ALMOST 1,200 Londis and Budgens stores were represented at the Musgrave trade shows, ‘Retailing 2013, The Main Event’, held in Manchester and Surrey last month. That’s a 42% increase in attendance on 2012.
Exhibitor numbers were also up, with 156 stands showcasing Londis and Budgens suppliers’ products and deals.
Those included wholesale offers on the best-selling lines across beers, wine and spirits, fresh produce and impulse products. Seasonal offers and products from the autumnal and Christmas pre-sell lines, and a raft of new products, were also on show.
For Londis retailers there was an opportunity to find out about two sales initiatives – the new range of frozen products, which will be available to order direct from Londis following the centralisation of the range, and the recently launched core fresh product range, with more than 30 SuperValu fresh lines marked at round price points.
