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NewsNisa Local forecourt shop launches food-to-go range
A Nisa Local forecourt shop, at Brighouse, West Yorkshire, which opened its doors for the first time earlier this year, has seen footfall rocket after launching its own bespoke food-to go-offering. Husband and wife team Salim and Mumtaz Patel run the Crown Services store together, having operated a petrol station ...
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NewsNisa forecourt in Surrey stages mini food fair
A Nisa forecourt retailer boosted footfall with a mini food fair, timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary Guildford Cricket Festival in Surrey last week. The BP Falcon Garage in Guildford is situated across the road from Surrey County Cricket Club, and decided to host its own event to complement ...
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NewsNew CEO appointed at Nisa after Co-op takeover
A new CEO has been appointed at Nisa Retail after the Co-op completed its acquisition on May 8. Former Tesco executive Ken Towle has taken over as Nisa’s new CEO from Arnu Misra who performed an interim CEO role that saw through the completion of the acquisition. Misra will remain ...
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NewsCo-op’s acquisition of Nisa clears competition hurdle
Co-op and Nisa have welcomed the decision of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to approve the Co-op’s acquisition of Nisa Retail Limited. The transaction remains subject to Court sanction of the Scheme on 4 May. Nisa members voted in favour of the proposal in November 2017 and the deal ...
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NewsNisa Retail reports strong sales growth in wake of P&H collapse
Nisa Retail has reported strong sales growth for the 13 weeks to 1 April 2018, after it began supplying many of the stores affected by Palmer and Harvey’s collapse. Sales for the quarter were £377m, up 26.1% on the same period last year, driven by an increase in member numbers, ...
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New Nisa Local forecourt finds favour with locals
A new Nisa Local forecourt store that has just opened in West Yorkshire has been met with compliments from locals who have been using the site for two decades, according to its owners Salim and Mumta Patel. Crown Services in Brighouse was closed last September to allow a much smaller ...
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NewsCompetition authority looking into Co-op takeover of Nisa
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced an inquiry into the anticipated acquisition by Co-operative Group of Nisa Retail Limited. In its invitation to comment the CMA said it “is considering whether it is or may be the case that this transaction, if carried into effect, will result in ...
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NewsNew contracts help Nisa push up Christmas sales by 17.7%
An increase in the number of stores served, and a positive like-for-like performance pushed sales up 17.7% to £277m over the Christmas period (10 weeks to 31 December 2017), according to Nisa Retail. During the 10-week period there was an increase of 269 stores served, with organic growth of 106 ...
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New improved £1m Nisa store opens in Drefach
A new 3,000sq ft Nisa shop has opened on the forecourt of Woodlands petrol station in Drefach, Carmarthenshire, in a ceremony performed by five Welsh rugby international stars.The previous 600sq ft Nisa Drefach was demolished and rebuilt from scratch. It has been fitted out to Nisa’s Store of the Future ...
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NewsNisa helps McColl’s after P&H collapse
Following the collapse of Palmer and Harvey, Nisa has agreed a new short-term supply contract to cover McColl’s stores that were previously supplied by Palmer and Harvey. McColl’s Retail Group had already given notice on its supply contract with P&H, having agreed a wholesale deal with Morrisons, but it is ...
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Product news: Festive activity in aid of ’Nisa’ Christmas
Nisa is helping shoppers to have a ‘Nisa’ Christmas this year with a host of special Christmas activity on its @NisaLocally and @MADLCharity social media channels.The activity kicked off with a ‘Christmas Moments’ campaign, a weekly prize giveaway encouraging the public to share their favourite thing about Christmas via Facebook ...
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NewsNew 3,000sq ft Nisa shop opened on Welsh site
A new 3,000sq ft Nisa shop has opened on the forecourt of Woodlands petrol station in Drefach, Carmarthenshire, in a ceremony performed by five Welsh rugby international stars. Nisa Drefach was a small existing store of 600 sq ft that was demolished and re-built from scratch. It has been fitted ...
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NewsNisa members narrowly vote in favour of takeover by Co-op
Nisa Retail members have narrowly voted in favour of the Co-op Group’s offer to buy the business for up to £137.5m. A 75% vote was required to give the go ahead for the deal and members voted 75.79% in favour and 24.21% against the Co-op’s offer. The offer requires clearance ...
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NewsNisa board recommends £137.5m Co-op offer
The board of Nisa Retail Limited, the member-owned retail and wholesaling group, has unanimously recommended to its shareholders an offer of up to £137.5m from The Co-op Group. The offer, if successful, would bring Nisa members access to the Co-op range - including the Co-op own label - while retaining ...
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NewsCo-op enters into exclusive talks with Nisa
An analyst has said a potential takeover of Nisa by the Co-op is a much better fit than a previously mooted deal with Sainsbury’s. Global Data says Sainsbury’s investors should be relieved that The Co-op has entered into exclusive talks with Nisa, thereby avoiding a CMA investigation, Nisa shareholder’s discontent, ...
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Nisa Retail prepares for growth as it completes refinancing of debt facilities
Nisa Retail, the delivered wholesaler and convenience retail specialist, has completed the refinancing of its debt facilities following several new contract wins and growth within the existing business.The £120m facilities are being provided jointly by HSBC and Wells Fargo. The company says the deal provides longer term, cheaper, and more ...
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UKIP attacks the demonisation of diesel drivers
UKIP’s transport spokeswoman Jill Seymour has accused the Government of refusing to act against the growing demonisation of diesel drivers. She was speaking after she received an official response to a petition she launched calling on parliament to prevent local authorities from being able to impose extra charges on diesel ...
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Nisa reveals 40th anniversary plans
Nisa Retail has announced the launch of its 40th Anniversary celebrations. Nisa will mark the occasion with a series of special events and promotions across the year, culminating in a month of Birthday celebrations during October – the actual month the business launched back in 1977. Activity will begin to ...
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New organisation seeks to make bins safer
Businesses from across the retail industry are being encouraged to sign up to a new joint initiative to tackle the potentially deadly issue of people using refuse containers for shelter.More than 10 people have died in this country during the past five years after containers in which they’d sought shelter ...
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Kenworth Ltd opens its fourth Nisa Local store
Kenworth Ltd, a family-run forecourt operation, has opened its fourth Nisa-branded site.Like Kenworth’s other sites, Chilton Service Station in County Durham is a new-build project developed by the company, and features a four-island, eight-pump forecourt and a 2,000sq ft Nisa store.Joan Raw, director of Kenworth Ltd, said the company had ...