History

Nisa-Today’s Chronology

  • 1977
  • Dudley B Ramsden (life president) and Peter Garvin form Nisa (Northern Independent Supermarkets Association) with 30 retailers and a total turnover of £20 million, running the business for the next 11 years from a meeting room at The Crown Hotel, Bawtry and their respective companies offices
  • 1999
  • Company formally divided into its three main trading areas: Nisa retail; Today’s wholesale; Central Distribution Services
  • 2002
  • Premier Service – six-day-a-week delivery on temperature-controlled products
  • 2004
  • Most sophisticated Order Capture System in the group’s history – Retek – is launched
  • 2004
  • Nisa-Today’s embarks upon new group strategy to compete against the multiples
  • 2005
  • New 625,000 sq ft ambient distribution warehouse opens at Foxhills Industrial Park in Scunthorpe, amalgamating Nisa-Today’s former two existing warehouses on the site
  • 2006
  • Right Honourable Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for the Department of Trade & Industry officially opens Nisa-Today’s new ambient warehouse
  • 2007
  • Today’s Group forms buying alliance with Makro to combine both companies’ negotiating and buying power
  • 1984
  • Nisa opens its first central distribution depot – 10,000 sq ft based in Milton Keynes
  • 1987
  • Wholesale division – Today’s Group formed and merges with the retail division to become Nisa-Today’s
  • 1990
  • Scunthorpe Central Office opened by HRH Princess Anne along with grocery central warehouse and distribution facility
  • 2000
  • National Distribution Centre for Fresh and Frozen is opened in Stoke-on-Trent
  • 2003
  • New Nisa-Today’s corporate image launched
  • 2004
  • Nisa-Today’s wins Ian MacLaurin Award for Supply Chain Excellence at IGD Food Industry Awards
  • 2004
  • Nisa-Today’s opens second fresh and frozen National Distribution Centre in Harlow, Essex
  • 2006
  • Dudley Ramsden retires from his chairmanship at the company AGM on 28th November and becomes life president. Edwin Booth is appointed Non-Executive Chairman.
  • 2007
  • Nisa-Today’s announces building of new offices, on Foxhills Industrial Park, representing £3.75m investment
  • 2007
  • Edwin Booth steps down as Non- Executive Chairman. Raj Chatha appointed Non-Executive chairman, Stephen Jempson appointed acting Non-Executive deputy chairman and Neil Turton appointed as CEO.
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