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Tracey Richardson |
Job title: wholesale trading controller
Responsible for: soft drinks, hot beverages
Date joined company: May 1992
Educated at: Winterton Comprehensive School and North Lindsey College, Scunthorpe
Married/single/family: single
Leisure time spent: running, aerobics
One piece of advice to help suppliers succeed with us:
give us your best prices! Take full advantage of retail club opportunities
The best promotion currently running with customers is: Pepsi 2-Litre BOGOF
My vote for the best TV/press advertising: John Smiths (Peter
Kay)
My vote for the best product launch/relaunch this year goes to: Oust Air Freshener and Aero Bubbles (if you can get the stock!)
Gripe of the month: increasingly the consolidation of brands into fewer suppliers often means an account handler is expected to have knowledge of an extensive range of categories and becomes a jack of all trades, master of none.
When suppliers introduce a proliferation of promotion SKUs for one product they must recognise the timescales involved in getting a pack through the supply chain. The more variation of packs, the greater the confusion for both the wholesaler and retailer.
Will Government proposals to ban the display of tobacco in retail premises damage the wholesale sector?
