Trading Divisions

Menzies Distribution    Menzies Aviation

MENZIES DISTRIBUTION

With 4,000 employees at 24 hub and 19 spoke branches throughout the UK and Ireland, the division is a strongly cash generative business with around 43% of the newspaper and magazine wholesale distribution market in the UK. It has a track record of investment in innovation and customer service delivery.

Newspaper and magazine distribution

We handle 5.5 million newspapers and 2.2 million magazines (covering 3,000 titles) every day. Deliveries are made in the early hours of the morning 364 days a year, to more than 25,000 retail customers from the Northern Isles to the Isle of Wight.

Marketing services

Services to multiple and independent retailers include space and range planning, racking, displays and sales promotion, category management and sales-based replenishment. Services to publishers include supporting the launch of new titles, ongoing sales promotion and development, and bespoke services such as data analysis and returns processing.

Field marketing

We provide long-term and short-notice resources for field marketing and promotional campaigns of any size at local or national levels across the UK and Ireland, such as free newspaper and magazine distribution, compliance auditing, event organising, point-of-sale placement, mystery shopping, market research and face-to-face targeted promotions.