Archive of all Nisa articles – Page 27

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    Top-Up shop

    2007-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Tesco Express Hookwood, Surrey. Welcome Horsham, West Sussex. SMILE LOCAL North Street, Bristol. Nisa Brixton, South London. Bp shop Dorking, Surrey How they performed The BP...

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    Top-Up shop

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Spar Kirkintilloch, Scotland. The Co-operative group Ifield, Crawley. Budgens Amersham, Bucks. Nisa Yardley, Birmingham. Tesco express Harrogate, North Yorkshire. How they...

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    Festive sales brighten independents' mood

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    It wasn't just the multiples that enjoyed the Christmas spirit - the festive period was just as much a winner for independents. Nisa-Today's put to rest the ghost of Christmas 2005 - when it suffered serious distribution problems at its...

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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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    Interview

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Making phone donations from an armchair may be the most many people do for good causes, but John Heagney, Nisa-Today's commercial director for retail store development, prefers a more active approach. He's one of a host of food industry...

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    Tesco 'collusion' stunner

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today's launched a scathing attack on Tesco when it met the Competition Commission, it has emerged. In what could be the most damaging evidence yet to come out of the Commission's grocery market investigation, Nisa-Today's...

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    Tesco 'collusion' stunner

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today's launched a scathing attack on Tesco when it met the Competition Commission, it has emerged.In what could be the most damaging evidence yet to come out of the Commission's grocery market investigation, Nisa-Today's...

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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

    2006-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Total Bonjour, Surbiton, Surrey. Nisa, Woodford, Manchester. Midlands Co-op Measham, Derbyshire. Londis Surbiton, Surrey. Tesco Express, Clifton, Bristol. How they performed. Our...

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    Record volumes for Nisa-Today's

    2006-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today's has recruited UK leisure group Pontin's as a member and announced record sales volumes.  Both developments take the group nearer to its goal of boosting distribution volumes to compete with supermarket buying...

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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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    Top-Up shop

    2006-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Who we visitedMace Hamilton Express, Cregagh Road, County Antrim, NI Nisa, Chapel House Drive, Newcastle-upon-Tynesainsbury's Local, South Ealing Road, Londonspar, Freehold Road, Ipswich, Suffolktesco...

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    Fury over denial of right to vote

    2006-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Sir; I write as a disappointed Nisa-Today's member and shareholder who feels that his democratic right to vote on the future of the company has been completely denied him. Forget the £50,000 cash payment members were going to receive in the...

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    Top-Up shop

    2006-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Londis, Goseley Avenue, Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Nisa, HazLemere Foodhall, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. ScotMid Co-Op, Morning Noon & Night, Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire. Smile, Kingsway, Little Stoke,...

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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....