Freight and parcel delivery company Tuffnells is promising Marks and Spencer distribution centre workers at Warrington an interview should their jobs be threatened. Marks & Spencer’s announcement that it is to close its Hardwick site in September has affected 450 workers. Chief operating officer of Connect Group PLC, which owns Tuffnells, Jonathan Bunting said: “We…
Bibby Distribution has secured a five-year renewal of its decade-long transport contract with snack maker Tayto. Bibby will continue to make deliveries to customers across the UK from Tayto’s Corby and Scunthorpe warehouses. Tayto renewed its contract with Bibby Distribution due to the 3PL significantly reducing costs and carbon emission in Tayto’s supply chain. Bibby…
Forklift company TCM has obtained two new dealerships with Ace Handling and Lothian Mechanical Handling. Midland’s based forklift supplier Ace Handling will be responsible for the Rugby, Northampton and Coventry sub-region as the official TCM outlet. Lothian Mechanical Handling will serve much of the north of the M8 Scotland region, becoming the TCM dealer for…
Worldwide Fruit is doubling the volume of product it distributes through Fowler Welch. This includes increases in services distributing fruit from the Spalding and Teynham depots, and Worldwide Fruit’s pack houses in Kent. Worldwide Fruit saw a growth within its avocado and stone fruit business operating across high street retailers and so “it was a…
Whistl Doordrop Media has launched a digital platform aimed at SME’s called Leafletdrop. This allows SME business owners can launch local doordrop campaigns. It is a self-service that is low-cost, allowing customers to create and launch local marketing campaigns from their own desktops. Leafletdrop has access to over 27 million UK households so businesses can…
Sainsbury’s and Asda, which are planning to merge, have both seen their market shares fall this year, figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal. In the 12 weeks to 12th April, Sainsbury’s share was 15.9 per cent – down from 16.2 per cent a year ago. Asda saw its share fall from 15.6 per cent to 15.5…
The plan to merge Sainsbury’s and Asda promises radical change to the grocery supply chain landscape. Malory Davies, Editor. There is no doubt that this is a defensive move in response to the increasingly tough market conditions with the increasing penetration of the discounters and the growing threat from online retailers such as Amazon, which…
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