NFT, is the UK’s leading provider of chilled logistics and has just announced that its £16m investment strategy for its flagship Daventry depot is complete. The Daventry facility is a pioneering depot in terms of its ability to handle deep chill in addition to chilled and ambient. There is no other known, comparable multi-temperature site in the UK.
The final phase of work officially concluded this week, with a £2m depot expansion, which has added a new 120,000 ft sq chill store to the site. “It’s great to have the extension completed on schedule and this development heralds a great time for NFT in terms of our business development activity”, said Dale Fiddy, NFT’s Sales & Marketing Director.
This extension takes NFT Daventry’s capacity to 20,000 pallets within 200,000 sq ft, equating to space for – on average – 40million stock-keeping units (SKU’s) of typical retail pre-packed chilled products. An average of 20 million products go through the Daventry facility per week.
NFT delivers over 120,000 pallets of chilled food each week, traveling to almost every major UK retailer every day. NFT has over 1,600 employees, and runs more than 370 articulated vehicles, covering over 1.4 million kilometers every week.
Since opening in late 2008, the depot has attracted 16 major brands in the industry and NFT’s success in securing new business and growing existing contracts was the main reason behind the need for the expansion, which was commissioned almost immediately after opening, in November 2008.
A cornerstone of NFT’s attraction is its specialist deep chill (at -1°C) facility, which is located in a separate chamber within the facility to maximise picking and transport efficiencies. Dale Fiddy commented, “We pride ourselves on being a full service logistics provider and our investment into the Daventry depot is an excellent showcase of all that we can offer; merging state-of-the-art technology and added-value services with unrivalled knowledge, expertise and infrastructure.”
For further information about logistics in Daventry, contact Jane Holland, at Daventry District Council, on +44 (0)1327 871 100.
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