Linfox is celebrating a partnership with Coles which started more than 60 years ago and has expanded further since.
Linfox, according to the company, has supported Coles’ growth from almost the beginning – through a supply chain partnership which began in the 1960s, around the time when Coles opened Australia’s first freestanding supermarket.
Overtime, the partnership has thrived alongside the growth of Coles which now houses an extensive national footprint of around 1,800 supermarkets and liquor stores.
“The Linfox and Coles partnership continues to grow stronger,” said Linfox General Manager Coles, Tim Trewin.
“Linfox has invested significantly in fleet, security, people and infrastructure.
“With an additional 80 prime movers, almost 350 trailers and more than 500 team members, we are well-equipped to uphold our high level of service and safety for Coles.”
As of July this year, Linfox was also awarded the management of Coles’ secondary transport services out of four distribution centres (DCs) in Victoria and two in Queensland, including the new automated DC in Redbank.
The arrangement sees Linfox manage Coles’ secondary freight along the east coast, streamlining operations and increasing efficiencies across the network.
“The strength of our relationship is built on our commitment to supporting Coles in meeting its customers’ expectations of value, quality, convenience, and great service,” said Linfox President Retail, Simon Livingstone.
“Coles also continues to entrust Linfox with the management of Coles’ Truganina Regional DC and Somerton National DC in Victoria.
“These significant ambient operations jointly employ more than 1,500 people, who manage approximately 18,000 stock keeping units.”
To celebrate the successful commencement of the secondary transport operations across Coles’ four Victorian sites, Linfox founder, Lindsay Fox, recently visited the Coles Truganina team with Linfox ANZ CEO, Mark Mazurek, Livingstone and NSW team members as well.
“Since 1963, Coles has been judging Linfox by its actions,” Fox said.
“We’ve grown together and shared in each other’s success.”
Earlier this year, Linfox deployed more than 250 new semi-trailers from Krueger as part of a massive order with the trailer builder supported by Schmitz Cargobull in Germany.
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