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NCCS wins El million-a-year Sodastream fizzy call

23rd May 1987, Page 14
23rd May 1987
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Page 14, 23rd May 1987 — NCCS wins El million-a-year Sodastream fizzy call
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• NCCS is in an effervescent mood this week with the announcement of a new £1 million-a-year warehousing and distribution contract with Sodastream, maker of the home fizzy drinks kit.

The deal follows several years in which NCCS has shared the contract with a number of other distribution companies.

Sodastream's parent company Cadbury Schweppes expects to make operational savings of around £100,000-a-year by using NCCS alone on the Sodastream contract.

Under the terms of the contract, NCCS will operate a 3,250m2 warehouse in

Peterborough where a staff of ten will organise order picking, delivery to retail outlets, and the collection of empty gas cylinders for refilling by Sodastream staff at Peterborough.

Nine 13-tonne Volvo rigds livened in Sodastream colours are currently used on the contract; the NCCS is planning to add three 7.5-tonne rigids and two 32-tonne articulated vehicles (probably Leylands) this August.

A total of 13 drivers are currently on the Sodastream work.

NCCS spokesman Rob King says Cadbury Schweppes is likely to make savings of around £400,000 on its Sodastream distribution system this year. Around £300,000 of the saving comes from the closure of four regional distribution points used to distribute Sodastream products on a regional basis. NCCS is now undertaking the distribution on a centralised basis and this will provide Cadbury Schweppes with a further saving of £100,000 a year.

0 National Carriers Contract Services has added a new warehousing deal to the current distribution contract it holds with British Pepper and Spice bringing the total value of the business up to £250,000.

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