Nisa has claimed that its retailers are enjoying the best product availability rates since 2014 with an average of almost 98% so far this year.
The group has been focusing on improving availability for the past 12 months, which it stated had generated an additional £40m in annualised sales.
Jon Stowe, Operations Director at Nisa, said: “We have taken a very proactive approach with our suppliers in terms of forward planning, better understanding their constraints and working together to maximise supply.
“If we take the first six months of this year versus the same period last year, we have seen noticeable uplift within beers, wines and spirits at +5% and +4% in grocery availability.”
Nisa revealed that investment has also been made in supply chain systems to make data more accurate and intuitive. It has established a small, specialised team of supply planners tasked with maximising the sales out of Nisa’s warehouses and ensuring that wherever possible, all stock ordered by retailers gets to their shelves.
Stowe added: “We are working closely with colleagues at the Co-op in Manchester to share best practice and with availability now at its highest level since 2014, we are giving partners maximum confidence that if they order from us the products they want will soon be on their store shelf.”
