Domino’s Pizza Group has taken on new temperature-controlled vehicles from Dawsongroup truck and trailer as part of its ambitions to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
The new fleet includes eight 7.2-tonne Iveco Daily chassis with bespoke Paneltex bodies, 38 18-tonne DAF XB chassis with Paneltex bodies, six DAF XD 4x2 tractor units with chassis mounted Carrier Ecodrives and six Gray & Adams urban fridge trailers with Carrier TRS undermount fridge units.
Leon Roche, Domino’s transport network optimisation manager, said: “We are working towards a low carbon fleet for deliveries from supply chain centres (SCC) to stores by increasing our use of electric vehicles.
“Over 80% of our Scope 1 emissions relate to our SCC fleet, so transitioning will reduce reliance on diesel and significantly lower Scope 1 emissions.
“We now have two electric refrigerated delivery vehicles in the fleet and are committed to having electric refrigeration units on all our distribution vehicles by 2028, supporting the reduction of our CO2 emissions.”
James Gysin, contracts director at Dawsongroup truck and trailer, said Domino’s had been at the forefront of UK non-diesel refrigeration uptake for several years: “These new vehicles all have Carrier non diesel fridges and the tractor units have Ecodrives fitted,” he explained.
“Ecodrive offers operators huge potential to electrify a diesel fridge trailer fleet, simply by switching to tractor units equipped with generator systems that run trailer fridge engines electrically.
“The benefits of this system are often overlooked though and penetration into the UK tractor unit fleet has been slow, with only the most innovative and committed businesses such as Domino’s and ourselves prepared to invest.”
