articleThe fallout from the KFC logistics crisis
HSS rounds up comment on KFC’s delivery crisis and the implications for its principal logistics partner, DHL.
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productPotato supplier saves carbon
CO2 emissions reduced by almost 500,000kg per year compared with white wood pallets.
productCrown wins iF Design Award 2018
Crown has earned the prestigious iF Design Award for the WP 3010 compact pallet truck.
productSolution promises to speed up lorry loading
The beverage industry is a typical application where empties and full bottles, cans, drums, crates, packing material, and pallets, are handled in multiple logistic flows.
productFood industry storage and packing specialist installs nine blast freezers
Blue Cube Portable Cold Stores installed three blast freezers at Rick Bestwick’s Warrington and Scunthorpe facilities.
articleMarks and Spencer selects Zetes to boost visibility
M&S will deploy Zetes’ supply chain visibility platform, ZetesOlympus, selected Zetes to help manage its fresh food supply chain. Part of this will involve facilitating greater collaboration between M&S and its food suppliers.
articleOcado reveals near zero food waste level
Online supermarket Ocado has published its food waste figures, revealing a figure of 0.02%, or 1 in 6,000 food items wasted.
newsFrozen foods producer renews supply chain contract
XPO Logistics has renewed its longstanding supply chain support of Daloon Foods, part of the Izico Food Group.
articleInnovative logistics needed for intense grocery eCommerce market
The grocery eCommerce market is well on course to reach current predictions of between £18-20bn in 2020 – a remarkable story of growth and supply chain capability given the intense and unique requirements that selling food in multiple temperature ranges presents.
articleRetailer invests in Witron’s OPM technology
The Canadian grocer Metro implemented the picking technology in a -28 deg C warehouse.
articleEfficiency at your fingertips
Typically, order picking applications would not be the first thing you would associate with health and safety risk, but order picking is a labour-intensive process.
productRefrigeration innovation
Food company chooses new generation blast freezer units to double frozen and chilled capacity while reducing running costs.
productDoing much more with less
A conveyor-based loading system from Joloda has allowed a drinks firm to downsize its commercial fleet from eight standard trailers to two purpose-built curtainsiders.
articleHow long do temporary buildings last?
If you’re wrestling with the costs to build a new industrial building, and don’t think a temporary building will stand the test of time – consider the example of a building constructed for Bernard Matthews, says Aganto.
productAutomated conveying of finished goods
Kolak Snack Foods is one of the leading UK crisp and snack producers employing more than 800 people with a turnover of c. £100 million.
articleNew port warehouse on way
The UK’s largest importer of cocoa and coffee beans is to build a major new warehouse at the Port of Liverpool to accommodate growing demand from food and drink manufacturers.
productDrums for ceiling-mounted conveyors
A leading producer of cranberries contacted Rulmeca to test and review a possible application for the use of motorised drums in their ceiling-mounted conveyors handling the fruit.
productCompact and powerful forklifts
Clark has redesigned the robust CGC series LPG forklift, which is said to be particularly well-suited for lifting heavy loads in confined spaces.
productDoubling volumes
Food supply chain expert Fowler Welch has won additional business from long-standing customer Worldwide Fruit, doubling the volume of product stored and distributed via its national network.
productConveyors for chilled and deep-freeze areas
Conveying, sorting and storing packaged food and beverage are crucial processes and Interroll offers a wide range of solutions, even for deep freeze logistics.
