Freshlinc said additional revenues generated through its ambient consolidation centre and frozen operations helped minimise the impact of a downturn in chilled retail volumes last year.
Turnover at the temperature controlled and ambient FMCG haulier reduced by 3% to £135.4m in the period ending 1 February 2025.
It made a pre-tax loss of £898,000, which the company said was largely down to unforeseen circumstances.
Freshlinc said key factors driving its performance were slower volume ramp up than initially indicated within its start-up frozen transport operations; less volumes at its new freehold facility and a considerable drop in demand within the building sector operations.
In its business review, Freshlinc said: “Whilst future headwinds, including the increases national living wage and employers NI contributions lie ahead, our focus remains to correct commercial rate structures, whilst seeing out contractual periods, along with developing and reassessing the divisional business units, ensuring each one is positively contributing.
“Our track record of sustained investment in the scale of operations, geographic and network coverage, together with the high service levels we and our customers demand, will continue to differentiate us from our peers and enable us to further enhance our service scope and offerings,” it added.
