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Lowfield deals named
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• Lowfield Distribution has won its first post-buyout dedicated distribution deals with food group Princes Buitoni of Liverpool, and disposable nappy manufacturer Swaddlers of Newcastle. The contracts are likely to involve five million cases per year.
Managing director John Toyne led a 210.74 million management buyout from Hanson before Christmas. He said then that two contracts would be announced early in the year (CM 22 Decerner 1988).
Princes Buitoni, which was part of the Nestle group until last year and is soon expected to have a new owner, says final details on the deal are still being negotiated.
Swaddlers is adamant that "no official contract has yet been signed", and will not corn ment on possible changes to its existing distribution network which uses local subcontracted haulage firms. It manages the operation in-house.
Lowfield already runs national distribution and storage contracts for Sainsbury, Waitrose. Tesco, HP Foods and Beecham. Its turnover is 130 million and it employs 1,300 staff at 14 depots.
Toyne said at the buyout that the split from the AngloAmerican Hanson group would help Lowfield's business and he was confident about the future. He said then there were no plans to expand in Europe. E Lowfield has made two appointments. Martin Graham becomes operations director. He was one of the sevenstrong buyout team which also included technical director Fergus Smith; Alan Evans, thenoperations manager; Keith Warren, Middleton depot manager; service manager Sue Elston and operations manager Andrew Maltby.
Alan Hearn is regional operations manager, south.