Supply Chain

Race is on for Celsius assets

29-Mar-2006 By Elaine Watson

The race is on to sell the remaining assets of cold storage and distribution firm Celsius First after Yearsley Group snapped up depots in Glasgow,...

3PLs cash in on customisation co-packing opportunities

01-Mar-2006 By Elaine Watson

Wincanton is scouting around for a site suitable for a new dedicated co-packing operation in a bid to cash in on growing demands from retailers for...

Dairy Farmers plan for cheesy perfection

01-Mar-2006

Dairy Farmers of Britain is installing new planning systems at its Llandyrnog cheese plant in North Wales in a bid to boost service levels, drive...

Somerfield on PCC prowl

01-Mar-2006

As I explained last month, Somerfield is desperate to reduce its supply chain costs.Its chosen approach is to build PCCs (pre-consolidation centres)....

Baylis rides the Mexican wave

07-Feb-2006

Grocery logistics specialist Baylis Distribution has struck a three-year renewal contract with tex-mex giant Discovery Foods to provide a nationwide...

Foodservice giants bury hatchets on frozen logistics

01-Feb-2006 By Elaine Watson

The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) is driving forward its initiative to tackle inefficiencies in the frozen foodservice supply chain by...

Suppliers foot the bill - again

01-Feb-2006

I hear that Somerfield is aiming to increase its suppliers' cost to serve. The retailer's proposition allegedly consists of a target to cut stocks,...

Rejected pallets lead to one-way trip

12-Jan-2006

Ambient grocery logistics consolidator Boughey Distribution has signed a 12 month contract with one-way trip pallet pool provider LPR following a...

IT failures continue to pose the biggest risk for firms

12-Jan-2006 By Rick Pendrous

Customer and service related issues - such as a temporary loss of sales and a reduction of service levels - are the biggest concerns facing those...

Five rules to decide whether to store externally

12-Jan-2006

From time to time food manufacturers run out of warehouse space and are faced with the dilemma of either using outside storage or moving to a bigger,...

Shrink problem that refuses to go away

05-Dec-2005

Fixing process failures in the supply chain instead of trying to stop shoplifting is the only way to get to grips with shrinkage, experts have...

Asda flow logistics drive could push costs upstream

05-Dec-2005 By Elaine Watson

A new initiative from Asda to reduce store backroom stock of its top 1,000 ambient lines could increase supplier costs, manufacturers have...

Go with the flow, says Asda

05-Dec-2005

We thought until earlier this month that retail-ready packaging was the main current, retailer-led change initiative.However, in October Asda...

Avoid the dangers of supply chain silos

04-Nov-2005

The growth of 'supply chain' divisions as discrete departments within food businesses has not necessarily been a positive move, according to Asda's...

Shared user sites the way forward for UK, says Nestlé

04-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson

While UK food retailers are world leaders in the field of supply chain management, the logistics infrastructure of much of the manufacturing base is...