Lidl UK signs 5-Year Agreement with IFCO
May 23 2017 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Leading discount retailer selects IFCO trays for meat, poultry,
and seafood shipments
IFCO, the leading global provider of reusable packaging
solutions for fresh foods, is pleased to announce they have signed
an agreement with Lidl UK for the supply of IFCO’s nesting trays
for the shipment of Lidl’s fresh meat, poultry, and packaged
seafood. Under the agreement, IFCO will supply Lidl with circa 16
million trays in the first year and increase the number of trays
supplied steadily each year thereafter.
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IFCO’s standard footprint, nestable Bale
Arm tray. (Photo: IFCO)
„At Lidl we continuously seek opportunities to improve our
supply chain and have determined using a large, open pool of trays
for all of our meat and poultry lines would drive benefits both
internally and to our suppliers,” said Matthew Wallis, Lidl
Logistics Manager, „After a rigorous tender process, we selected
IFCO because of their demonstrated speed and scalability to support
our growth.” Lidl and IFCO worked closely together to ensure a
smooth and rapid transition to IFCO trays, successfully
implementing the program just 10 weeks after the first tender
discussion.
„IFCO is delighted to offer our scale and solutions to support
leading grocery retailers like Lidl,” said Wolfgang Orgeldinger,
Chief Executive Officer of IFCO. He continued, „By utilizing
pooled, reusable trays for meat, poultry, and seafood, both Lidl
and their suppliers can reap the benefits of a hygienic,
environmentally-friendly, and cost-efficient fresh supply
chain.”
IFCO is the leading global provider of reusable packaging
solutions for fresh foods, serving customers in 50+ countries. IFCO
operates a pool of 270+ million Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs)
globally, which are used for over 1.4 billion shipments of fresh
fruits and vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, bread, and
other items from suppliers to grocery retailers every year. IFCO
RPCs ensure a better fresh food supply chain by protecting
freshness and quality and lowering costs, food waste and
environmental impact compared to single-use packaging. IFCO is a
Brambles Company. www.ifco.com.
Brambles Limited (ASX:BXB) is a supply-chain logistics
company operating primarily through the CHEP and IFCO brands.
Brambles enhances performance for customers by helping them
transport goods through their supply chains more efficiently,
sustainably and safely. The Group's primary activity is the
provision of reusable unit-load equipment such as pallets, crates
and containers for shared use by multiple participants throughout
the supply chain, under a model known as "pooling". Brambles
primarily serves customers in the fast-moving consumer goods (e.g.
dry food, grocery, and health and personal care), fresh produce,
beverage, retail and general manufacturing industries, counting
many of the world's best-known brands among its customers. The
Group also operates specialist container logistics businesses
serving the automotive sectors. Brambles has its headquarters in
Sydney, Australia, but operates in more than 60 countries, with its
largest operations in North America and Western Europe. Brambles
employs more than 14,500 people and owns more than 550 million
pallets, crates and containers through a network of approximately
850 service centres. For further information, please visit
www.brambles.com.
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