Archive of all Today's Group articles – Page 13

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    Nisa's sales director to strike out on his own

    2003-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Rod Addy Nisa-Today's has suffered a blow with the departure of sales director Stan Whittenbury to set up his own consultancy business. Whittenbury is a respected and familiar figure in the food industry, having worked for Nisa-Today's for...

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    New symbol group drive

    2003-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Nisa member Redorange has unveiled a new fascia scheme to see the birth of a brand new symbol group within the UK.Redorange’s MD Chris Futter unveiled the first ‘Shopper’ fascia at his store in Norwich earlier this month and which will act...

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    Nisa offers tailored fruit and veg

    2003-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Ed Bedington Independent retailers are being offered a tailored solution to boost their range and sales of fresh produce. Nisa has introduced two schemes to enable smaller retailers to maximise their fresh produce offering. In...

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    Mrs Lam's gives Oriental flavour to Nisa ready meals

    2003-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Nisa is adding to its chilled ready meals offering with the launch of an eight-strong, upmarket Oriental range at the end of this month. Produced by Chinese food specialist Mrs Lam's, and based on family recipes, the range consists of popular...

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    Nisa captures easy ordering IT

    2003-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today's is testing a web-based ordering system designed to improve communication between head office and members as part of the biggest IT project the buying group has ever undertaken. The Order Capture System (OCS) enables members to...

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    Nisa-Today's retail focus

    2003-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today's is aiming to boost recruitment of retail members with the appointment of sales and development managers Richard Scrimgeour and Philip Howell. Scrimgeour will be responsible for London and the south-east of England and Howell will...

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    Nisa boosts Iceland

    2003-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Big Food Group has started sourcing groceries from Nisa to boost Iceland's home shopping offer. The Nisa lines form part of an enhanced online shopping range sourced from selected Booker depots. Iceland has been able to more than double the...

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    Nisa boosts Iceland

    2003-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Big Food Group has started sourcing groceries from Nisa to boost Iceland’s home shopping offer.The Nisa lines form part of an enhanced online shopping range sourced from selected Booker depots. Iceland has been able to more than double the...

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    This is not fair competition ­ refer it!

    2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

    from Leo Gillen, MD, Nisa Gillens Supermarkets, Hartlepool Sir; I was concerned by Lucy Neville-Rolfe's bizarre Saturday Essay (December 7). Was it tongue-in-cheek or a serious attempt to defend Tesco's move into the convenience sector ? A...

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    Nisa expands in Scotland

    2002-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Nisa-Today’s has expanded its presence in Scotland with four stores in Ayrshire being re-branded and refurbished under the Nisa fascia.Owner, Alex Currie, said the outlets – two in Troon, one in Dundonald and one in Stewarton – were all...

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    Nisa goes for cheese

    2002-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Nisa has launched two new cheese selection trays to its Heritage range to capitalise on the demand for cheese over the festive season.Nisachill senior controller Nick Slater said cheese was the third most shopped category in retail food,...

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    no need for t&S to sell out to tesco

    2002-11-16T00:00:00Z

    from Dudley Ramsden, executive chairman, Nisa-Today's Sir; I read with some scepticism your article in The Grocer last week, Revealed: How Tesco met T&S' (p16). The implications of this article are that T&S Stores simply had no option but to...

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    cash and carry

    2002-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Trademarket gets VIT clout Trademarket, the Scottish C&C chain owned by Alldays, has ditched its Trademarket Plus retail club and replaced it with Nisa-TodayÕs Very Important Trader initiative. Buying and marketing director Derick James said: ÒWe...

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    londis upgrade

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Londis has completed a £1.3m upgrade of its Thamesmead distribution centre. The symbol group said the investment would improve on-site vehicle circulation and increase operational efficiency. nisa-today's call The National...

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    Nisa makes milk/sandwiches central

    2002-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Nisa is bringing in fresh milk and sandwiches into central distribution to generate the critical mass to provide a six- day delivery service to all members. Available from September 30, the new ranges will substantially boost turnover at Nisa...

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    Nisa-Today's gets set for all ordering to go online

    2002-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Watson Nisa-Today's is embarking on a major systems overhaul to pave the way for a full-blown online ordering system by the end of next year. Speaking at Nisa-Today's 25th anniversary exhibition at Stoneleigh, Today's head of IT Wayne...

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    Landmark deal was non-starter

    2002-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Sir; I was disappointed to read Mike McGee's account of "putting the record straight" (The Grocer, May 4, p5) in response to my calls for a single buying group, as he hardly achieved that! The truth is that the first Landmark proposal was that Nisa...

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    Nisa-Today's is the key to the link between its founders, D

    2002-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Surprisingly for such a solid partnership, the pair had never met before their involvement in the Northern Independent Supermarkets Association. Their first meeting came about because Ramsden's family-owned food business in Grimsby was struggling to...

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    As Nisa-Today's celebrates its 25th anniversary its joint fo

    2002-05-11T00:00:00Z

    He tells me that when he first worked with Dudley all those years ago, the normally fearless negotiator needed several stiff drinks before he'd even consider negotiating the steps of a plane ­ he couldn't stand flying. Indeed when he once received...

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    Don't knock suppliers'

    2000-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Bashing suppliers is not the way to go about winning the best terms for cash and carry operators, according to the Today’s Group…