All Today's Group articles – Page 12
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Quality Fare ups training
Leathley’s Quality Fare has ramped up its training programme and enrolled all 540 staff in courses.Commercial manager Philip Horsfield said it will be mandatory for staff to take part in a matrix of courses which make up Nisa-Today’s Lifelong...
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Nisa-Today’s goes for planogram cool
Nisa-Today’s has upgraded its online planogram service for chilled and frozen to incorporate local purchasing trends. The new online service, which is available free to all members, creates a bespoke planogram which is based on the store...
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Metro buoyed up by store refurbs
Nisa member Metro Discount Stores is planning to open a tenth store in Derby in June and refurbish a further five stores over the next 18 months.Ranked number 46 in The Grocer Top 50, the independent chain has invested £2m over the last two...
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EDLP clout for c-stores
Every day low pricing, the mantra of the UK’s biggest grocery retailers, is to come to the independent sector with the launch of a trailblazing EDLP offer by Nisa-Today’s.The independent buying group is to include an EDLP section in a new...
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Londis would do well to join Nisa
from Ashwin Dave, Vikas Buying Group, Bromley, Kentfrom Alastair Smyth, Limavady, Northern IrelandSir; re Londis chief executive Graham White’s allegation in a national newspaper that Londis does not have a future as...
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Nisa-Today’s suggests mutual Londis merger
Nisa-Today’s has finally put its cards on the table and proposed a merger with Londis that would retain its mutual status and generate substantial savings for members through synergies in buying and logistics.The move follows a Londis...
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Grimsey puts his offer in
A bidding war for Londis loomed as The Grocer went to press, with Big Food Group entering the fray and Nisa-Today’s considering its options. Big Food Group, which has sent out a letter to Londis shareholders urging them to reject Musgrave’s...
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Today’s gets training
Nisa-Today’s has launched a business school for its retailers and customers of its Today’s wholesale operation.Training comprises a one-day workshop every month for six months, with the emphasis on management. The Team Leader Certificate...
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Buyer of some standing
Nisa-Today’s buying controller for Nisachill Trevor Standing becomes the first buyer to appear twice in the Six of The Best gallery. Standing was nominated for the initial Six of the Best article in March in his capacity as a buyer for certain dairy...
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BWG sells Haslett to MBO team
Northern Irish wholesaler J& J Haslett is to be sold by BWG to a management team and rejoin Nisa-Today’s, as the southern Irish distribution group continues to slim its operation.Haslett MD Peter Kealy revealed that a team of four other...
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Planograms boost chilled
Nisa is rolling out a space planning initiative to all categories over the next 12 months after retailers trialling it on chilled food saw average sales uplifts of 15%.The category management project, run in partnership with retail software...
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New Nisa-today’s
Nisa-Today’s has opened the largest symbol store in the UK, in Cambuslang, Glasgow.The 36,000 sq ft store is the first in Scotland to trade under the new Nisa Extra fascia.The split-level store is fitted with Nisa Innovation imagery....
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In Profile: Q&A: Julian Twaites, Nisa CBC trading controller for wine
Julian twaites is a real character who knows how to rock Anyone who spends even a short time talking to Julian Twaites realises that he is a passionate and dynamic personality. Described by his own colleagues as “a real...
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Price-fighting lines from Nisa
Nisa-Today’s has launched a new own label economy range, Nisa-Today’s Value, with 22 lines.Announced in June the range replaces the Right Price and Everyday Value lines and includes commodity items such as soap powder, washing up liquid,...
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The Saturday Essay
>>it’s the fight of our lives… Neil Turton, managing director of Nisa-Today’s Central Buying CompanyAnother week, another acquisition. The dash for consolidation in the independent and convenience market creates many issues for...
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As Nisa-Today's independent retail members sang along to Glo
Thanks to its buying power, the group has already helped many independents survive in the face of ever-increasing pressure from the multiples. At the Stoneleigh event it unveiled a strategy designed to help members do more than just survive. It...
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CK’s expands in Wales
Welsh retailer CK’s Supermarkets, one of The Grocer’s Top 50 companies, has acquired three new stores, bringing the Nisa member’s estate up to 14 stores. The new stores are in south west Wales, at St David’s, Fishguard and Hakin, Milford...
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Nisa-Today’s ups its spirit level
Nisa-Today’s redesigned the label for its Banoch Brae Scotch whisky range to portray a more premium image and to capitalise on the growth of own label blends.Sales of Banoch Brae – part of the Cellars International brand – have increased 27%...
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Sher Bros goes to Landmark
Glasgow cash and carry Sher Bros has joined Landmark from Nisa-Today's. Sher Bros currently operates a 50,000 sq ft warehouse with an annual turnover of £38.5m. But it plans to utilise Landmark's own label and marketing and promotional...