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FRESH FISH SERVICE SUCCESSFUL THE daily delivery service by British
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Road Services Ltd. of fish landed at Grimsby has now been operating for just under a year. At a joint discussion between members of the Grimsby Fish Merchants' Association executive and BRS district and branch managers, held at Grimsby last week, an opportunity was taken to review the experience gained so far.
One outstanding feature of the Conference (said BRS this week) was the degree of unanimity between the two organizations on the way the service is being run and the very close personal relationships which have been achieved in such a relatively short period of time.
The success of the scheme is undoubted, and the major part of the discussion centred around ways and means of improving further the service to the consignee. One aspect over which both the GFMA and BRS expressed concern was the safe reception of fish at the ultimate delivery point—contact is to be made with individual consignees where problems have arisen.
Currently some 800/900 tons per week of fresh fish is being distributed through 25 roadheads and 105 distribution points covering the whole of England and Wales. Fish landed at Grimsby in the early morning is loaded after sale, the first vehicles leaving the dock at 11.30 a.m., local deliveries being achieved by the early afternoon. The last vehicle leaves at 6.30 p.m., and delivery to even the remotest parts takes place before 9 a.m. the following morning.
The GFMA chairman. Mr. G. Coulheck, said that he felt that regular joint discussions were an essential feature if the high standard of service achieved so far is to be maintained.