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“THRIVING URBAN CENTRES”Richard FlemingLogistics Director Sainsbury’s
• Britain’s longest-standing major food retailer• First store opened in Drury Lane, London in 1869 • First “depot” opened in 1882 in Kentish Town, London
• 160,000 Colleagues• 50,000 products
• 1,000 Tractor Units• 2,000 Trailers• 325 Rigid Vehicles
• 1.1 million store deliveries per year• Delivering 1.2 billion cases per year• 3.5 billion litres of fuel delivered to filling stations per year
Sainsbury’s Overview
• Supermarkets: 595• Convenience Stores: 676• 1998: First Convenience store in Hammersmith• 2014: Convenience stores overtook Supermarkets• November 2014: First Netto UK store opened in Leeds• Grocery and Clothing online
Sainsbury’s Store Estate
Customer Demands & Availability
Economics & Efficient Use of
Resources
Cyclists & Vulnerable Road Users
Commuters & Road Congestion
“Thriving Urban Centres” - The Challenges
Environment & Sustainability
Residents’ Noise
Concerns & EHO Action
Legislation & Regulation
Population & Business Growth
• Pollution (London missing EU Nitrous Oxide targets)
• Ultra Low Emission Zone in 2020
• Sainsbury’s Corporate Social Responsibility Targets
• Restrictions - % of Convenience Stores:• 20%: Planning Consents• 30%: Residents Agreements & EHO
Enforcement/action • 25%: Unloading time constraints
• “Silent Approach”• Driver Training• Vehicle & equipment investment
• London Lorry Control Scheme• Overnight & weekend route
restrictions:• Waltham Point Depot• 42 stores affected• 892,000 Kms extra per year Vs.
weekday daytime routes
• London’s population growth:
• Adding a Birmingham-sized city to London’s population every decade
Sainsbury’s Stores in Greater London
Sainsbury’s Depot Network servicing Greater London
Suppliers
Primary Hubs
National Depots
Regional Depot
Consolidation of Supplier Volume
General Merchandise
ClothingFrozen
Slow Ambient
Produce Chill
AmbientFrozen
Entertainment
Additional (indirect) deliveries utilising multi-retailer solutions:
Convenience: + bread + milk + cigarettes & alcohol + newspapers+ waste collections
Supermarkets: + all of the above + fuel deliveries
Sainsbury’s Store Deliveries in Greater London
Sainsbury’s Transport Strategy:
• “Fewer, fuller vehicles”• Reduce mileage• Reduce environmental impact
• Less interaction with other road users• Less vehicle movements• Less accidents• Less damage to the road network
• “All modes, not just roads”
Addressing the Challenges
Environmental Initiatives
•Euro 5 & 6 engines•Dual Fuel Vehicles•Double Deck Trailers•CO2 Refrigerated Trailers
•Driver Training
Vulnerable Road Users•360o cameras•Ultrasonic front and rear proximity sensors•Alerts for pedestrians and cyclists• Illuminated side and rear guards• LED burst lights to illuminate surroundings• Low noise floor•Streamlined to save fuel
“All modes, not just roads”Trials undertaken into:• Store deliveries by barge along the Thames
• Rail into Euston, local delivery on electric vehicles
We’ve worked hard, but the challenges will increase
•Society: Population Growth, Congestion•Government: Cycle Super Highways; Ultra Low Emission Zones•Business: Convenience Growth
London Olympics 2012 showed it can be done• Reduce• Re-route• Re-time• Revise
We work better together“Re-timing Deliveries” Consortium formed
Sustaining THRIVING URBAN CENTRES requires partnership:• Government – National and Regional• Boroughs/Councils – EHOs, Planning, Highways, Enforcement• Transport for London or equivalent• Retailers and businesses requiring deliveries• Residents• Trade Associations• Logistics Providers• London Lorry Control Scheme or equivalent
Re-timing Deliveries
•Requires compromise from ALL stakeholders•We need to work together to find the ultimate answers
Thriving Urban Centres require:•Safer roads
• Less congestion
• Less pollution
•Sustainability
•Appropriate legislation