Pet firm's expansion could lead to extra jobs
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Inspired Pet Nutrition, formerly known as Wagg Foods, has fitted a conveyor system to improve deliveries, and bosses say the move will help take the business’ workload from 40 pallets an hour to around 75. The system also offers potential to recruit up to 50 workers in the coming years.
The investment comes just weeks after the company, based at Dalton Airfield, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, opened a £7m distribution hub.
The 100,000sq ft site can house at least 11,500 pallets, which officials say allows for faster order processing.
George Page, operations director, said the conveyor will be linked to the firm’s nine production lines and cut the need for forklift movements as it will direct deliveries to one collection point.
He said: “Previously there was a lot of manual double handling as pallets were collected from individual packing lines and stacked in the factory before being moved again for despatch.
“Now there is just a single collection point from where bagged goods are shunted straight to the distribution centre.
“They are then automatically unloaded directly into a racking system that prepares loads for despatch.”
The business is the UK’s largest independent dry pet food maker, supplying meals and treats for dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters under the Wagg and Harringtons brands.
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