Whitbread opens warehouse in Germany

Posted on Wednesday 17 March 2021

The hospitality group said the new facility is delivering benefits to its business with key products not being delayed on motorways and ports.

Whitbread has opened its first warehouse in Haiger, Germany as part of a long-term solution to support Premier Inn’s growth plans.

This set up provides Whitbread with centralised storage and quicker deliveries to hotels when required and reduces delivery costs by optimising deliveries to multiple locations.

Once the post-Brexit environment has been navigated, the focus will remain on delivering a service for acquisitions and new-builds, while also developing a more strategic warehousing solution that opens up multiple supply routes.

Whitbread has a Force for Good commitment to reduce their carbon emissions by 50% by 2025, with the delivery optimisation from this project contributing to this.

It will also reduce transport emissions by consolidating suppliers’ orders into one delivery to the warehouse and consolidating multiple suppliers’ goods into one delivery to the hotels.

Whitbread’s next focus is on building the back office financial and tax processes to support the next phases of the project which will see the implementation of key lines of replenishment stock and the capability to accept inbound deliveries from internationally sourced products.

Published By

Western Business Media,
Dorset House, 64 High Street,
East Grinstead, RH19 3DE

01342 314 300
admin@westernbusiness.media

Contact us

Simon Duddy - Editor
01342 333 711
sduddy@westernbusiness.media

Liza Helps - Property Editor
07540 624 360
lhelps@westernbusiness.media

Louise Carter - Editorial Support
01342 333 735
lcarter@westernbusiness.media

Neill Wightman - Sales Manager
07818 574 304
nwightman@westernbusiness.media

Sharon Miller - Production
01342 333 741
smiller@westernbusiness.media

Logistics Matters