Wagg’s tale of dog food logistics
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Wagg Foods, a family owned pet food manufacturer, is adding to its green credentials by reducing transport miles, adding to its keen advocacy of sourcing ingredients locally and using state-of-the-art production, handling processes and equipment to increase efficiency.
Thirsk, North Yorkshire-based Wagg is the UK's largest independent supplier of quality dry dog food and has been manufacturing nutritious foods and treats for domestic pets and small animals, which are sold in leading supermarkets and independent retailers across the UK, for more than 25 years.
Looking at how it could reduce transport miles across its supply chain and overcome the effects of an unreliable pallet delivery service into its site, which caused ongoing problems in production areas, Wagg has switched to a flexible one-way trip pallet solution from IPP Logipal.
IPP Logipal's pallets, which are suited to Wagg's automated palletising processes, are used to deliver a range of pet food products to customers across the country. The service also supports the company's commercial activities in Europe. Overall well in excess of 100,000 pallets trips are made a year.
Once utilised, pallet collections are arranged by IPP Logipal, with inspections then carried out against strict quality criteria, ensuring Wagg Foods receives consistently high-quality pallets.
Wagg manager Andy Carver said that previously time and labour costs had been wasted on sorting out damaged pallets and chasing deliveries. Now the quality of pallets was far superior and the one way trip system much easier to administer, making the operation much more efficient.
