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Large firms share trucks to cut miles
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By Davici Harris NEARLY 40 OF THE UK's biggest supermarkets and food producers have agreed to share space on delivery trucks in an effort to save fuel and cut pollution. The project is being co-ordinated by the IGD (formerly the Institute of Grocery Distribution) and is being backed by 37 companies, including the supermarkets Tesco, Asda, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. Food and drink manufacturers involved include Coca-Cola, Kellogg's, Nestle, Unilever and United Biscuits, It is hoped that the sharing of vehicles and more efficient warehousing could result in 48 million fewer miles driven by the end of 2008, equivalent to taking 800 trucks off the roads and saving 23 million litres of diesel each year.
A pilot scheme has already been a success, says the IGD. The organisation's president and Nestle chief executive Alastair Sykes says: `In a highly competitive industry, getting 37 companies to work together in this way is very innovative, and the results so far are impressive, with more than 16 million miles saved in the pilot alone."
Among the truck-sharing schemes already in place is one in which Unilever and Tesco work together to share transport between Unilever's Doncaster distribution centre and Tesco's distribution centre. Previously, health and beauty products including Dove, Lynx and Sure, were delivered directly by Unilever to Tesco but now returning Tesco trucks pass through Doncaster and pick up products for delivery to Gode.