‘Fire and rehire’ row at coffee giant escalates to leave DHL deliveries under increasing threat

The ongoing threat of strike action at Royal Mail has encouraged many of its customers to switch to rival carriers, while growth in new contracts has slowed, the firm admitted in its half year results.

Eddie Stobart Limited (ESL) slashed its losses by 77% in 2020 after exiting a number of “unprofitable” contracts, implementing cost cutting measures and applying a new accounting standard.

Eddie Stobart is set to be replaced by DHL Supply Chain at Tesco’s Goole and Doncaster distribution centres (DCs).