Pilot " One-Drop " Distribution Scheme
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APILOT distribution scheme ha S been launched in Scotland by S.G.F. (Trading), Ltd., a co-operative group buying and merchandising company, representing 1,200 independent grocers who are members of the Scottish Grocers
• Federation with 140 manufacturing suppliers.
The transport of goods to 1,200 grocers scattered throughout Scotland represents a problem for many manufacturers who would willingly join this scheme but whose transport arrangements are unequal to the task. Consequently, the pilot scheme aims at serving a large number of
retailers by providing one drop at a selected point in each area of sales. The distribution from that agreed drop point would then become a matter of localized service by hired transport. Initially, the cost per case of individual deliveries will be high but, with increasing support, the terms will be reconsidered and the area extended. In this way a manufacturer who Would not normally consider drops at a dozen or a hundred points can conveniently drop at one point or two points within the area and gradually extend his transport system as local consumption is built up.