Britvic, a leading British producer of soft drinks, has extended its contract with Wincanton, a leading supply chain partner for UK business, for 10 years in a deal that will take the partnership with the two businesses into its 40th year. The 30-year partnership between the two organizations began in 1994 and, under the new contract extension, Wincanton will continue to provide storage and distribution services for Britvic, which is home to brands including Robinsons, J2O, and Tango, in the UK.
Over the next decade, Britvic will benefit from Wincanton making a significant investment in automation to increase productivity, capacity, and capability at Britvic’s national distribution center in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. The extended contract will also see Wincanton continue to manage Britvic’s fully automated warehouse facility in Rugby, Warwickshire. Together, the two sites despatch a combined 650,000 cases of Britvic products daily.
The extension of this long-standing and successful relationship is a testament to Wincanton’s proven site management capability, colleague expertise, and consistent operational excellence at Britvic’s key sites. Britvic and Wincanton are closely aligned on important shared values of people, planet, and performance.
- People: Both organizations are dedicated to creating diverse, inclusive, and safe workplaces and supporting the communities we work in through social value partnerships. Wincanton will utilize its innovative People Campus solution, which facilitates colleagues working across complementary workflows over a variety of customer contracts.
- Planet: Tackling carbon footprints through innovation and collaboration, including Wincanton’s increased use of data platforms to measure carbon emissions and energy use, and adoption of alternatively fuelled vehicles.
- Performance: Significant investments will increase the efficiency, capacity, and capability of the supply chain, including Wincanton’s investment in layer-picking automation.
“Extending our long-standing relationship with Britvic into its fourth decade is a proud milestone for Wincanton as we see our partnership with one of the UK’s most popular beverage manufacturers go from strength-to-strength. We are looking forward to investing in a resilient and innovative platform for growth for Britvic in the UK, underpinned by our shared values around people, planet and performance.”
James Hurrell, Managing Director of Grocery and Consumer, Wincanton
“We’re pleased to continue our long-standing partnership with Wincanton. Their excellent site management and shared values across our people, planet, and performance pillars have been important to our success. We look forward to the continued innovation and efficiency this partnership will bring to our supply chain.”
Nigel Paine, Supply Chain Director, Britvic