TESCO AWARDS TIBBETT & BRITTEN WITH LOGISTICS CONTRACT
Tibbett & Britten Retail Logistics has been awarded a three-year contract, valued at an $86.8 million, to operate Tesco plc's new 46,000-square-meter food distribution center at Thurrock, east of London
The company will also provide secondary distribution to about 100 Tesco stores across the southeastern United Kingdom, ranging from Brighton to Covent Garden to East Anglia.
The new $65.2-million distribution center can store up to 45,000 pallets of food and drink. The fully racked center is equipped with 64 loading/unloading bays and contains two miles of aisles.