FIRE SERVICE BRING SAFETY TO STROOD

On Monday 20th September, Strood Fire Service will hosting a Home Fire Safety awareness event in the car park of Netto supermarket in Strood. As part of the Fire Service’s ongoing initiatives to educate and inform the community on fire safety issues, they will be offering services such as home fire safety checks and free smoke alarm fitting. The fire service will also be fielding any questions the local community would like to ask about fire safety and prevention. The event will start at 9.30am and finish at 5pm. Steve Browne, Crew Manager for Strood Fire Service said: “We would like to invite all Strood residents from the local community to attend this event. Home Fire Safety is extremely important and attending this event will help identify any fire risks residents may have at home. We would also like to ask if people have fire alarms fitted in their homes and if not, one of our fire crew will be offering to fit the alarms free of charge via our home safety visit scheme.” Ends. Issued on behalf of Netto by Public. More information: Kirsten Howells or Chris Woolford, Tel: 01302 730303 or email: kirsten.howells@publicgroup.co.uk or chris.woolford@publicgroup.co.uk About Netto in the UK The UK stores support centre is based in Pontefract, West Yorkshire with facilities of over 300,000 square feet which include customer care, training and recruitment departments. As “The UK’s leading discounter”, Netto prides itself on its streamlined and highly efficient distribution and management which enable it to deliver great service and the lowest prices around. Netto History & Family There are currently more than 1150 Netto stores across Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden and the UK. Key facts about Netto include: • According to research, Netto is the most competitive food retailer in the UK. • Netto stores offer a range of 1,400 lines in food and non-food items. • In addition, Netto regularly stocks 160 weekly special offer items at major discounts. • Netto stocks a range of well-known branded items as well as it own quality value brands. • Netto is the pioneer of low cost, great value retailing in the UK. It aims to deliver the best quality products to its customers at the lowest prices. Netto can do this through its ability to broker the best deals with suppliers throughout the globe; its ability to maintain low overhead costs and one of the most efficient distribution networks in European retailing. The Dansk Supermarket group operates five major retail chains in Denmark. These chains are Netto (Discount Food), FOTEX (Supermarkets), BILKA (Hypermarkets), TOJ & SKO (Discount Clothing and Footwear) and A-Z (Variety Stores). Dansk Supermarket Group is owned by F. Salling and the A.P. Møller Group. For more information about Netto, visit www.netto.co.uk