The Co-operative Group has set out plans for a new regional distribution centre in the North Midlands, which will complete the overhaul of its food logistics network following its acquisition of Somerfield in 2009
Charles Wilson, chief executive, Booker Group is to be the next pr president of the Institute of Grocery Distribution taking over from Justin King, chief executive of Sainsbury’s
A group of food retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and foodservice operators have signed up to a plan to cut 75,000 tonnes of waste from their supply chains by the end of 2012
Asda has hired Simon King as its new chief operating officer with responsibility for all of retail; supply chain, including distribution; customer service and internal communications
Waitrose has appointed Ian Mumby head of supply chain development and support
The Insitute of Grocery Distribution has published a guide about water in grocery supply chains
Six of the UK’s leading food service companies have signed up to a scheme to improve the quality of information in the supply chain
DairyCo the dairy farmers organisation, has called for monitoring of farm gate prices in its latest Dairy Supply Chain Margins report, which reveals that while retail margins have risen, margins for producers have fallen
Grocery retailers could save £200 million a year by using Electronic Data Interchange for despatch, a report from GS1 UK claims
John Saxby, UK supply chain director for Danone Waters, will be revealing how the dairy food and water producer achieved global supply chain change at Customer Driven Supply Chain 2010.
Italian wine producer Zonin has signed a contract with London City Bond to store and distribute wine at its Tilbury depot.
Nearly two thirds of managers in food and drink companies are looking to generate supply chain cost efficiencies in the next year, according to a study by Culina Logistics.
The new supply chain director of Waitrose is to be David Jones, who is currently the divisional registrar at parent group John Lewis
Wine and spirits logistics supplier JF Hillebrand has acquired Bulgarian beverage logistics specialist Bora Shipping.
Luxury spirits company William Grant & Sons has chosen Kewill for a three-year contract to deliver global export documentation.
Vanderlande Industries has completed development and implementation of its automated case picker, which forms the heart of the company’s new automated case picking system
Food ingredient specialist Givaudan Nederland has extended its contract with TDG in a long-term business deal.
Drinks manufacturer Halewood International has signed a contract with PD Logistics, part of the PD Ports Group, to handle all imports of Tsingtao Beer from China
UK shoppers will spend £7.2 billion on food and grocery shopping online by 2014 – nearly double the figure for 2009, according to new research from international grocery analysts IGD.
The Hovis Division of Premier Foods is targeting improved customer service and reduced waste following a transformation of its supply chain
Tesco plans to open a second Dot Com Only Store (DCOS) at Greenford next year following the success of the first site at Aylesford in Kent
Sainsbury’s has signed a five year deal with IBM to transform its supply chain network.
Fresh fish processor SeaChill has implemented a third Visidot application from ImageID, to help it comply with Tesco’s new retail chain requirements.
International Beverage is set to implement Chelford SAP Solutions’ SAP business platform across seven international sites, serving 250 employees, in a deal worth £500,000.
Pastacorp has introduced CHEP’s Total Equipment Management facility and signed a contract with for some 240,000 pallet movements a year at its manufacturing plant in Chiry Ourscamps, L’Oise, Northern France.
Metro Group is using AD-222 RFID inlays for a meat tracking pilot program at Metro Group's Future Store in Toenisvorst, Germany.
Automated materials handling systems company, Daifuku, has won three new projects in Europe. ‘We have anticipated and responded to an increased demand for the storage of materials of a standardised footprint; providing our clients with enhanced storage de
Grocery sector trade and industry body, ECR Europe, is launching its Jointly Agreed Growth (JAG) initiative at its annual Forum in Berlin on May 27-29, the aim being to offer a consumer and shopper-centric, structured approach for stimulating consumer dem
PD Ports and Tesco have announced plans to bring 800 new jobs to Teesside, through the development of a state-of-the-art import centre.
Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has secured a new contract to manage the distribution of food on behalf of Whitbread plc, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group.
The number of UK consumers concerned about food miles has nearly doubled in the last five years, according to the latest research from the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).
Fortnum & Mason, the 300 year old world famous London department store, has outsourced its logistics to multi-channel specialist, iForce. Providing an outsourced logistics operation to replenish the store’s grocery products and hampers is just one aspect
J Sainsbury plc has selected Eqos 4.0 to support their private label programme. Eqos' PLM (product lifecycle management), sourcing and supplier management solution will enable Sainsbury’s to scale its international sourcing operations for private label ge
The Weetabix Food Company, the breakfast cereal producer, will standardise its distribution operations on Manhattan Associates' global supply chain platform. The solution will be deployed initially at the company's Burton Latimer and Corby sites in the UK
The €3.4bn UK online grocery market will more than double over the next five years to reach €7bn in 2012, suggesting it is finally about to deliver on its potential to become an important part of the UK grocery market, according to the latest research by
Almost as though, spookily, he had been in the room, UK Environment Secretary David Miliband picked up on a theme of the ‘Supply Chain Standard’ round table on global sourcing (see page 18) in a speech to the National Farmers Union in February.
