“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