Missed opportunity?

[Tartaruga]

It seems Tesco are using rail;

"Supermarket aims to deliver 90,000 40ft containers of goods a year to its warehouses via trains by end of 2021"

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/06/tesco-profits-double-as-shelves-stay-stocked-despite-supply-chain-problems

[corneliuslundie]

Tesco has been using rail for years, containers with LESCO on the side if I remember.

But it will be good it their use increases.

Jonathan

[Fat Controller]

1 minute ago, corneliuslundie said:

Tesco has been using rail for years, containers with LESCO on the side if I remember.

But it will be good it their use increases.

Jonathan

There should be a new flow from Scotland to Daventry starting shortly on behalf of Highland Spring mineral water. A new siding has been installed for it.

The slogan is 'LESS CO2', BTW.

 

[Mark Saunders]

5 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

There should be a new flow from Scotland to Daventry starting shortly on behalf of Highland Spring mineral water. A new siding has been installed for it.

The slogan is 'LESS CO2', BTW.

 

Does that mean no carbonated water?

[Andy Kirkham]

6 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

There should be a new flow from Scotland to Daventry starting shortly on behalf of Highland Spring mineral water. A new siding has been installed for it.

The slogan is 'LESS CO2', BTW.

And not before time: as it says in this article http://www.rfg.org.uk/reflections-rail-freight-scotland/ it will have been 17 years since the idea was first mooted - not untypical of the time it takes to get rail schemes up and running.

 

(Actually I'd rather it was for some product other than bottled water - a wholly unnecessary comodity in countries with safe tapwater)