Nationwide retailer Morrisons is to launch a new online delivery service for the entire range of grocery products after striking a deal with grocery delivery service Ocado. After a quarter in which Marks and Spencers chose similarly to focus their energies online, the importance of having a fully functional and highly effective warehouse and distribution centre has become truly paramount to these supermarket giants.
Phil Chesworth, Director of Pallet Trucks UK, one of the country’s premier providers of manual handling solutions and pallet trucks for warehouses and distribution centres, says, “More and more of the big suppliers are placing more emphasis on their online operations, which means that their warehouses, their distribution centres and the efficiency of their delivery services are becoming more important. The faster and more efficiently they will be able to carry out their orders, the better respones they will get from the buying public, who will in turn boost their profits by giving them repeat custom.
