Reusables for Perishables: Globus CZ Chooses Euro Pool System

Czech retail chain Globus CZ has signed a contract with Euro Pool System, the largest European provider of logistic services. The Globus company and its suppliers are planning to make 2.5 million trips with the proven Euro Pool System reusable green trays for fresh products. Globus CZ already has a good track record of working [...]

Delhaize in Belgium confirms its innovating role in fresh produce logistics

Delhaize and Euro Pool System have been in partnership for many years. For all fresh produce, except dairy, the supermarket chain uses reusable blue crates from Euro Pool System. Moreover, the service centre of Euro Pool System in Zellik, has been acting as a return centre for fresh produce since 2004. In 2007, Delhaize decided to build a new depot – [...]

Deutsche Bank Suggests Possible Brambles Pooling Acquisition Targets

With Brambles having recently purchased pooling entities such as the airline containers company Unitpool, Container & Pooling Systems and IFCO Systems. Deutsche Bank has outlined 11 more potential pallet pooling-related targets for the parent of CHEP, according to a story at www.theaustralian.com. This round of speculation follows earlier comments this month from UBS analysts suggesting [...]

Crate Hygiene: Sustainable Washing in Roeselare

In early October, Euro Pool System officially started using a new washing installation for reusable crates at REO Veiling in Roeselare, Belgium. The existing Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system has been entirely integrated in the washing facility. Furthermore, the auction mainly uses filtered and decontaminated rainwater for cleaning. The strive for energy efficiency is [...]

Euro Pool System Expands to 10th Country, Opens U.K. Branch

Since mid-October, Euro Pool System has operated a branch in Great Britain. Steve Raybould, director of the UK branch serves the British market from offices located in Lichfield. “I am convinced that Euro Pool System can be of added value to the British retailers,” he said. The principal reason for expanding into the UK is [...]

Euro Pool System Establishes UK Operation

Reusable packaging service provider Euro Pool System has set up shop in UK. “I’m looking forward to working with the UK retail market to develop solutions that meet their current and ongoing needs,” stated Steve Raybould, manager of the UK organisation. With several service centers and offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy [...]

Automated Solution for Order Selection of Produce in Reusable Containers Wins Award

Spanish supermarket chain Eroski, Ulma Handling Systems, and logistics service provider Euro Pool System received the award for the Best Logistics Project from the Spanish organisation, ‘Club de la Logistíca’ for a collaborative reusable packaging project. The award was presented to the three companies in recognition of their pioneering cooperation initiative, and relates to the [...]

Euro Pool System E-Web Provides Customer Insight

With more than 600 million rotations a year, Euro Pool System is Europe’s market leader in the area of returnable crates for fresh products. Euro Pool System’s activities are also oriented towards providing logistic services. The special E-Web application is a good example. All Euro Pool System’s customers get access to this user-friendly application on [...]

Reusable Packaging Profitable for Eroski

Since 1998, the Spanish supermarket chain Eroski has worked with logistic service provider Euro Pool System. The partnership began with the packaging of meat in reusable crates. Now Eroski also uses the green packaging for bakery products, vegetables, fruit and fish. Container trip volume grew from 250,000 to 55,000,000 per year between 1998 and 2009. [...]