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company profilePart of the company’s impressive fleetCrossgar Meats, situatedin Down Business Parkand Crossgar Sauces, alsolocated in Crossgar.The company’s experiencedteam, led on a daily basis,with a hands on approachby the Bell family, haveworked hard over the yearsto build the Crossgar brandand retain its position asa leading supplier to thefoodservice market acrossthe island of Ireland.Crossgar foodservice hasan impressive productrange of ambient, frozen,chilled and non-food itemssupplied to over 4,000customers throughout allthe 32 counties, includinghospitals in the northand south of Ireland, aswell as schools, bars andmany of the country’sleading restaurants.Its 50,000 ft² Sales andDistribution Centreoperates a comprehensivewarehouse managementIT system, with a sevenstrong team managingthe buying, re-orderingand product ranging.Using a balanced scorecardkey performance indicator,the company on averagepicks and delivers 140,000items a week and iscurrently achieving a 99.9%delivery performance;its telesales team isavailable 12 hours a day toensure next day deliverythroughout the island.FleetCrossgar Foodservice operates its own fleet of60 refrigerated vehicles, including 7.5 tonne, 15tonne and 40 ft trucks, complete with Frigoblockrefrigeration technology on its multi drop fleet.“Our new Frigoblock electric poweredrefrigeration units produce 50%less Co2 Kg/h than our competitorsoperating diesel units; this helpsus reduce our carbon footprint.5912:39 Crossgar Foodservice.indd 59 10/05/2012 12:51