IGD's Depot Visits provide unique insights into innovative logistics operations to help further your understanding and benchmark your own operations.

Each Depot Visit shows how retailers, manufacturers and logistics service providers in the food & grocery industry are managing their warehouse operations. IGD provides photos and key statistics about each site, a layout plan where possible, and an overview of key working practices and points of difference.

IGD visited the Vroegop-Windig fresh produce warehouse at Bleiswijk in the Netherlands to gain insight into how a leading fresh produce importer, wholesaler and distributor is using a fully automated stock and order picking system for full track and trace capability.

IGD visited Euro Pool System’s depot and washing installation at Bleiswijk in the Netherlands to gain insight into how an automated system works for returnable, plastic trays.

IGD visited the Waitrose composite food warehouse at Aylesford, Kent in the UK to gain insight into how a leading supermarket retailer is managing their in-house distribution operation.

The Northampton Distribution Centre is a new Composite Regional Distribution Centre with strong environmental credientials and forms part of the Sainsbury’s Logistics strategy for supporting the “Making Sainsbury’s Great Again" programme.

The DIRFT facility is managed by The Malcolm Group. The rail terminals at Daventry (Crick) and Grangemouth in Scotland aim to provide strategic access to the nationwide freight network and efficient interchanges with road transport links.

Daventry 1 is a National Distribution Centre for Tesco clothing and home textiles, and also uses the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) to move deliveries up to the Tesco distribution centre at Livingston in Scotland via the Grangemouth Rail Terminal near Glasgow.

The ASC at Lutterworth is one of eight reverse logistics centres in the ASDA network. The Lutterworth hub also houses the national returns centre for electrical goods and some non-electrical lines. As such, this site is a flagship depot in the ASC network.