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Fast food giant KFC has appointed DHL Supply Chain to operate its UK perishables supply chain with specialist logistics operator QSL.
QSL has worked for KFC since 2011 across its European supply chain.
DHL will manage the warehouse and distribution service, focusing on reducing logistics-related emissions to net zero over the life of the contract.
It will introduce an optimised delivery schedule to provide faster turnaround of orders and greater integrity of food during transport, allowing for “even fresher products on arrival in KFC ...
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Moschops
February 19, 2018 at 3:26 pmBBC News, 19th Feb 2018, a week after switching:
“KFC has closed 750 of its 900 UK outlets after delivery problems meant they ran out of chicken.
Last week, the fried chicken chain switched its delivery contract to DHL, which blamed ‘operational issues’ for the supply disruption.”
So that was a great decision.