All Londis articles – Page 3

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    Year of forecourt growth for Londis

    2012-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Londis has hailed 2011 as its most successful year for growth within its multi-site accounts business, with a number of forecourt operators signing up to the symbol group last year.Paul Courtney, Londis sales director, said a total of 65 new stores, owned by major multi-site operators, opened under the Londis ...

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    Londis boasts £1m pre-Christmas sales

    2011-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Londis pre-Christmas sales have exceeded £1m for the first time. The sales accounted for Christmas orders placed by Londis resellers with Musgrave GB for confectionery and grocery ranges and included orders received for the Halloween period.Paul Courtney, Londis sales director, said: “This incredible achievement has taken place while the economic ...

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    Londis invests £4m in fresh food business

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Londis is investing £4m to expand its fresh food business, including giving its entire fleet full chilled capacity for the first time. The symbol group said the new fleet will speed up the journey from manufacturer to depot, to shop, and ensure that retailers manage their fresh offering more effectively.The ...

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    Londis invests £4m in fresh expansion

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Londis is investing £4m to expand its fresh food business this year, including giving the entire Londis fleet full chilled capacity for the first time.This new fleet will further maximise fresh flow-through, speeding up the journey from manufacturer to depot, to shop, and ensure that retailers capitalise on shelf life, ...

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    Londis announces lower-price pledge

    2011-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Londis pledged to invest £1m to deliver lower prices on key lines for its retailers at its annual conference last month.Around 700 people attended the event in Birmingham where they heard plans for the year ahead. Musgrave said it was determined to work together with its Londis retailers to make ...

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    Londis announces lower-price pledge

    2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Londis pledged to invest £1m to deliver lower prices on key lines for its retailers at its annual conference last month.Around 700 people attended the event in Birmingham where they heard plans for the year ahead. Musgrave said it was determined to work together with its Londis retailers to make ...

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    Londis announces forecourt winners plus £1m investment

    2011-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Kay Group’s Primrose Garage has scooped the title of Londis multiple account forecourt store of the year at the symbol group’s awards in conjunction with its annual conference.Independent retailer Steve Vaughan of Londis Handbridge in Chester was named Londis forecourt store of the year at the event ...

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    Khans opt for Londis at relaunched forecourt

    2010-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Experienced retailers Siemi and Shoaib Khan re-launched their forecourt, Hylands Service Station, last week after leaving their previous symbol group and joining forces with Londis as their new retail partners. Having worked in retail for more than 15 years the couple were keen to take their business to the next ...

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    First full refit for Brobot Petroleum Londis store

    2010-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Brobot Petroleum, the family owned Top 50 Indie, has relaunched its first store to undergo a full redevelopment since partnering with Londis last June. The newly developed site in Bunny is one of 22 sites in the Midlands owned by Brobot, all supplied by Londis. Clive Leeson, Brobot area ...

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    Londis launches cereals

    2010-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Londis is continuing to develop its own brand range with the launch of two new breakfast cereals: corn flakes and wheat biscuits. Both offer retailers profit margins of up to 40%.

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    MPK Garages announces Londis deal for 28 sites

    2010-06-30T00:00:00Z

    MPK Garages has signed a three-year supply agreement with Londis to supply up to 28 of its forecourt sites starting in June 2010. Previously supplied by Palmer & Harvey, MPK said the sites would now be supplied by Londis in the first six months of the new trading agreement. ...

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    MPK partners with Londis

    2010-06-24T00:00:00Z

    MPK Garages has signed a three year supply agreement with Londis to supply up to 28 of its forecourt sites commencing June 2010. (MPK has over 40 sites and is number six in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 indies list.) Previously supplied by Palmer & Harvey, up to 28 ...

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    Londis ’emerges stronger’ at conference 2010

    2010-04-29T00:00:00Z

    ‘Emerging Stronger’ was the theme for this year’s annual Londis conference, which reflected on how 2009 had been a ’milestone’ year. Musgrave Retailers Partners GB, which operates the Londis brand, celebrated its 50th anniversary, launched ‘Londis Fresh’ and implemented extensive change programmes across the business, leaving the company with the ...

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    Londis replaces Spar at Wilson’s second store

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Wilson Girvan has switched his Fort Augustus store from Spar to Londis to match his award-winning forecourt store at Aberfeldy, run by his son Blair. The Fort Augustus store has seen more than a few changes since 1971 when Wilson took it on as a rundown and bankrupt garage, ...

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    New cool trucks for Londis to improve chilled delivery

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Londis is improving its supply chain efficiency with a new fleet of environmentally-friendly lorries. The multi-million pound 72-piece fleet will supplement the existing distribution fleet and be phased into circulation over the next two months. Chilled produce is a key focus for Londis as it embarks on a re-launch of ...

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    Brobot opts for Londis and targets £10m sales

    2009-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Brobot Petroleum has confirmed Londis as its long-term retail partner. The northern-based family-owned business - which includes fuel distribution and 21 sites in the East Midlands and Yorkshire - is expecting to achieve in excess of £10 million sales a year as a result of the deal. "We are delighted ...

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    Brobot commits to Londis

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Following a successful store trial, Brobot Petroleum, the forecourt retailer with 21 sites in the East Midlands and Yorkshire, has confirmed Londis as its long-term retail partner, which is expected to achieve annual turnover of more than £10 million. Steve Lucas, Londis sales director, said: “We are delighted that Brobot ...

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    Petrol retailer wins Londis store award

    2008-03-04T00:00:00Z

    A forecourt scooped the top prize at the Londis Store of the Year awards. Blair Girvan’s c-store in Aberfeldy, Perthshire won the ’best forecourt store’ category then went on to take the awards’ top accolade. Blair, who has run the shop in Dunkeld Street for five years, received his award ...

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    Londis retailers say ’yes’ to Musgrave

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Londis retailers have voted overwhelmingly in support of a buyout from Budgens owner Musgrave UKAs expected, the majority of Londis shareholders – 97 per cent – gave their approval of the proposed acquisition at an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Birmingham on June 22.Musgrave and Londis will now await court ...

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    Londis calls for hush

    2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Symbol group Londis has put the HCPS unit from Hubbard Commercial Refrigeration at the heart of its forecourt store refrigeration systems.Londis is undergoing a major expansion of its forecourt store programme, including the Londis Express fascia, and latest sites are now fully-fledged convenience stores.Tony Riddy, retail director of Londis, said ...