Rochdale, UK: Strike action among Wincanton drivers on the Asda contract in Rochdale has been called off after the workers accepted an improved pay offer of 8.25%. The drivers were also offered premium overtime rates. The Unite union had previously warned that Asda and its customers were facing nationwide shortages of chilled goods due to …
Redditch, UK: Oakland International is appealing for winter coats and warm clothes in support of Hope4’s Winter Coats Campaign. The charity is collecting winter clothes, especially for children, in great need in Ukraine and Moldova. Oakland International has donated the transport to take all donated items to Chisinau in Moldova where they will be distributed …
Keighley, UK: Timothy Taylor’s brewery has taken delivery of two new temperature-controlled curtainsided trailers with a Carrier Transicold Vector 1550 fridges. The Carrier Transicold Vector 1550 units are on 13.6-metre Lawrence David trailers, replacing older equivalent products in Timothy Taylor’s mixed commercial vehicle fleet. The trailers will will operate from the company’s brewery in Keighley, …
Warsaw, Poland: NewCold is building a €112m temperature-controlled warehouse in Nowy Modlin, near Warsaw and expanding its existing automated site in Kutno to double capacity to 57,600 pallet positions. The new warehouse outside Warsaw will add 94,600 pallet positions, bringing NewCold’s total capacity in Poland to 207,200 pallet positions. “We are growing in Poland, in Europe, …
London UK: Sysco has won the Sustainable Wholesaler of the Year award at the Federation of Wholesale Distributors Awards. The judges cited Sysco’s “holistic approach to sustainability” for its success. The decarbonisation of its fleet, renewable energy expansion, plant-based food programmes and its community support programme were among the key reasons that saw Sysco GB …
Munich, Germany: Thermo King’s AxlePower energy recovery system, developed with BPW, won the Components and Aggregates category of the European Transport Award for Sustainability. AxlePower generates energy from trailer rolling or braking and stores this in a battery and reuses it to power the trailer fridge. “Winning the European Transport Award for Sustainability 2024 for …
Dubai: Sixty three countries have pledged to cut cooling-related emissions at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai. The Global Cooling Pledge marks the world’s first collective focus on climate-warming emissions from cooling, which includes refrigeration for food and medicine and air conditioning. It commits countries to reduce by 2050 their cooling-related emissions by at …
Rochdale, UK: The Unite union is warning that there could be nationwide shortages of chilled foods at Asda stores during strikes by HGV drivers who work at the supermarket’s Rochdale distribution centre; Around 80 HGV drivers, employed by Wincanton on the Asda contract, will strike over the Christmas period. Unite says they are angry at …
Warrington, UK: Iceland Foods, has completed a 20-year lease on a 505,000sq ft distribution centre in Warrington. The site is on the Omega West logistics park, the largest mixed-use development site in the North West covering around 2.5 million sq ft of logistics space. Law firm Gordons advised Iceland Foods on its new lease. Commercial …
Novi, Michigan, USA: Lineage has endorsed the Join the Move to -15 C initiative to reassess the international temperature standard of -18C, established in the 1930s and untouched for nearly a century. This initiative offers a chance for industry-wide collaboration to explore practical avenues that would contribute toward realising the shared net-zero goal for the …
London, UK: This website, coldchainnews.com, has been ranked as number 3 for best cold chain websites and blogs by FeedSpot. Lineage, the world’s largest cold chain logistics provider, takes the number one slot followed by the Global Cold Chain Alliance‘s site. ColdChainNews.com says it “provides the first and best news on temperature-controlled matters from Britain, …
Atherstone, UK: Aldi is to become the first supermarket to pay all warehouse staff at least £12 an hour from 1 February 2024. The new minimum hourly rate for warehouse and store staff, which increases to £13.55 within the M25, takes effect from 1 February 2024. Aldi says the move makes it the first supermarket …
Tel: 0118 988 4468
Cold Chain Federation Ltd.
7 Diddenham Court, Lambwood Hill,
Grazeley, Reading, Berkshire RG7 1JQ
©2026 Cold Chain Federation
The Cold Chain Federation Ltd. registered in England and Wales, Company No: 6453302.
Registered Office: 7 Diddenham Court, Lambwood Hill, Grazeley, Reading RG7 1JQ