Accurate temperature control
Following Pedigree Wholesale’s agreement to distribute Nature’s Menu (Europe’s largest range of natural and raw pet foods) to the independent pet trade, to ensure accurate temperature control of the products, Pedigree’s operations manager, Darren Willetts, decided to use Olivo chest type containers mounted on feet to fit in with palletised operations.
Three core trends impacting UK supply chain skills in 2014
The British economy is bouncing back. In January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised upwards its projections for UK GDP to 2.4% growth this year, retail sales in December were reported by the Office for National Statistics to be up 5.3% on a year ago, and the CBI’s quarterly Industrial Trends Survey for the three months to January 2014 showed growth in new manufacturing orders was the strongest since April 2011. With encouraging signs of a resurgence in Britain’s economic activity, wh
Containers key link in the cold chain
At the beginning of last year, Singapore-based supermarket Sheng Siong was looking for a safe and reliable way to distribute temperature sensitive products to its stores.