Caring and Sharing by the Truckload
Economic and environmental pressures are making major supermarkets and food producers share space on their trucks to save fuel and cut pollution.
Companies including Asda, Unilever, Sainsbury’s and Nestle have found specific geographical opportunities to share truckload deliveries and minimise non-profitable journeys made by empty trucks.
Load sharing is likely to increase and can be embraced at both local and regional levels. A local restaurant, delicatessen, and hotel, for example, could all agree to have their fresh produce delivered at the same time, says Jo Tanner, director of communications at the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
Catering supplier 3663 First for Foodservice is a founding member of the FTA’s Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme, which aims to benchmark and further reduce carbon emissions by suppliers. Under the scheme, participants agree to submit their fuel data to the FTA for analysis, allowing the government to base its carbon reduction policy on hard evidence.
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