date:Nov 21, 2012
removing about 130 distribution routes. The move followed the reduction in volumes from the previously announced loss of a low-margin bread contract by mid 2013,according to a company statement. Last month the firm lost the contract to Allied Bakeries.
Reflecting the lower volumes, Premier plans to close distribution operations in Greenford, Birmingham, Mendlesham and Plymouth. The firms outsourced logistics will be restructured.
'Simplifying our cost base'
Michael Clarke, the firms ceo, sai