Dairy Crest's Alex Grieves (left) and Fowler Welch's John Kerrigan welcomed the new partnership.
Fowler Welch and Dairy Crest have officially commenced a ten-year, multi-million pound strategic partnership for storage and logistics at the dairy company’s national distribution centre in Warwickshire.
The partnership involves Fowler Welch taking over transport operations at the site in Nuneaton, which is equipped with automated putaway and retrieval systems and, with 12,000 pallet locations, has capacity for a throughput of 70 million cases per year.
The supply chain specialist is also working with Dairy Crest to maximise the capacity of the facility as a strategic chilled foods storage and distribution centre for manufacturers and retailers throughout the Midlands. In addition, part of the distribution centre will continue to be used for Dairy Crest’s Cathedral City and Country Life brands.
Commenting on the link-up, Fowler Welch managing director Nick Hay said: “We have worked with Dairy Crest to develop a unique solution that will allow both companies to maximise the value of the site. It is a clear demonstration of our philosophy of listening, responding and delivering.
“This is a major milestone for us as we will have achieved our strategic goal of having a logistics platform in the Midlands, offering manufacturers and growers national reach to all retailers on a shared-user basis.”
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