Americold has expanded its relationship with PLUS Holding BV, as the Utrecht, Netherlands-based supermarket cooperative transitions to consolidated frozen logistics operations, establishing a single, integrated cold chain with nationwide coverage.
The refrigerated warehousing company will manage the storage, handling, and distribution of PLUS’s frozen product assortment through its strategically located Barneveld distribution center (pictured above), creating a more streamlined and consistent supply chain. This reflects the retailer’s strategy to consolidate frozen operations to improve efficiency, enhance service levels, and better support its national supermarket network across the Netherlands through a phased transition.
“Americold is a world-leading player in the field of frozen food logistics. By centralizing our frozen food flow, we are aligning our logistics better with our store network and continuing to work on optimizing the service provided to our stores,” said PLUS Supply Chair Director Hans Danhof.
The infrastructure in Barneveld supports high-throughput, multi-temperature retail distribution, providing PLUS with temperature-controlled storage, inventory management, and order fulfillment, helping ensure product integrity and reliable, repeatable execution from supplier to store.
“We are proud to support PLUS in this strategic transition and to act as an essential link in their supply chain,” said Andrew Mates, managing director at Americold Europe. “We are leveraging Americold’s extensive experience in retail operations, deploying our specially developed operational platform and our proven disciplines to increase efficiency across its more than 400 stores.”
