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What a shame CW is not closer to the ground. I waited a year before leaving Premier thinking the Londis deal would help my fresh delivery schedule and range. My store is no more than 2 miles away from my local booker depot in York. They would not deliver every 3 days (like Nisa&P&H) without a min £1k spend. I constantly tried to get a better arrangement but ultimately NO was still the answer. One senior manager told me he didn't have time to travel from Northampton (his base) to see me when I said I was leaving. They offered me "shop locally" a pathetic attempt at promotional activity for lower spending customers. Those in the know are aware that you are tied to your local depot for delivery - Regional distribution is useless - how does this merger change that? I suspect as with Londis it will not. They will argue they can now tap in to Tesco and Londis supply chain? Hmm - I was part of the Costcutter switch to P&H from Nisa what a shambles and that continues to be.
One last point - £13k per annum minimum I spend on milk - and still the regular delivery routine (2miles away) could not be achieved but Nisa - Scunthorpe to York no problem
Good luck CW at least your on the joint board!!!