Pictured: At Oakland's Midlands depot in Redditch,
Mark Caffrey, joint MD Oakland International Ireland, Jerry
O'Flaherty, Supply Chain Analyst Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland,
Dean Attwell, joint MD Oakland International Ireland, Steve Young,
Logistics Manager for Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland and Richard
Hill, General Manager Oakland International Ireland
Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland and Musgrave Retail Partners GB
are pulling together in a collaborative project involving Oakland
International to offer Irish food producers a competitive supply
chain solution to service Musgrave's UK retail estate.
The scheme, developed between Oakland International and Steve
Young, Logistics Manager for Musgrave Ireland, has enabled many
Irish producers not currently exporting to the UK, to now bid for
substantial new business opportunities, previously too expensive to
service due to the inherent high supply chain costs involved.
Dean Attwell, MD of Oakland International commented: "Musgrave
have been proactive in working with us to support ways of
deconstructing the price barrier of export supply chain costs.
Together, we have come up with an all-inclusive case rate offer,
which is extremely competitive and is already leading to successful
tenders from Irish producers. By using this scheme, producers can
sell with confidence, knowing their supply chain costs are
fixed."
The consolidation scheme partnership, between Oakland and
Musgrave, enables Musgrave to offer a competitive collection rate
from the producer's depot anywhere in Ireland, consolidating stock
at their Fonthill warehouse near Dublin. Producers also have the
option to deliver direct to Oakland International's depot located
just north of Dublin, with stock collected from Fonthill or
Ashbourne on a daily basis and fed directly into Oakland's UK depot
in the Midlands, orders are picked on a day 1 for day 2 delivery
basis into all of Musgrave's UK based RDCs.
Steve Young, Logistics Manager for Musgrave Retail Partners
Ireland, stated: "Exports are seen as a key driver to the recovery
of the Irish economy. Irish producers have a great reputation for
producing high quality foods and we are pleased to have found an
effective way to stimulate exports through our own retail
estate."