Nisa (retailer)

Nisa Retail Limited
Type Subsidiary
Industry Retail, wholesale
Founded 1977
Headquarters
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
,
United Kingdom
Area served
 UK
Key people
  • Dudley Ramsden and Peter Garvin, Founders
  • Peter Batt, Managing Director
Revenue Decrease £1.388 billion (2022)
Number of employees
 213
Parent The Co-op
Website nisaretail.com

Nisa Retail Limited ( NY-sə; formerly Nisa-Today's and Northern Independent Supermarkets Association) is a brand and groceries wholesaler (or "symbol group") operating in the United Kingdom. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Co-operative Group Limited. It was formerly 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".

History

Nisa Local shop in Bingley in June 2012
Nisa Extra shop in Rathfriland in October 2011

Nisa was founded as the Northern Independent Supermarkets Association by Peter Garvin and Dudley B. Ramsden in 1977.

In 2011, Nisa-Today's demerged into Nisa and Today's Group. Today's Group subsequently merged with Landmark Wholesale in 2018 to form Unitas Wholesale.

In 2011, Nisa Retail Limited opened its new distribution centre for Scotland in Livingston.

Nisa agreed to be purchased by the Co-operative Group in November 2017. The acquisition was subject to regulatory approval by the Competition and Markets Authority, and was completed in May 2018. In 2019, Nisa recruited more than 500 stores, representing a 40% increase in the number of outlets being signed.

Operations

Nisa logos
Nisa-Today's logo used from 2000s to 2008
Nisa-Today's logo used from 2008 to 2013

Nisa's headquarters and one of its ambient distribution centres are co-located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. It also has distribution centres for temperature controlled products at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire; Harlow, Essex and Livingston, West Lothian.

As of 2011, some stores are branded under the LoCo fascia.

As of 2016, Nisa Retail Limited supplies over 4,000 convenience shops and small supermarkets, including the Costcutter symbol group and CK Foodstores in Wales. According to Company Accounts submitted for year ending on 31 March 2014, Nisa Retail Limited has an estimated net worth of £30.77 million.

See also