Nisa Today
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Nisa-Today's is a brand and buying group (or "symbol group
") of independent retailers (primarily small grocery shops) and wholesalers in the United Kingdom
. It is a mutual organisation owned by its members and operating "...like a co-operative, using the collective buying power of the large group of members to negotiate deals with suppliers".
Its headquarters and ambient distribution depot are located in Scunthorpe
, North Lincolnshire
. It also has distribution depots for temperature controlled products at Stoke-on-Trent
, Staffordshire
and Harlow, Essex
.
, NISA-Today's owner members include 300 wholesalers, and 674 retailers. Members own and operate more than 4000 convenience stores and small supermarkets, including the Costcutter
symbol group.
In November 2010 NISA opened its new distribution centre for Scotland in Livingston.
Since April 2011, DHL deliver to the stores after winning a contract in 2009 to deliver to Nisa-Today stores. As a result, the group purchased a fleet of new vehicles (a mixture of artics and rigid lorries) to deliver to the Nisa and Costcutter stores.
Symbol group
Symbol group is a mainly British term for a form of franchise in the retail sector. They do not own or operate stores, but act as suppliers to independent grocers and small supermarkets and produce stores which then trade under a common banner...
") of independent retailers (primarily small grocery shops) and wholesalers in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. It is a mutual organisation owned by its members and operating "...like a co-operative, using the collective buying power of the large group of members to negotiate deals with suppliers".
Its headquarters and ambient distribution depot are located in Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom's largest steel processing centre,...
, North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....
. It also has distribution depots for temperature controlled products at Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
and Harlow, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
.
, NISA-Today's owner members include 300 wholesalers, and 674 retailers. Members own and operate more than 4000 convenience stores and small supermarkets, including the Costcutter
Costcutter
Costcutter is based in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Poland under which there are supermarkets and local and urban convenience stores. The banner also has its own brand of goods and products which are sold alongside Nisa Today own-brand products and branded products.As of December 2006,...
symbol group.
In November 2010 NISA opened its new distribution centre for Scotland in Livingston.
Since April 2011, DHL deliver to the stores after winning a contract in 2009 to deliver to Nisa-Today stores. As a result, the group purchased a fleet of new vehicles (a mixture of artics and rigid lorries) to deliver to the Nisa and Costcutter stores.