All Today's Group articles – Page 3
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NewsNisa makes debut in garden centre market
Nisa-Today’s is breaking into the garden centre sector in a bid to diversify into new business areas in 2011. The buying group is currently supplying a fine food store at Johnson’s Garden Centre in Boston, Lincolnshire. The “concept…
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NewsWe need to talk: Today’s consults on plans to go it alone
Today's Group members have reacted positively to the company's plans to split from Nisa-Today's. The wholesale arm of Nisa-Today's launched a consultation this week to consider demerging from Nisa and forming its own standalone...
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NewsCostcutter will make Nisa decision by 2012
Costcutter will decide by the end of the year whether it is to extend its decade-long distribution deal with Nisa-Today's. The contract ends in 2014 and the pair have been in talks over an extension since the summer.
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NewsBacking Hugh boosts Jempson’s fish sales
Jempson's has reported a surge in sustainable fish sales after signing up to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight campaign against discards. The Sussex-based Nisa-Today's and Budgens retailer said that since becoming one of the first...
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Local shop is ‘an oasis of sanity’ - MP
A Nisa Local store in Worcestershire has received the first My Shop Is Your Shop Gold Award for Community Retailing from the FWD. Local MP Peter Luff, who presented the award to staff at the Broadway store, called Rav Garcha's shop "an...
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NewsDuerr’s jam appeals to a new generation
Duerr's aims to entice younger consumers to its brand with a new range of modern-looking jams. The five-strong line-up is available from Tesco now and will hit Nisa-Today's shortly, lining up alongside existing Duerr's lines. Containing...
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Nisa pins store hopes on first national TV ad
Nisa-Today's is hoping its first national television advertising campaign will swell its retail estate to 1,200 stores by 2012.
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NewsToday’s Local Drinks is launched in retail push
Today's Group has launched a new fascia for independent off-licences, as the wholesale arm of Nisa-Today's continues to expand its retail offer.
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NewsNisa loyalty incentive nets £30m NECS deal
Nisa-Today's record £4.5m surplus to members to encourage loyalty is starting to pay off, with the buying group this week signing a new long-term contract with North East Convenience Stores. The five-year deal with the 11-store chain,...
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NewsNisa members energised by Graves furore
he spat between Nisa-Today's and its largest member, Costcutter, has made the buying group stronger than ever, its members have claimed. Nisa-Today's this week held its annual retail conference in Portugal. Members said the group was more...
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NewsGraves ‘reserves right’ to return to Nisa board
Costcutter chairman Colin Graves has backtracked on his shock resignation from the board of Nisa-Today's, as the convenience giant posted a 7.4% jump in full-year sales this week. Graves sensationally quit from the board of Nisa-Today's...
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NewsNisa sticks to its guns in face of Costcutter’s latest assault
Colin Graves’ resignation from the board of Nisa-Today’s has brought the long-standing feud with Costcutter back to boiling point, says Beth Phillips
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Nisa board row turns nasty as Graves quits
Relations between Nisa-Today's and Colin Graves hit rock bottom this week as the chairman of its biggest member, Costcutter, publicly attacked the buying group and resigned from its board of directors.In an emotive speech to retailers at...
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Baines takes over as trading director at the Today’s Group
Today's Group, the wholesale arm of Nisa-Today's, has named veteran John Baines as its new trading director.Baines, who has worked for or with Today's Group for the past 22 years, is promoted from senior trading controller. He replaces...
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Nisa-Today’s wins new members after record £4.5m payout
Nisa-Today's is toasting a bumper crop of new members just two weeks after paying out a record £4.5m trading surplus. CEO Neil Turton said 29 new members, with a total of 46 stores, had joined the buying group during July. It...
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My Alternative CV: Jonathan Stowe, Nisa-Today’s
Jonathan Stowe, Nisa-Today’s distribution director, on The New Seekers, Morgan Freeman and his fear of feathers
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Bibby Line still hungry for acquisition in retail
Bibby Line Group, which owns a controlling stake in Costcutter, has admitted it is seeking acquisitions following two failed bids for Nisa-Today's last year. In the company's annual report, published this week at Companies House, MD Sir...
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Store of the Future format hits 300 mark
Nisa-Today's has converted its 300th store to its Store of the Future format.The store in Gosforth is owned by Mike Thompson who has decided to convert his seven stores five former Costcutters and two former Threshers to the Nisa Local...
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Owner of Threshers brand names signs up to Nisa-Today’s
SEP Properties, which has bought the rights to the Threshers, Victoria Wine, The Local and Bottom's Up names, has become a member of Nisa-Today's, The Grocer can reveal.SEP, which runs four Dave's Discount Stores in the West Midlands,...
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Nisa Scunthorpe DC gets £30m facelift after DHL contract win
DHL will splash out £30m on Nisa-Today's depot in Scunthorpe when it takes over the contract to supply Nisa's entire supply chain next year.The investment will be spent on building a 65,000 sq ft temperature-controlled facility within...