Retailing Logistics & Fresh Food Packaging: Managing change in the supply chain

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The fresh food supply chain is being transformed: retailers are gaining increasing power and control over manufactures, and the location and nature of production is evolving. This international author team, including both practitioners and academics, analyze state-of-the art packaging logistics for fresh food retailing, drawing on primary research carried out in Europe. Retailing Logistics and Fresh Food Packaging demonstrates the benefits to be gained from adopting new techniques and clearly explains their successful implementation. This important new book will help organizations and academics to understand the changes and opportunities in modern fresh food supply chains and how they can overcome the challenges. Using real-world case studies to illustrate academic theory, this cutting-edge book explores. Packaging logistics and fresh food retailing Retail leadership in fresh food channels Packaging logistics decision matrix Change drivers in packaging logistics. Based on groundbreaking research, this innovative book enables retail and logistics professionals to recognize new opportunities and successfully manage change in their supply chain. Retailing Logistics and Fresh Food Packaging addresses the dramatic changes taking place in modern packaging and logistics, and compares and contrasts international approaches to fresh food retail and supply. The book uses major case studies and supporting illustrations to demonstrate how pioneering packaging solutions are being applied around the world, including: reusable containers used in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria and California display units in Sweden a logistics centre for a leading Spanish supermarket air cargo packaging from South Africa to the United Kingdom. This book allows retail and logistics professionals as well as students to discover the latest innovations in the fast-paced world of fresh food supply chain management.

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Kerstin Gustafsson is planning Manager at the Swedish public transport organization Skanetrafiken. Gunilla Jonson is Professor in Packaging Logistics at Lund University, Sweden, Dean of the Engineering Faculty at Lund University and Adjunct Professor at the School of Packaging, Michigan State University, USA. David Smith is Principal Consultant for DLG Logistics, UK. David was formerly Divisional Director, Distribution, for Tesco PLC. Leigh Sparks is Professor of Retail Studies at the Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling, UK. Table of Contents Packaging logistics and fresh food retailing: an introduction: Logistics: why bother with what goes on behind the scenes?; Packaging: how am I supposed to know there is a missing link?; Change management: life is too busy to waste time thinking !; The structure of the book; Summary Retail leadership in fresh food channels: Culture and retail consumers; Retail locations and outlets; Shopkeepers and retail managers; Product sourcing and distribution Business relationships; Merchandising and selling; Change in food retailing; Summary Fresh food retail logistics : The logistics task; Retail logistics transformation; Temperature controlled supply chains; Retailers’ leadership of logistics Packaging and fresh food: The purposes of packaging; The packaging industry: structure and dynamics; Returnable packaging; General packaging principles; Retail logistics packaging; Fresh foods applications; Conclusions Packaging logistics decision matrix: change management: Retailing logistics and packaging change; Managing organisation change in the supply chain; Packaging logistics decision matrix: change management; The implementations stage; Summary Major case studies: Implementing the second-generation tray in Tesco’s supply chain; The development of a multi-party nationwide pool system in Sweden; Summary and conclusions Application case studies Change drivers in packaging logistics: The evaluation and action planning process; Lists of drivers, critical success factors, barriers and solutions; Conclusion; Appendix: Evaluation and action planning tables Conclusions: Packaging logistics in fresh food retailing; Future perspectives; Concluding remarks References Index