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RNS Number : 6071S  Wincanton PLC  17 November 2021

 For immediate release  17 November 2021

 

 

WINCANTON plc

 Wincanton wins new Primark contract

 

Wincanton, a leading supply chain partner for UK business, has won a five-year
contract with Primark, the fashion retailer, for the provision of transport
services to all its UK stores.

 

Under the contract, which begins early next year, Wincanton will make more
than 50,000 deliveries to 191 stores across the UK each year and deliver
significant operational efficiencies to the supply chain. As part of the
operations, Wincanton and Primark will work to ensure a reduction in carbon
emissions, by reducing the distances travelled by HGVs by 15% and increasing
the use of alternative fuels.

 

More than 100 colleagues will stay in their roles and join the 20,000-strong
Wincanton team, primarily engaged across transport operations and conducting
deliveries nationwide.

 

James Wroath, Chief Executive Officer at Wincanton, said:

 

"This significant contract win will see Wincanton delivering innovative
operational efficiencies, reducing carbon emissions and helping Primark better
serve their customers throughout the UK. It shows the strong momentum within
our business, as we continue to build on new and existing partnerships with
customers in our primary markets."

 

 

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Notes to Editors

About Wincanton

Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group
provides business critical services including storage, handling and
distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home
delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of
the UK's best-known companies.

It is active across a range of markets including food and consumer goods;
retail and manufacturing; eCommerce; the public sector; major infrastructure;
building materials; fuel; and defence. With almost 100 years' heritage,
Wincanton's 20,000-strong team operates from more than 200 sites across the
country, utilising 3,500 vehicles.

About Primark

Primark is an international retailer that offers customers the latest fashion,
beauty and homeware at great value prices. Founded in Ireland in 1969 under
the Penneys brand, Primark today has 399 stores across 14 countries in
Europe and North America and employs more than 70,000 people. Primark is
working to make more sustainable fashion affordable for everyone and is
focused on giving clothing a longer life, protecting life on the planet and
improving the lives of people who make Primark products. As part of this it
has unveiled a series of commitments it is working to achieve by 2030. These
include making all its clothes from recycled or more sustainably sourced
materials, ensuring clothing is recyclable by design, halving carbon emissions
across the value chain, removing single-use plastic and pursuing a living wage
for workers in the supply chain. You can find out about these commitments and
more here (https://www.primark.com/en/primark-cares) .

 

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