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Londis is a respected and trusted brand with a long heritage in serving its local convenience shoppers in Scotland with great service, friendly staff, and great value across the store. Londis is a flexible symbol partner that has a service and support package to suit quality and ambitious retail stores from 500 sq ft. up to 3000 sq ft. We have recently launched our new Londis retailer membership scheme branded Londis2020, which provides new and existing retailers with a comprehensive and modern set of tools and benefits to support the profitable development and growth of new stores, and assist them to compete and win in the fast paced convenience market.
With Londis2020 qualifying criteria for membership includes a minimum weekly order of £7,500 (to include maximum 40% Tobacco and minimum 10% Fresh) and a 150 cases minimum drop per delivery. Some of the valuable benefits of Londis2020 membership include:
- The strength of a recognised and trusted national symbol brand.
- Competitive cost of goods; benefit from our group buying and scale.
- Loyalty discounts of up to 4.5% on all purchases; includes discount on Tobacco.
- Setup and ongoing support from our Store Development and Retail Development teams.
- Award winning Fresh range with over 1,400 lines.
- Award winning own brand ranges Londis SmartBuy and SuperValu.
- Best in class EPoS and online web ordering to maximise control and store profitability.
- National advertising support to drive store footfall and brand awareness.
- Market leading promotions and point of sale support.
- Tri Temperature fleet delivering all your ambient, Fresh and Frozen needs on one delivery.
- Financial support for store development.
- Best in class forecourt package and expertise with a dedicated forecourt team.
- Membership of the ACS.
- The support and expertise of a family of like-minded independent retailers that are Londis.
With the convenience market in Scotland going from strength to strength, independent retailers are looking to build their business for future success. Developing their store is one of the most effective ways to stand out from the crowd.
Research shows that retailers who partner with Londis can boost sales by an average of 20% as a result of a carefully considered refit. Londis places huge emphasis on offering the right products at the right price. Combine this with smart planning, local area knowledge, range optimisation and the symbol group’s expertise in merchandising, any store can be turned into a highly efficient business that makes more money.
John Pattison, Londis Brand Director comments: “We have a highly skilled store development team whose only job is to deliver Scotland’s independent retailers a brilliant Londis store that maximises their profit per square foot. We know one size doesn’t fit all, so we build a tailored plan from concept design through to range selection, installation and store re-launch, to make sure we maximise their budget.”
Londis offers true value with the right range of products at the right prices. We aim to ensure our prices are the most competitive in the market by investing annually, 300 key lines are price-matched on a weekly basis and a further 900 are price-checked against leading competitors on a monthly basis. Londis provides an industry leading Fresh offer with over 1,400 fresh and chilled lines to meet the modern convenience shoppers Fresh shopper missions which includes fresh food-to-go, meal-for-tonight and of course those everyday fresh essentials such as bread, milk and fruit and vegetables. Londis helps its retail partners compete with the threat from the new multiple c-stores and discounters with an award winning own brand range offering Londis customer’s great value and quality at the key price points and across the key categories that shoppers need.
We have a comprehensive own brand offer with over 700 lines including Londis SmartBuy, our entry level value own brand range with 30% guaranteed retailer margin and our mid-tier range SuperValu providing the right choice across the own brand quality tiers and shopper missions.
Londis has a clear ambition for its brand and our Scottish retail partners; to create a compelling symbol brand offer, simpler to do business with, delivering profitable growth for our independent partners and for Londis.
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