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Burtons Biscuits Company, manufacturer of Wagon Wheels, Maryland Cookies and Jammie Dodgers, has announced it is to spend £13.5m in its supply chain to meet growing demand. Continued investment The investment will go into manufacturing technology across all of Burton Biscuit sites and follows £12.5m of investment made last year. Through this investment the manufacturer aims to enhance...

Molson Coors has extended its partnership with the logistics company, Tradeteam, until the middle of 2015. Benchmarking The contract was awarded to Tradeteam following a benchmarking exercise carried out by Molson Coors. Price competitiveness and anticipated customer service levels helped the logistics company beat other companies to the deal. Tradeteam will remain as the Brewer’s ex...

Mondelez International has signed a three-year contract with CHEP for managed pooled pallets across western, central and eastern Europe. Seven million pallets This contract marks the continuation of the relationship between Mondelez International and CHEP. The deal will see Mondelez International’s products arrive at more than 100,000 European customer locations on CHEP pallets – an operati...

Unilever has announced that it now sources 36% of its raw materials sustainably. This exceeds the 30% interim target set by the manufacturer in its sustainable living plan. Another step for the sustainable living plan Unilever’s overall aim is to source all of its raw materials sustainable by 2020. This interim announcement comes ahead of its sustainable living plan progress report due fo...

Diageo appoints Joy Rice as regional supply chain support director for Asia Pacific, following Paul Gallagher’s move to North America, according to press reports. Driving Diageo’s regional strategy Joy Rice moves on from her position, within Diageo, as supply chain director for Russia and Eastern Europe. Rice will be responsible for leading the company’s supply chain strategy in the regio...

Logistics company, Culina, has announced its intention to open a new distribution centre (DC) in Bristol, UK. Increased capacity in south-west England Following recent contract extensions and business wins, Culina has announced it is to build a new 19,500m2 DC in Cabot Park, Bristol. This new facility will replace the current one in the area and will become the largest shared user chilled wa...

Netherlands based packaging supplier, Schoeller Allibert, is launching a new tray which integrates with the nesting trays used in the UK, according to press reports. Increased efficiency The new interfold trays have been designed to transport and product fresh produce from Europe while integrating with the UK standard for nesting trays. These trays can carry up to 15kg and stack 12 high. ...

Auchan Italy is renewing its contract with pallet pooling company, CHEP Italy, according to press reports. Reusing supplier pallets The partnership between Auchan and CHEP Italy has grown over recent years and now extends across all of Auchan’s distribution operation in Italy. Under this latest agreement the retailer will reuse pallets it receives from its suppliers which will help manage its...

ECR Europe received 21 submissions from 13 countries for the new ‘best activation’ award which recognises supply chain collaboration. From the entries, five were selected to contest the final at the ECR conference on 14 May 2013. ECR Award The ‘Best Activation’ award has been designed to recognise the very best implementations of collaborative business practises within Europe. Nominations wer...

Carrefour is demonstrating its core market focus as it builds a new distribution centre (DC) in Berre L'Etang, near Marseille, according to press reports. Phased delivery Australian property developer, Goodman, is constructing a 32,000m2 DC on 74,000m2 of land on behalf of Carrefour. It will include 500 m2 of office space and this first phase is scheduled to be complete by summer 2013...