Saves time,money and the environment
June 1st 2010 Direct Fruit Supplies is on track to
make a 60% saving in packaging costs
thanks to a switch from cardboard
boxes to Returnable Transit Packaging
(RTP).
Fresh produce and delicatessen
business, Direct Fruit Supplies, had
been paying 50p per single use
cardboard box until PHS Teacrate,
the UK crate rental company,
introduced the option of RTP. A reusable
crate costs little over 4p a week
which has helped cut Direct Fruit
Supplies transit packaging costs from
£45,000 over the next 3 years to
around £19,000.
Teacrate's FC4 trays, which are also
used by many of the major
supermarket chains, have been
supplied in Direct Fruit Supplies'
colours – red, black and white – and
branded with the company name so
that they can be easily retrieved from
customers, which include restaurants,
hotels, shops and delicatessens.
As well as the savings on
packaging, Direct Fruit Supplies is
said to have experienced time cost
savings resulting from personnel no
longer required to put the cardboard
boxes together, a task taking an
average of one minute per box. Direct
Fruit Supplies' customers are also
finding benefit from the switch over
through a reduction in cardboard
disposal costs which assists them in
meeting recycling targets set by the
Packaging Waste Directive.
Another advantage of plastic crates
is that their contents will not suffer
from moisture damage, which is
particularly crucial when being used
for frozen or chilled goods. Many of
PHS Teacrate's RTP products can be
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