Leicester, UK: Central Co-op closed its three distribution operations in Leicester at the weekend, including a chilled food and drink distribution centre. The society, which announced the changes early last year, is moving operations to Co-op Group-managed distribution network LIDIA. This is a “national collective distribution and logistics operation” which already serves more than 4,000 stores …
Melton Mowbray, UK: Samworth Brothers is using Titan solar-power, supplied by Marshall Fleet Solutions, on its fleet. Using the system is part of Samworth’s commitments to reducing its carbon footprint—including sending zero food waste to landfill since 2015 and removing 555 tonnes of packaging in its Food to Go category from 2020 to 2022. Samworth …
Minneapolis, MN, USA: Thermo King is distributing Brightec air curtains for temperature-controlled trailers, box trucks and vans in the United States and Canada. Air curtains create an invisible climate barrier during door openings, which helps to maintain temperature and prevent the infiltration of dust, insects and outside air. Brightec distributes its BlueSeal products to over …
Portsmouth, UK: The new £24m border control post in Portsmouth may have to be demolished because repeated changes to post-Brexit border arrangements have made it commercially unviable. Designed to carry out checks on up to 80 truck loads of produce a day, the port now expects to process only four or five daily. The post at …
Reading, UK: Cold Chain Federation chief executive Phil Pluck has spoken to I-news, highlighting rising concerns over the proposed Border Target Operating Model, due to be introduced at the end of April. Pluck told the inews that the changes will lead to wastage, extra costs and food shortages on shelves. “It may be that consignments …
Suffolk, Virginia, USA: FreezPak Logistics is spending $77.5m on the construction of a 245,000sq ft cold store in the City of Suffolk, near the port of Virginia. FreezPak Logistics provides frozen, chilled, and dry storage as well as distribution services. “FreezPak is a national player with a long track record of success in the cold …
Edinburgh, Scotland: The Scottish government has revealed its HGV Decarbonisation Pathway which sets out plans to move to zero-emission trucks. Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop, launched the pathway during a keynote address to the Net Zero Scotland Projects Conference. Hyslop said the four main challenges ahead are: “This partnership with road haulage, manufacturing, …
London, UK: The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) says it is “good” that food and drink inflation has fallen from 7% in January to 5% in February and that it reflects prices stabilising across the supply chains. Overall, inflation fell from 4% in January to 3.4% in February. The slower pace of food price rises …
Cross Hands, UK: Castell Howell has fitted Rack Collapse Prevention’s safety system into its freezers. The move follows installing the system in its dry stores. The Rack Collapse Preventions system supports from the top, keeping racking structures upright in event of a collapse. The system uses cables suspended from the building’s structure. If a building’s …
Dumfries, Scotland: Provisional liquidators have been appointed at Hayden Chilled, which handled chilled, frozen and ambient distribution and warehousing in the UK and Europe. The company’s website states that Richard Oddy and Blair Milne of Azets were appointed “joint provisional liquidators” of Hayden Chilled Ltd on 11 March. The website also states that “the company …
Birmingham, UK: Schmitz Cargobull has launched its all-electric S.KOe Cool in the UK and Ireland. Schmitz developed the reefer with e-axle generator to help operators meet increasingly strict emissions regulations. The S.KOe Cool has an electric cooling unit with integrated power electronics, a battery system and an electric generator axle, enabling emissions-free operation. The electrified …
London, UK: The Cold Chain Federation has joined 10 other logistics trade associations in urging the next government to recognise the value the sector provides to the economy and to appoint a dedicated minister for logistics with cross-departmental responsibilities. Phil Pluck, chief executive of the Federation, co-signed a letter which was delivered to the leaders …
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