Having agreed a new deal with Palmer and Harvey (as just reported), Martin McColl has also agreed a new contract with Nisa that will see the buying group supply the remaining half of its convenience stores.
Nisa has been working with Martin McColl since January this year, which has seen it trial deliveries at 15 stores. The newly signed deal will now run for five years and see 330 of the 670 McColl stores switch supply from Palmer & Harvey and Nisa.
James Lancaster, chairman and CEO of Martin McColl has said the tie-up with Nisa was a significant part of its growth strategy, which includes plans to have 800 c-stores by the end of 2014.
The news comes as a boost to Nisa, after its biggest member Costcutter announced plans to end its more than 20-year relationship with the buying group earlier this year, in favour of the creation of a new venture with Palmer & Harvey.
“We are delighted to welcome Martin McColl as a member of Nisa and very much look forward to developing our service to the stores covered under this agreement,” said Nisa’s head of commercial operations and member service James Roberts. “It is clear there is synergy between the two businesses, with Nisa’s business model ideally suited to the convenience format store and McColl’s keen to develop this area of its business.”