Whitbread Awards New Food Logistics Contract to Kuehne + Nagel

Logistics Asia - Industry News, 14/4/2008

Global logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has successfully secured a new contract to manage the distribution of food on behalf of Whitbread plc, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group.

Whitbread, which manages the number one brands in hotels, restaurants and coffee shops, including Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater, and Costa has taken the decision to fully outsource its food logistics activities to Kuehne + Nagel in a new agreement which was confirmed today.

Under the terms of the five-year contract, Kuehne + Nagel will undertake delivery of chilled and ambient products to over 700 Costa Coffee outlets seven days per week, and delivery of frozen, chilled and ambient products to almost 600 Brewers Fayre, Beefeater and Premier Inn restaurants nationwide. In addition, Kuehne + Nagel will operate a customer call centre on behalf of Whitbread and manage the ordering of products from designated suppliers. The operation, which is expected to handle over 20 million cases per annum, will be based at a new national distribution centre in Wellingborough, supported by outbases in Trafford Park, Cullompton, Harlesden, Dagenham and Livingston in Scotland. The respective Whitbread employees will transfer to Kuehne + Nagel under TUPE.

Kuehne + Nagel, www.kuehne-nagel.com