All Nisa articles – Page 24
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Doorstepping nisa style
Next week's Nisa-Today's agm looks set to be 'a bit tasty', to say the least. While all the candidates are talking positively about their visions for the future, the issues that proved so divisive last year keep reappearing....
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Nisa rebels seek election to board
The rebels who derailed Nisa-Today's proposed merger with Costcutter have launched a controversial bid to win seats on the buying group's board. Papers seen by The Grocer show that former leading lights in the Nisa Members Association,...
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Nisa board brings in objective angle
Nisa-Today's has completed an eight-month search for its first independent directors as part of its drive to deliver improved corporate governance for members. The buying group has appointed Ian Black and Mark Pullen to the holdings board...
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Costcutter accused of double standards over ordering levy
Nisa member Costcutter has been accused of double standards over its reaction to the introduction of Nisa-Today's new Low Weekly Order Volume Levy. Costcutter executive chairman Colin Graves has given his broad support for the levy, which...
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Members hail Nisa move to take secretary role in-house
Nisa-Today's decision to take the role of company secretary in-house has been welcomed by members who say it is another improvement to the corporate governance of the company. Nisa is planning to combine the role with that of company...
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Opinion - "Within five years, I predict we'll see countlines containing grains, seeds and vitamin supplements"
Allow me, just this once, an indulgence. Tesco's results, Cadbury job losses, Nisa-Today's conference, food price inflation, VAT on wheatgrass, Ocado's business model, all are potential subjects for this column. I am instead going to talk about...
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Nisa-Today's to recruit 300 more members
Nisa-Today's aims to recruit 300 new retail members in the next year, according to chief executive Neil Turton.Turton, addressing members at this week's Nisa-Today's annual conference in Sorrento, Italy, said the organisation had...
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Nisa and Mills set to roll out joint fascia
Nisa-Today's is in the final stages of developing a new co-branded fascia with independent retail chain Mills Group.The concept will initially be launched at 19 of Mills' 75 stores. Work has begun on the conversions, with the first of...
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Select & Save pays Nisa order charges
Select & Save has promised to absorb the costs incurred by its independent retailers if they fail to meet new minimum order requirements from Nisa-Today's.Nisa-Today's retail members were informed of the introduction of the Low Weekly...
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Profile Costcutter - Bibby's in for the long haul
Costcutter's future within buying group Nisa-Today's appears to have been secured by the deal with Bibby Line. Bibby Distribution has provided Nisa-Today's logistics for the past 22 years and so has a longstanding relationship with the buying group....
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Bibby's stake in Costcutter sparks talk of Nisa merger
The acquisition this week of a controlling stake in Costcutter by Bibby Line Group has reignited speculation of a possible merger between Nisa-Today's and Costcutter.Several Nisa-Today's members have told The Grocer the deal has created...
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Shop Profile - Costcutter
Store Numbers: 124 (company-owned)Staff: 686Turnover: £114m (company-owned)Type of operation: c-storesCostcutter's future within buying group Nisa-Today's appears to have been secured by the deal with Bibby Line. Bibby...
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Nisa goes for GDA labels in health revamp for Heritage
Nisa-Today's is to roll out front-of-pack Guideline Daily Amounts labelling across its Heritage own label range by next spring. The buying group said it had plumped for GDAs over the Food Standards Agency's preferred traffic lights-based scheme...
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Nisa-Today's hits recruitment trail
Nisa-Today's is to launch its biggest-ever recruitment campaign for new members as it aims to improve its supply chain efficiency and increase the volumes going through its central distribution centre.The drive will be a cornerstore of...
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Peace at last as Nisa rebels disband (and take credit for improvements)
The rebel Nisa shareholders responsible for blocking last year's private equity funded-merger between Nisa-Today's and Costcutter have finally disbanded.In a statement to members this week the group declared its backing for the current...
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Nisa board accused after NMA criticism
The Nisa Members Association has claimed the board of Nisa-Today's has gone back on an agreement allowing it to act as a "critical friend" to the board.In a letter to Nisa-Today's members, the NMA which had blocked Nisa's planned merger...
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Peace again holds sway at Nisa as management listen
Peace broke out at Nisa-Today's after another turbulent fortnight at the group.Nisa members supporting the board and those in the Nisa Members Association both hailed its recent members-only forum at Chateau Impney, near Droitwich, as a...
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Board u-turn triggers rising hostility from Nisa's rebels
The animosity between Nisa-Today's and the activists that brought down last year's merger with Costcutter has escalated.After antagonising the Nisa Members Association with a statement criticising the group last week (The Grocer, 12 May,...
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Letter of the week - Nisa already has the vision it needs
I disagree with Mark Proudfoot's thoughts on Nisa-Today's needing to look to the "outside world" for a new chairman (The Grocer, 5 May, p26). I believe there is a chairman elect on the Nisa Holdings Board already. Having noticed the transformation...
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Letter of the week
To lose one chairman in a year is unfortunate but to lose two is starting to look a little careless ('Booth stuns as he quits Nisa-Today's', The Grocer, 21 April, p7). The Nisa Members Association supported the Edwin Booth regime based...