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Corporate Responsibility Review 2008/2009
 
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Refrigeration and storage

All our drinks are best enjoyed when they're chilled and it's part of our job to work with retail customers to make sure our drinks are sold in perfect condition for our consumers. This means we often provide coolers and vending machines to retailers where drinks are going to be consumed straight away: we own over 200,000 pieces of cooling equipment. We also provide draught dispenser equipment to restaurants and bars.

  • Our warehouses only keep one to two weeks stock at any time, although we do build up stock for busy periods like Christmas
  • We have a dedicated centre in Milton Keynes where they recycle, refurbish and renew all our coolers and vending machines
  • We stock and service our vending machines and coolers from a network of 12 vending operations around Great Britain
  • The energy used for cooling our drinks is the second biggest source of CO2 emissions in their lifecycles - around 20%
  • We're working to reduce the energy use by installing ultra-efficient LED lighting instead of fluorescent lighting
  • We're also installing an energy efficiency gizmo in our coolers which saves up to 35% of energy use
  • We only buy ozone-friendly, HFC-free refrigeration equipment