date:Feb 28, 2014
letise an annual crop of 1000 tonnes of potatoes, of which 600 tonnes are bought by UK fish and chip shops in 25kg bags and the surplus sold to bulk buyers.
The introduction of stricter manual handling laws coupled with their ageing workforce, who was tired of stacking up to forty five 25kg bags per pallet, were key drivers behind Belmont Farms decision to invest in automated palletising.
Although 25kg bags are a permissible weight within the Manual Handling Legislation in the UK, realistica