Choice Marketing members are celebrating the completion of another successful year with a huge rebate of £1,800,000, for achieving agreed targets with their key suppliers during 2020.  This remarkable achievement was the result of the Group’s 42 independent garden centre members working together.

The cheque, which represents a £200k increase on the previous year, was presented at the recent Choice Marketing ‘Meet the Furniture Buyer’ event held earlier this week in Northamptonshire. A successful event which saw a good number of the membership attend and place furniture and accessory orders for next season. 

Commenting on the rebate, Tony Larkin of Ducks Hill Garden Centre and Chairman of the Group’s Sundry Forum said “This really is such an incredible result.  It shows the power of working together within an established Organisation, particularly during a pandemic, where we have certainly enjoyed record sales and fantastic support from our key suppliers, including faster deliveries.  Although all our member centres are independently owned and independently run, we do speak with one voice in our relationships with our suppliers.  Every penny of this £1.8m rebate goes back to the members”.

Choice are well on their way to even greater success in 2021. Already group purchases for 2021 are way ahead of 2020 and next year’s rebate cheque is going to be even greater. 

In addition to preferential purchasing arrangements, Choice members benefit from a comprehensive offering of marketing services, through its partner agency.   

Choice Marketing is now welcoming new members into the Group.  If you would like to know more about the benefits of membership, please contact Michelle de Lavis-Trafford at info@choice-marketing.co.uk to arrange an informal chat.

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