest member, it was clear negotiations weren't going to go smoothly.  The Nisa Members Association...

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    The autumn of the patriarch

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Dudley Ramsden had the final say on nearly every move made by Nisa-Today's for almost 30 years. That all changed when the Costcutter merger was rejected and, on November 28, he stepped down as executive chairman to take on the less hands-on role...

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    Still holding their ground: Ramsden and Nisa Members Association are unbowed

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    The group responsible for blocking the proposed merger between Nisa-Today's and Costcutter has refused to bow to calls from Nisa members to disband. A number of members have told The Grocer that the Nisa Members Association, which was...

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    Still holding their ground: Ramsden and Nisa Members Association are unbowed

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    The group responsible for blocking the proposed merger between Nisa-Today's and Costcutter has refused to bow to calls from Nisa members to disband.A number of members have told The Grocer that the Nisa Members Association, which was...

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    Top-Up shop

    2006-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Costcutter, Lodway, Bristol,  One stop, Station Road, Horsham. Budgens, Tolworth, Surrey Spar, Amersham Road, Bucks. Tesco Express, Wellingborough Road, Northamptonshire. How they...

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    Nisa-Today's ripe for tie-up with Landmark?

    2006-11-11T00:00:00Z

    A merger between Nisa-Today's and buying group Landmark is a distinct possibility following the collapse of the Nisa/Costcutter deal and the retirement of Nisa-Today's chairman Dudley Ramsden, according to wholesale trade sources. Calls...

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    Frustration over collapse of Nisa-Today's-Costcutter deal

    2006-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The collapse of Nisa-Today's merger with symbol group Costcutter is a blow for the whole independent sector, according to analysts and sources within Nisa-Today's. Many of the group's retail members have reacted with frustration and...

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    Bestway eyes Nisa-Today's

    2006-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Wholesaler Bestway has reaffirmed its interest in acquiring Nisa-Today's in the wake of the collapse of the Costcutter merger. Bestway MD Younus Sheikh said it remained willing to explore further the benefits of a potential takeover. An...

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    It was, er, beautiful, but now it's over

    2006-10-28T00:00:00Z

    When a bombshell like the collapse of the Nisa/Costcutter merger hits, the fallout is huge. People are left asking not just what happens to the two companies themselves. There are also wider implications for the whole independent grocery sector....

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    Nisa-Today's drops merger with Costcutter

    2006-10-23T08:11:00Z

    Nisa-Today's has abandoned its proposed merger with Costcutter, launched in May.The company said the complaint made to the Office of Fair Trading last month regarding its alleged cartel activities had effectively derailed...

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    Top-Up shop

    2006-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Who we visitedcostcutter, Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surreylondis, Brighton Road, Horsham, West Sussexsainsbury's LOCAL, Ealing Broadway, West Londonscottish Co-op Lenzie, Kirkintilloch, East...

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    Top-Up shop

    2006-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Budgens, Sycamore Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Midlands Co-operative Society, Shelton Lock, Derbyshire, Costcutter, Gloucester Avenue, Northampton, Spar Hazel Grove, Stockport, Greater...

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    Retailers say... upward-only rent reviews are too much

    2006-08-19T00:00:00Z

    It's going up £10,000 Shinda Singh Costcutter, Birmingham General store Size: 4,000 sq ft ?I rent my shop and I have been told that the rent will be increasing in November. I have been told it is increasing by £10,000. It is...

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    Top-Up shop

    2006-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited Co-OP Market Street, Ashby De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire CostCutter Lodway, Pill, Bristol Keystore Lammermoor Road, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow MACE St Leonards Road, Horsham, West Sussex tesco express...

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    Not a bad return for Nisa-Today's members

    2006-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Sir; While I cannot disagree with the facts in Julian Hunt's editorial on the Interflora situation,  I do feel that the analogy between that and the proposed merger of Nisa-Today's and Costcutter could...

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    Top-Up shop

    2006-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Who we visitedBUDGENS Tolworth, Surreysouth west CO-OP Wyndham Way, Portishead COSTCUTTER Eden Street, KingstonTESCO EXPRESS Derby Road, DerbyTESCO METRO Mather Street, Salford How...

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    "Demutualisation is a hot topic in grocery at the moment with the proposed merger of Costcutter and Nisa-Today's"

    2006-07-22T00:00:00Z

    I guess most of you haven't really paid that much attention to what's been happening at Interflora, the flower delivery company. But it's been in the news of late, and I have found myself fascinated by the story.