04. Shelf bay drawing, reconstructed from a convenience range audit. Empty facings are marked before count sheets are closed.
Stocktaking, shelf audits, gap checks
Stock Counted. Shelves Checked. No Fuss.
Small trained crews for independent grocers, convenience shops, off licences, farm shops and regional wholesalers who need clean counts without hiring a full-time stock controller.
Shelf ledger
Working Plates From Ordinary Shop Counts
11. Back room tags are made dull on purpose so staff can read them under strip lighting at 05:30.
18. Reports are normally delivered as CSV and PDF by 10:00 the next working day.
Three routes in
Pick The Job, Then Email The Shop File
STK 01
Stocktake
Half-day and full-day counts for shops that need quantities they can trust before a refit, sale, handover or supplier clean-up.
From £325 + VAT
See stocktake optionsAUD 02
Shelf Audit
Gap checks, facings, date-code sweeps and promotional bay checks for stores trading with untidy labels and changing ranges.
From £185 + VAT
See audit optionsRND 03
Compliance Round
Monthly visits for three to six stores where owners need the same checks done the same way each time.
From £150 + VAT per store
See regular rounds01 Stocktake reports are normally delivered as CSV and PDF by 10:00 the next working day.
02 Two-person crew is standard for live trading shops.
03 Till export, supplier list or last stock file must arrive at least 24 hours before the crew arrives.
04 Minimum booking is 3 crew hours on site.
05 Travel beyond 25 miles from WV1 is 62p per mile, agreed before booking.
Wolverhampton base
Local Crews, Early Starts, Plain Reports
Vendor Productivity Ltd was started in Wolverhampton in 1999 by Martin Vale after ten years running stock rooms and promotional compliance for cash-and-carry suppliers. The firm has stayed small on purpose, using trained local crews who know independent grocery shelves, World Food ranges and the awkward corners of old shop stockrooms.
01 Shelf audit visit, up to 600 facings: £185 + VAT within 25 miles of Wolverhampton.
02 Full-day stocktake, up to 6,000 SKUs or 8 hours on site: £595 + VAT.
03 Early start before 06:00 or late finish after 20:00: £45 + VAT per crew hour.
04 Email hello@vendorproductivity.com. No anonymous tender forms.