An end-to-end UK cold chain that just works

At NewCold UK, our transport operation is designed to take complexity away from our customers so they can focus on what matters most: making great products.

By combining storage, consolidation, and transport into one seamless solution, we clear factories, store products, and deliver orders exactly when our customers need them. There are fewer handovers, less administration, and complete peace of mind.

A UK transport success story built at scale

To truly understand the impact of this model, you have to see it firsthand. NewCold’s Corby facility exemplifies the scale and efficiency of modern cold chain logistics.

Key operational facts for the UK include:

• 184,000 pallet positions in Corby
• 142,800 pallet positions in Wakefield
• 100,000 pallet movements in a single week
• A 99.65% delivery success rate

These figures position Corby as the largest cold store in the UK and the largest in Europe.

Through continued investment in fully automated systems across both customer sites and NewCold’s own 3PL facilities, the Corby and Wakefield sites together achieve an annual pallet throughput of 4,680,000. Approximately 20,000 additional pallet positions are due to open by year-end as part of the Wakefield Phase 3 extension. It is a powerful example of how NewCold is quietly disrupting the UK and global cold chain market, setting a new standard for scale, efficiency, and reliability.

What makes our UK transport model different?

• A flexible and responsive team that adapts quickly to changing demand
• Two strategically located cold stores in Wakefield and Corby that create scale, efficiency, and resilience
• The most extensive multi customer consolidation network in the UK, removing the need for full load shipments
• Double deck trailers that deliver cost and sustainability benefits
• More than 99 percent service levels at a highly competitive cost

With transport often representing two thirds of total supply chain costs, our integrated model makes it easier for customers to reduce spend while improving service.

Flexibility, resilience, and growth

Our multi-customer profile naturally balances demand across the year, from summer ice cream peaks to winter seasonal products. This reduces volatility and improves operational stability.

At the same time, our experienced teams listen, react, and execute quickly and simply, especially when customers need support during disruption or peak periods.

Automation and data are central to this:

• Automated loading reduces damage, errors, and manual handling
• Data insights on load fill and regional flows support better planning
• Continuous optimization improves both cost and sustainability

NewCold is continuing to strengthen its UK transport offering by investing in its own tractors and trailers to maintain full control of the fleet, expanding into chill and ambient services, and working closely with customers to drive ongoing innovation.

As Wakefield and Corby move towards full capacity, increased volume will drive greater consolidation, higher load fill, and fewer partially filled journeys. This will improve both profitability and sustainability.

Because in transport, technology supports performance, but people who listen and react make the real difference.