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The Peterborough leg of the MacLeod World Tour was the inaugural staging of the Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution show. Please forgive me if you think I’ve been banging on a little too much recently about this event, but those of you who either exhibited at or attended the show will appreciate the significance of this sector to the UK economy.
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I always like to throw big numbers around, but on this one rare occasion I won’t bore you with another editorial comment beefed out with figures rather than words. Having said that, to hear that the frozen food industry is worth £7.5bn to the UK economy made my ears prick up. That’s a lot of fish fingers to store and move. On the subject of seafood, I’m still grappling with the pair of facts that came at me from the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) – 80% of the fish caught in the UK is exported; 60% of fish consumed in the UK is imported. When you’ve finished wrestling with that, consider the fact that this extensive movement of dead fish is very good news for the logistics industry. That’s why the show was important, and that’s why the frozen and chilled sector is the one I am currently in love with.
Without wishing to jump the gun on the China trip – by the way, guys, I’m leaving tomorrow and I haven’t even thought about packing – this represents for me a terrific opportunity to visit the region that is becoming ever more significant to our industry.
There is much misinformation bouncing around about the standards that exist in Chinese manufacturing plants, and much of this can be put down to either prejudice or protecting vested interests. Up until this point, I have sat on the fence, merely passing on the opinions without being in a position to comment on them. Whilst I’m sure my brief visit will not make me an authority on all things Chinese, I jolly well hope my knowledge will be enhanced enough to proffer a valid opinion the next time the subject comes up.
’m writing this feeling somewhat in state of limbo. I have just left an event at Peterborough and am just about to set off for one in China. This unlikely alliance between the East and the Far East is yet another aspect of our industry that continues to excite and interest me, with its global reach and the challenges and implications thereof.
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Peter MacLeod Editor
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