The season of goodwill saw a significant increase in contract packing case numbers for Oakland International, who in addition to the usual raft of contract packed products surging through the
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- Müller trials zero-emission HGV refrigeration Müller Milk & Ingredients, which produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter, milk drinks and ingredients products and boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout...
- Lidl’s largest warehouse in the world opens in England following £300 million investment Lidl GB has officially opened its £300 million RDC – the largest Lidl warehouse in the world – marking the discounter’s continued commitment to expansion across Great Britain. The 1.2...
- Mettler-Toledo to Host a Live Webinar on Glass in Glass X- ray Inspection Live event scheduled 9th March 2023 will discuss the damaging nature of glass-in-glass contamination for food manufacturers and how x-ray inspection can help to mitigate these risks. Royston, Hertfordshire, UK....
- DFDS acquires McBurney Transport Group for £138 million DFDS, the European ferry and transport services giant, has agreed to acquire 100% of McBurney Transport Group headquartered in Northern Ireland. McBurney is focused on moving cold chain and dry...
- Leading Foodservice Provider Unveils Ambitious Expansion Plans for Northern Ireland Leading foodservice provider Sysco Ireland has revealed plans to double the size of its Northern Ireland operation within five years as part of an ambitious growth strategy. To support this...
Promotions support, sustainable growth for food and drink logistics specialist Culina, the UK leader in food and drink logistics, has announced two senior appointments as part of its ongoing strategy
Winterbotham Darby is an award-winning supplier of high quality continental foods to the retail and foodservice sectors. To enhance an existing RF solution it has recently implemented a voice picking
FHG IPP Logipal, the UK & Ireland’s second largest pooling supplier and leading high quality pallet pooling specialist, has won a new one-year sole-supply contract with Bristol-based Bath Ales, a
Seventy percent of companies believe that climate change has the potential to affect their revenue significantly, a risk which is intensified by a chasm between the sustainable business practices of
Supply chain IT company BalloonOne is reducing sales margin shrinkage for fresh food distributors by making it easier to keep an accurate track of products that are sold by unit.
A COMPANY in Co Down which distributes healthy foods has announced new partners for sending a sought-after brand around Ireland. Advanced Marketing NI, which is based in Lisburn, has joined
Grace Foods, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of world foods and drinks, has extended its transport and distribution contract with Jigsaw, the large-scale managed transport solutions provider. The two
Food import and category management company Pimpernel Wharf has awarded a chilled distribution contract to Culina covering the supply of specialist cheese products to supermarket group Morrisons Over 20 different
UK’s leading xylitol brand chooses food and drink specialist for national distribution contract Total Sweet, the 100% natural sugar alternative, has awarded a national distribution contract to food and drink
Bord Bia (the Irish Food Board) together with experienced UK and Irish food distribution company, Oakland International, recently played host to a visiting group of Irish food producers looking to
Bord Bia together with experienced UK and Irish food distribution company, Oakland International, played host to a visiting group of Irish food producers looking to capitalise on current growth in
Tesco will become the first retailer in the UK to work directly with beef and pork farmers through a new £25 million annual investment in British agriculture. In a move
Yearsley Group, the UK’s largest cold storage and distribution company, has announced it has expanded its investment in Autostore. The company has selected a range of Autostore V6 warehouse control
Barloworld Supply Chain Software (Barloworld SCS) celebrated some of its top software users of 2012 including BAT, Carlsberg, DHL, LEGO Group & Automotive Distributors Ltd, with an awards ceremony at
Since its initial implementation in 2011 the Empirica warehouse management system provided by Chess Logistics Technology has supported rapid growth at Scunthorpe-based Via Coldstores. Operating from a 140,000ft2 (13,000m2) site
Yorkshire based Potter Group Logistics has posted a set of strong financial results for the year ending April 2012. With increased turnover across all areas of the business, the company
The winners for this year’s eyefortransport European 3PL Awards were announced and celebrated at a reception during the recent 10th Annual European 3PL Summit held at the Hilton Hotel in
Rehrig Pacific Company – manufacturer of reusable transport packaging systems including plastic pallets, distribution and display crates, and carts and containers for grocery retail, pharma, material handling, food and beverage,
Significant improvements in delivery performance, transport efficiencies and operational collaborations are the key benefits reported by Westmill Foods just six months after awarding its transport operations contract to Bibby Distribution
Based in Ashbourne Co. Meath and working in partnership with leading European fresh pasta producer, Giovanni Rana, supply chain specialist in warehousing and logistics, Oakland International,is directing their extensive distribution
Glanbia, the global nutritionals and dairy business group, is cutting 106,000 km a year from its delivery vehicle routes by using Paragon transport optimisation software to plan efficient deliveries. The
Wincanton has been awarded a multi-million-pound, five-year contract by supermarket group Morrisons to operate its first ever dedicated UK convenience
Product will be distributed to customers from Middleton using a shared user model across the supply chain specialist’s network of
Norbert Dentressangle has joined forces with Villa Soft Drinks to support the company’s distribution and storage of soft drinks and
Award-winning brewer Timothy Taylor has been using the Tinytag Radio Data Logging System to help ensure that its Yorkshire Beers
CHEP, provider of pallet and container pooling solutions, has announced that consumer packaged goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) will
Ceremonial lifting of first paving slab signals reconstruction of berths 201 and 202 to service next generation of super-sized container
The Tropicana distribution center in Jersey City, NJ,part of PepsiCo’s North America Beverages (NAB) had the goal of improved efficiency
Young’s Seafood choose Yearsley Group as their sales partner in the UK The Young’s Seafood Foodservice Division have entrusted all
mobile devices the new apps reduce the cost of deploying ePOD and eServ in typical applications by 30% or more.
Burton’s Biscuit Company has entered into a five year partnership with DHL Supply Chain, as part of the biscuit company’s
Since its initial implementation in 2011 the Empirica warehouse management system provided by Chess Logistics Technology has supported rapid growth
Fast-growing premium baby and toddler food manufacturer Ella’s Kitchen has chosen Wincanton to manage its supply chain as it seeks
Potter Group Logistics is proud to announce that long term customer Greencore Grocery has renewed its ambient finished food products
H. J. Heinz Company and CEVA Logistics, the non-asset based supply chain management company, have announced a five-year Oceanfreight contract.
NACCO Materials Group (NMHG) has announced the proposed acquisition of assets and facilities of Barloworld Handling UK by Briggs Equipment
Potter Group Logistics, one of the UK’s leading logistics service providers for specialist goods, has just received its BRC Global
Premier Foods, the UK’s largest food producer, has extended its existing contract with Jigsaw, the specialist provider of large-scale managed
Major food and dairy producer Glanbia Consumer Foods has appointed Culina to manage the distribution of its chilled portfolio into
Kuehne + Nagel has launched a new LCL service specifically tailored for drinks imports to the UK. The new service
Bute Island Foods has awarded a new distribution contract for its Sheese brand vegan, dairy free cheese products to Culina
Telford & Wrekin Council’s cabinet has approved the appointment of Europe’s largest rail freight company as the new operator of
SDC Trailers is bucking the economic trend after attendance at recent trade shows and its innovation around longer semi trailers
Forth Ports provides high levels of handling and logistics-related services to customers who are looking for solutions to move goods
Established in Toomebridge, Northern Ireland in 1978, SDC has grown into one of the leading trailer manufacturers in Europe. SDC
NYK President Yasumi Kudo said the company plans to double sales from logistics operations in future as global vessel overcapacity
DFDS and Volvo have signed a new agreement for the transport of cargo on three DFDS routes: Gothenburg – Ghent
UK logistics company Torque has announced plans to unveil a fully comprehensive freight forwarding solution at its North West Distribution
The German competition authority, Bundeskartellamt, has approved the deal between Stena Line and Scandlines Deutschland GmbH, which was presented on
Promoting effcient and safe driver behaviour across its fleet Bullet Express, one of the UK’s leading logistics specialists, has invested
Women in Logistics has unveiled its first two annual award winners at a glittering ceremony which also raised £8,000 for
Rhys Davies Freight Logistics has announced the opening of its new 5,100 m2, 7 acre depot in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
SWIP (Scottish Widows Investment Partnership) today announces that its Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) – a specialist owner and