Culina Group company CML has invested £2m in a new Chilled Consolidation Centre in Lutterworth to meet growth in the Aldi and Lidl supermarket businesses.

The new Leicestershire facility builds on its existing single-site warehouse in Telford and will create 140 jobs across warehousing, HGV driving and administration functions.

The move has already secured new customers, all of which supply the retail discounters with chilled food and drink products.

“Aldi and Lidl now jointly represent around 17.8% of the total food and drink retail market in the UK, which is up from 13.6% just five years ago,” explained Culina Group chilled division chief executive Steve Winwood. “The new CML Chilled Consolidation Centre in Lutterworth has increased our capacity by over 40%.”

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