Stobart motors ahead with Dannone

HAULIER Eddie Stobart has a signed a £12m contract to provide warehousing facilities to Danone.

The three year contract will incorporate the storage of around 30,000 pallets or 27 million litres of bottled water a year and includes Danone’s Volvic, Evian and Badoit brands. The water will be stored at the group’s distribution centre at Crick in Daventry.

Andrew Tinkler, chief executive of Stobart Group, said: “This contract demonstrates the benefits existing customers can now enjoy through the broader scope of the Stobart Group. The Group was first on the site in Daventry in 1997 and has seen this site grown into one of the UK’s major transport and distribution hubs.”

The win follows a £100m warehousing contract with confectionary giant Nestle.