Marks
& Spencer has renewed its contract with Norbert Dentressangle for a further
five years, increasing the scope of the partnership to include the delivery of
a major automation project at the retailer’s Bradford distribution centre,
along with the management of the existing ambient food operation at the site.Norbert Dentressangle already manages four Marks
& Spencer’s general merchandise regional distribution centres in Neasden,
Thorncliffe (Sheffield), Stoke and Warrington and, under the new agreement,
also takes responsibility for the 1.1 million sq ft Bradford warehouse.
Norbert
Dentressangle took over the management of the ambient food operation at
Bradford in August this year. Over the next two years, the company will also
project manage the design and installation of an automated system for the
storage and handling of boxed general merchandise product for distribution to
Marks & Spencer stores nationwide and will be responsible for running the
facility when it becomes operational in 2016.
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