Nisa-Today’s Hits Record Case Delivery
07/06/2010
Nisa-Today’s has experienced its biggest ever weekly volume of more than 2.53 million cases through its Central Distribution Services for week ending 29th May 2010.
Earlier this year Nisa-Today’s announced that it had exceeded its targeted turnover and smashed its case delivery target for the year by around 3,000,000 cases, with an average delivery level of around two million cases a week. The latest figures demonstrate Nisa-Today’s continued growth as the UK economy struggles to recover from recession.
Of the 2.53 million cases delivered during the week, 1.84 million of those were ambient deliveries. Grocery experienced a volume increase of 13% year-on-year for the same period with overall volume increasing by 100,000 cases, driven by the Bank Holiday, fine weather and the commencement of Nisa’s World Cup promotions. These factors had a similar effect on alcohol sales with growth in cider sales of 58% and beer 29%, while on soft drinks an increase of 35% saw the category account for almost £2.5million of the weekly sales.
Frozen foods and ice cream were also buoyed by good weather, experiencing a 32.6% increase in total sales, with ice cream in particular up 75.4% on the same time last year. Chilled also saw growth, up 19% overall, driven by excellent sales of salad products at +30%, BBQ meat products up 51% and picnic style snacking products including cooked meats and wet salads increasing by between 35-40%.
“The week concluding on the 29th May 2010 proved to be extremely successful and saw us achieve our highest case delivery level ever,” said John Sharpe, managing director Central Distribution Trading & Logistics. “Congratulations must go to everyone involved at Nisa-Today’s in achieving these excellent results and to our third party logistics providers for reacting to the massive increase in suppliers’ deliveries, members’ orders and in keeping delivery schedules as near to normal as possible given the huge volume increases. With more warm weather forecast over the coming weeks we hope for continued prosperity and growth.”