London, UK: Supermarket shortages of some fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes, have been blamed largely on poor weather. In the last few days pictures of empty shelves of fruit and vegetables have appeared on social media. Supermarkets moved quickly to ration certain products. Asda has introduced a temporary three-pack limit for purchases of tomatoes, peppers, …
Oswestry, UK: Cold Move has gained a BRCGS AA+ Grade for its Oswestry site following an unannounced audit. BRCGS is a globally recognised robust standard for food safety in the supply chain. This will be the first time Cold Move has achieved AA+ grade and on its first unannounced audit since version 4 of the standard was …
Lurgan, Northern Ireland: Cold storage giant Americold is restructuring its business in Lurgan “due to changes in customer demand”. Local papers are reporting that almost 200 jobs are at risk, including drivers. In a statement Americold said: “Due to changes in customer demand, Americold has determined that we must restructure and right size our transportation …
Cullompton, Devon, UK: Gregory Distribution, which runs 1,000 vehicles and 300 temperature-controlled trailers, has secured a multimillion-pound package of funding to help with its growth plans. The family-owned firm plans to use the cash injection to acquire extra properties, increase working capital and invest in new Euro VI compliant vehicles and hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). …
Atherstone, UK: Discount supermarket chain Aldi is to recruit 450 new warehouse staff at its 11 regional distribution centres in the UK this year as it continues to expand. The supermarket, which currently has more than 990 stores and employs around 40,000 people, plans new stores in towns and cities such as Norwich and Newcastle, …
Basildon, Iveco has pledged to plant a tree sapling for every new Iveco vehicle sold backdated to January 2022. Iveco is working with the Future Forest Company on the tree planting initiative. The Future Forest Company plans to remove a million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by 2030. Its UK tree-planting program not only …
London, UK: More details are needed about London’s planned Direct Vision Standard if transport companies are to have effective consultation, says Logistics UK. Chris Yarsley, senior policy manager – road regulation, Logistics UK, said: “The consultation document currently provided by TfL states that the specification for various safety features, including sensors, will be made available …
Evesham, UK: Primafruit, a fresh produce importer, has introduced fully automated counterbalanced trucks at its Evesham warehouse. Toyota Material Handling supplied its Autopilot range of automated guided vehicles for the storing and packing operation. Fresh fruit arrives at the 41,000sq metre site from Europe and South America and is taken by the automated trucks from …
Wrexham, UK: Refrigerated transporter C&M Transport is celebrating its 20th Anniversary by adding several New Generation Daf tractors to the fleet. One of the new Daf is an XG show here with new side skirts, visor and lights galore. C&M Transport provides temperature-controlled services in the UK and Europe for food and drink Industry. “Our …
Perth, Scotland: Fresh produce supplier Stewarts of Tayside has added ten Daf New Generation XF 480 6×2 tractors and ten Gray & Adams refrigerated trailers to its fleet. Finding for the new vehicles was by Asset Alliance Group. The 44-tonners are supplied on three-year contract hire, while the trailers with dual temperature fridges arrive on operating lease contracts. …
Ashford, UK: Brakes, part of Sysco, is using two new Frigoblock-refrigerated electric Daf rigids for deliveries to test the performance of the vehicles and temperature control systems. The electric 19-tonners have Frigoblock EK25 and FK2 fridges. The Electra truck with EK25 unit has been in operation since late 2022, while the electric Daf LF truck …
Opportunities abound for those who dare, says Leigh Anderson, managing director at Bis Henderson Recruitment Northampton, UK: Until recently, very few civilians had much idea about what ‘logistics’ meant – something military perhaps? Or something to do with drivers and shelf-stackers? At any rate, not an obvious career recommendation for your sons and daughters. And …
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