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Rod Addy
Procter & Gamble has pumped L28m into a new UK service centre at Thurrock, Essex, to improve its service to retailers.
P&G's UK MD Christopher de Lapuente claimed the depot would slash two million miles a year off the distance travelled by its delivery trucks.
Supplies of ambient goods will be delivered from factories to the depot, rather than direct to retailers, and consolidated so that retailers receive a full range in one delivery.
The depot will also be used to supply slower selling goods to major multiples.
"It means we can deliver smaller quantities of product more...