TRANSPORT
Cold chain companies poised to take advantage of market growth
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ewCold Advanced Cold Logistics, which is experiencing a rise in the transport of frozen produce into and out of the UK, predicts that supply chain companies with established European coldstore networks and temperature-controlled fl eets will be well placed to take advantage of a predicted upsurge in volumes.
That is the opinion of NewCold’s country director, Jon Miles, who commented that NewCold UK has noticed a marked increase in the amount of frozen food products being transported from the Continent to the UK and vice-versa. “There is quite a lot of produce moved both ways, but in particular there’s an unbelievable amount of frozen food that comes into the UK from Europe, and particularly Eastern Europe. “We’re now working with major ice-cream company Froneri, bringing produce into the UK
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from their European factories. They are based all over Europe but we are mainly bringing products over from Germany.”
Unlike many other temperature-controlled supply chain operators, NewCold has an established European network of coldstores in place, along with a substantial distribution fl eet to serve UK food producers transporting frozen food products from the Continent to the UK and back again.
NewCold has a network of coldstores in France, Germany and Poland, in addition to its highly automated UK coldstore, based in Wakefi eld, where the company recently took delivery of 36 new Euro V1 Volvo FH tractors as part of a fl eet upgrade to meet increased demand for its services.
Additionally, NewCold has extended its coldstore with 87,500 pallet locations to reach a
total storage capacity of over 143,000 pallets with frozen food produce.
Mr Miles added: “NewCold can help UK customers use our entire European network and our own fl eet to move frozen food product around Europe, which can reduce food miles and lead to a more cost-eff ective operation.” Recent fi gures on the frozen food market underline the strong growth in volumes. A new report by Grand View Research expects the value of the global frozen food market to reach £289.2bn by 2024.
Reasons for this growth have been attributed to changing perceptions of frozen food, according to Brian Young, chief executive of British Frozen Food Federation. Research has helped to prove that frozen food retains more nutrients than fresh food, reduces food bills and reduces food waste in professional and domestic kitchens.
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