Luton, UK: Discount grocery store chain Lidl has opened its largest regional distribution centre in the world in Houghton Regis, Luton. The 1.2 million-square-ft warehouse, at a cost of £300m, will deliver more than 9,400 pallets daily to 150 stores. The new RDC has solar panels that generate 2,000,000kWH’s of electricity annually. It will operate …
London: The UK government decision to delay, for the fifth time, post-Brexit checks on food imports, reported earlier by Cold Chain News, is blamed on the additional cost of the extra red tape and charges that would add an estimated 0.2% to inflation. The charge for exports to the UK could be as high as …
London,UK: CoolKit has teamed-up with London-based cupcake business, Lola’s Cupcakes, to create an industry-first van conversion. The van will showcase Lola’s Cupcakes as it delivers, maintain temperatures to meet food hygiene regulations, and comply with low-emission zones. Lola’s Cupcakes bakes and delivers with 31 vehicles some 20,000 cupcakes and more than 1,200 large celebration cakes …
Manchester, UK: Müller Milk & Ingredients is trialling different technologies to reduce the carbon footprint of its truck fleet. The dairy company is testing whether solar panels and kinetic energy can power its refrigerated trailers, as an alternative to diesel engines. Müller, in partnership with Sunswap, trialled the delivery of fresh milk using refrigerated trailers …
London, UK: After months of speculation, the government has finally confirmed that post-Brexit checks on food coming into the UK from the EU will not be fully introduced until next year. However, industry has questioned whether logistics companies will be able to prepare for the changes in the proposed time frame. The checks have been …
Diss, Suffolk: The Gressingham Group has acquired Lincolnshire-based Hemswell Coldstore. Hemswell stores up to 5000 pallets of frozen produce. William Buchanan, group director at Gressingham Foods, said: “”Having a cold store helps streamline our distribution chain and operations. “ Stephen Hill, general manager at Hemswell Coldstore, said: “We started Hemswell Coldstore in 2011 and have …
Ganterschwil, Switzerland: Modular real-time technology is set to revolutionise the pharma industry by eliminating the need for two separate systems, according to a white paper from Berlinger & Co. The company, which supplies pharma cold chain temperature monitoring equipment, has developed its Modular Real-Time cold chain system. The SmartSystem offers multiple condition monitoring and pharma …
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Krone and TIP Group have partnered to allow data transfer between Krone’s telematics hardware and TIP Trailer telematics. The integration of the systems allows for the automatic transfer of trailer data between the two systems. “Digital transformation necessitates data standardisation, system interoperability, and open interfaces. Our partnership with TIP is a manifestation of …
Liverpool, UK: Labcraft is showing lighting products for the temperature-controlled sector at this year’s Cold Chain Federation conference. Cold Chain Live! takes place in Liverpool on 14-15 September and includes discussion regarding the practical challenges and opportunities in cold storage, transport, compliance, and sustainability. Labcraft can make bespoke lighting for the temperature-controlled sector. Visitors to Cold …
Liverpool, UK: P&O Ferries is to end its Liverpool-Dublin sailings. The Liverpool-Dublin route will be axed due to the unavailability of a berth in the Merseyside city for next year, the company said. The move follows Port of Liverpool operator Peel Ports saying it would not run the route on “expiration” of the contract. The …
Windsor, UK: A Peugeot Boxer is the first temperature-controlled van to be supplied under a new partnership between Vanaways and CoolKit. The van went to En Route International, an airline catering supplier. Myles Brown, head of contracts management, En Route, said he was “impressed with the impartial advice and input” he received from the companies. …
Heathrow, UK: Seafrigo regional chief executive, Jason Spencer-Knox, says bringing PML into the Seafrigo fold “brings us one step closer to realising our ambition to become the fastest and largest integrated perishable supply chain provider in the UK and globally.” Earlier this year PML was acquired by Seafrigo Group. Spencer-Knox says: “Not only do the …
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