Case Study
Wilkinson's Hardware Stores
From just one community store in 1930 to a nationwide network of stores today, Wilkinson is a success story in anybody's book.
Famous for being one of the country’s largest hardware store chains on the high street, Wilkinson’s has expanded its range over the years to include home furnishings, gardening & outdoor goods, DIY & decorating, office stationary, and general household items such as shampoos, perfumes, deodorants etc and general cleaning goods.
Their latest venture has seen them move into impulse sales of chilled drinks, sandwiches & salads.
Being located on the high street, shoppers can visit Wilkinson’s during their lunch breaks, pick up the household items they need and grab their lunch before heading back to work.
In selecting the right refrigerated products for their stores, Wilkinson’s tested several multi-decks from top manufacturers around Europe.
Their main criteria’s were temperature performance & cabinet reliability.
After exhaustive tests and consultation with “other users” of refrigerated products, Wilkinson’s chose Norpe UK Ltd as their nominated supplier and the roll-out programme began in January 2007.
With the new concept planned for all it's stores, this is a major coup for Norpe UK and is seen as further strengthening our position as one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of refrigerated products
Wilkinson’s specified the following Norpe products, all of which are manufactured to EN 441 Standards:
EMX-125-M
EMX-195-M
NORCON-150-90-M with optional NORCON BASKET SETS for crisps etc
For more information about Wilkinson >> www.wilko.co.uk