Lutterworth, UK: Culina group business CML has opened a £2m chilled consolidation centre in Lutterworth to support the growth of Aldi and Lidl in the UK and Ireland. The company also operates a single site consolidation centre in Telford.
CML has created 140 jobs across warehousing, HGV driving and administration functions as a result of the move, and has already secured new customers for the centre, all of whom supply the discounters with chilled food and drink goods.
“Aldi and Lidl now jointly represent around 17.8% of the total food and drink retail market in the UK which is up from 13.6% just five years ago,” said Culina Group chilled division chief executive Steve Winwood.
“The new CML Chilled Consolidation Centre in Lutterworth has increased our capacity by over 40%.”
CML’s website states that the company “stores and delivers a wide variety of food products across the ambient and chilled temperature ranges, while it also offers a series of added value solutions”.