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18 November 2021

Summary

With current labour challenges across the sector, Wilko Retail Ltd were facing a team member short fall on the run up to peak Christmas demand in their two distribution centres at Worksop in Nottinghamshire and Magor in Newport.

Our merchandising team identified an opportunity to work collaboratively with Wilko to help support their requirements at a time when merchandising in-store is traditionally quieter, to reduce customer disruption during a key sales period.

Challenges

Distribution centres have lots of new Health and Safety challenges, such as lorry routes and forklift truck movements that the teams were not used to working with.

The team received extensive training beforehand and they were then able to support in a number of roles including picking stock, loading store deliveries, offloading containers and organising recycling and salvage.

Results

The Bluestones One merchandising team were able to support both distribution centres with up to 60 people, around the clock, over a 7-week period to help fulfil their peak demand.

This will now become a successful seasonal collaboration and opportunity for both businesses going forward.

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Employee of the Month – April

Each month we reward members of our team who have gone above and beyond their duties and earned Employee of the Month and this winner was chosen due to their dedication and work ethic. We’re delighted to announce that April’s Employee of the Month has been awarded to Kenny Hyland! Kenny has been awarded Employee of the Month for always working hard for his team, communicating well, and being a good listener.He understands the importance of maintaining our high standards and our objectives and works hard to make them happen. Kenny’s team leader, Brian Gudgin, has said: “Kenny will do anything to help the team to achieve its target. He is always willing to help anyone if they are struggling.“ A special mention also goes to Rob Hoyle and Shaun Burrows and Wayne Nealings who have also shown exceptional performance. Every Employee of the Month wins a £40 voucher – well done, Kenny! View all