San Francisco, USA: Ten billion or more times each day, electronic scanners read data encoded in black-and-white codes—barcodes—printed on or fixed to physical goods. In the upcoming business memoir The Barcode, Paul McEnroe tells his story of leading the team that developed one of the most innovative and influential technologies of our generation. Paul McEnroe …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Next week Lineage Logistics hosts its first Global Hiring Day. The event planned for 20 September will take place across several regions, including the US, Canada, UK and Asia-Pacific. Attendees can learn more about careers in the cold chain and Lineage’s activities. Candidates can also speak to recruiters about part-time and full-time …
Liverpool, UK: The UK cannot take food security for granted following the crises of the past four years, warns Paul Bennell, president, Cold Chain Federation. Bennell will tell the Cold Chain Live conference today: “It is striking that our country has started talking again about food security. We proved in Covid that we have a …
Lacock, UK: Stonegate Farmers has taken delivery of 15 Carrier Transicold Supra units, connected by Carrier’s Lynx Fleet telematics. Stonegate’s use of Lynx Fleet will allow the company to monitor and manage its refrigerated transport, automate key processes and improve logistics to increase performance and reduce total cost of ownership. The 13 Carrier Transicold Supra …
Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, Ireland: AT&T Rentals has acquired Irish Chereau distributor, International Trailers. AT&T Rentals said “the coming together allows us to combine the rounded and comprehensive offering both companies are very proud of, to Chereau customers all over Ireland, the UK and beyond.” “As existing Chereau service partners, acquiring International Trailers has been a …
London, UK: Nearly £19m of funding has been allocated to 39 truckstops in England to upgrade parking and rest areas. The truckstops will each receive a share of £8m from the Department for Transport (DfT) and a further £11m from industry to significantly upgrade truck stops for lorry drivers. The improvements will improve showers, rest …
London, UK: Aldi is planning to open 500 more stores in the UK, Giles Hurley, chief executive, Aldi UK and Ireland, told Sky News today. Speaking to Business Live with Ian King, Hurley said Aldi now has a long-term target of 1,500 stores – building on an earlier goal of opening 1,200 sites by 2025. …
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 …
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