headquarters dunnington york england number of locations 1 700 1 products grocery stores convenience stores website http www.costcutter.com costcutter store in deptford london . costcutter is a uk based business primarily operating as a symbol group supplier to various independently owned convenience stores and off licenses . 2 it has operations in the united kingdom ireland poland and jersey channel islands encompassing both supermarkets and convenience stores . as of december 2006 costcutter ireland was owned by james a. barry and co. 3 costcutter was founded in 1986 by colin graves . 4 as of november 2006 there were some 1 400 stores under the banner . 4 in may 2006 the majority of stores were in the united kingdom with 65 stores in ireland and 52 in poland . 5 many locations in the uk were formerly spar locations whose owners switched to costcutter because of cheaper fees . spar is still a major competitor and has 2 535 stores in the uk 422 stores in ireland 50 stores in poland and 13 686 overall locations worldwide in 32 countries including locations as far afield as australia south africa morocco japan and china . a proposed merger with nisa today s collapsed in 2006 after concerns about a cartel . 4 which were reported to the uk office of fair trading by members of nisa today s who opposed the merger . these claims were eventually proved to be unfounded citation needed and no action was taken by the oft . up until april 2011 bibby distribution was the logistical provider for nisa today s and therefore also costcutter . from april 2011 the contract was won by dhl who now deliver to costcutter and nisa stores using a new fleet of nisa branded lorries . they also broadcast a radio station for use in their stores called costcutter in tune radio which although not part of the sky epg can be listened to by manually tuning it in eutelsat 33c 11623h 27500 2 3 in 2014 costcutter opened 18 stores in jersey channel islands taking over all outlets which were owned by spar . notes and references edit about us . costcutter . 28 march 2016 . retrieved 28 march 2016 . what is costcutter . retrieved 17 november 2012 . barry s profits flat the daily mail 2 9 december 2006 a b c nisa s chairman to step down yorkshire post 2 november 2006 local retailers planning merger bbc news 10 may 2006 external links edit costcutter website uk v t e supermarkets in the united kingdom big four asda morrisons sainsbury s tesco convenience bargain booze best one budgens the co operative food costcutter happy shopper jones convenience stores londis mace mccoll s nisa premier stores spar discount 99p stores aldi b & m home bargains kwik save lidl poundland poundstretcher poundworld quality save frozen specialists farmfoods heron foods iceland fulton s foods online ocado premium marks & spencer waitrose whole foods market regional booths dunnes stores filco planet organic shoprite isle of man category v t e supermarkets in ireland main dunnes stores marks & spencer supervalu tesco convenience centra costcutter gala londis mace spar discount aldi lidl buy lo frozen iceland regional the cope joyces 365 jc s v t e major convenience stores in europe northern 7 eleven bargain booze best one bp connect budgens centra the co operative food costcutter david sands deli de luca happy shopper jones convenience stores kwik save little waitrose londis ireland londis united kingdom mace narvesen nisa on the run one stop pressbyr n r kioski mccoll s sainsbury s local scotmid spar tesco express southern couche tard mac s on the run opencor provi soir spar eastern billa cba groszek ma pka express spar abka western albert heijn carrefour city delhaize franprix march plus monoprix on the run petit casino spar former jacksons stores local plus mills morrisons m local somerfield ugo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title costcutter & oldid 720073045 categories supermarkets of the united kingdomconvenience storespurchasing consortiacompanies based in north 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