Coop Sweden launches new logistics terminal in Luleå
Coop Sweden has inaugurated one new logistics terminal for food in the coastal city of Luleå in Swedish Lapland.
The facility will enable the retailer to offer better service as goods to Coop’s stores in Norrbotten will be taken in and reloaded for transport to stores at the facility.
The new terminal will handle all of Coop’s long-distance goods and serve as a collection point for local food in Norrbotten.
The new logistics terminal is the result of an agreement between Coop Logistik and Kyl- och Frysexpressen Nord, the retailer stated.
Previously, the company’s three central warehouses in Mälardalen transported goods to Coop stores in Norrbotten, via a transhipment terminal in Umeå.
To streamline transport and provide a closer service to the stores in Norrbotten, Coop Logistik chose a new transhipment terminal in Luleå.
Efficient freight transport
For the stores in Norrbotten, the facility will enable more efficient transport for both long-distance and local flows.
The local range can be transported with the central range, which reduces the company’s footprint in the region and benefits customers who place great value on buying locally produced food in Coop’s stores.
It will also benefit local suppliers whose goods will reach all our stores throughout the county.
Örjan Grandin, CEO of Coop Logistik, said “With a transhipment site in Luleå, we get better efficiency in our transports that can go with full load all the way from Mälardalen to Luleå without repackaging.
“At the same time, we will give local producers greater proximity when they can be packed with key goods in Luleå. There will be both time and cost savings with the investment in Luleå. ”
Almost half of the fresh produce sold in the stores in Norrbotten comes from local producers. In addition, goods from Coop’s joint range come from the central warehouses in Mälardalen, the retailer said.
Earlier this year, Coop Sweden announced plans to share the sustainability footprint of food products through a barcode on the product packaging.
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