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HomeNewsThe Co-operative plans to close Huntingdon DC, relocating Wincanton operations

The Co-operative plans to close Huntingdon DC, relocating Wincanton operations

March 21, 2014 Ashleigh Wight


 

The Co-operative Group plans to close its Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, distribution centre later this year in a bid to improve efficiency and make its transport activities more cost-effective. Work carried out by the DC, which the supermarket hopes to close by the end of the summer, will be transferred to its depots in Andover, Thurrock and Castlewood, Derbyshire. A spokesman for The Co-operative Food said the primarily own-account operator runs around 50 vehicles from the site. It  does occasionally use third-party […]




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