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company profileThe Crossgar fleet is alwayswell presented and maintainedCrossgar Foodservicecontinuously invests inits fleet and facilities; inrecent years it has spentover £2 million in newstate-of the-art and ecofriendlyvehicles and otherequipment to help enhancethe overall experience ofcustomers by increasing theefficiency and distributioncapability of the company.2 Urban Multitemp TrailersUrban TrailersIt has also recently investedin two Urban Multitemptrailers for town andcity centre deliveries.“The 32 foot units, with rear axlesteer, can operate in restricted areasequally as well as a 15 tonne, 25 footrigid vehicle, which means that wecan use one vehicle rather than two toservice some of our contracts, therebyreducing our fuel bill – and our carbonfootprint - quite considerably,”says Darren.“We have been usingthem for almost a yearnow and we have plans tointroduce up to anotherfour in the fleet, sosuccessful they have been.”The fleet, manned by adirectly employed teamof around 50 drivers, ispredominantly MAN,supplied by local dealerR.K Trucks; maintenanceis carried out in-house asthe company has its ownfully equipped and mannedworkshops at the Seafordesite, although servicingand maintenance of taillifts is contracted out.Flexibility in deliveryservice has been a keyfeature in the growthof Crossgar Foodservicebusiness across Ireland,with reliability a criticalsuccess factor especially inthe Foodservice sector.This flexibility is enhancedby Crossgar Foodserviceoperating ten 40ft multitemp trailers carrying toand from the UK mainlanddaily. Crossgar Foodserviceon most occasions is ableto offer customers day1 collection from UKMainland for day 2 deliveryin Ireland or vice versa.The added bonus is thatthese trailers also carrythe products needed toreplenish its own stocksand thus remove the needto use 3rd party carriers:in a nutshell CrossgarFoodservice is primarily selfcontained in all aspectsof its transportation.63Crossgar Foodservice.indd 63 10/05/2012 15:55