IFCO Signs RPC Service Agreement with CARREFOUR in Greece
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Amsterdam, December 8, 2010 - IFCO announces, that CARREFOUR, the leading retailer in Greece, with more than 350 retail stores, has signed a service contract with IFCO to become its Reusable Packaging Service Provider for fruits and vegetables.
Theodosios Staikopoulos, Supply Chain Director of CARREFOUR Greece: "The environmentally friendly packaging system of IFCO enables CARREFOUR to further comply with its commitment to offer high quality and hygiene standards to its customers and to achieve cost savings and efficiency improvements over the entire supply chain of the Fruit & Vegetables Market."
Karl Pohler, CEO of IFCO: "We are very pleased that CARREFOUR Greece has selected IFCO as its RPC service provider and are committed to deliver superior logistic services to the retail market in Greece. This agreement is a milestone in our efforts to develop the Greece retail market and to further strengthen our leading market position."
Dr. Michael W. Nimtsch
IFCO SYSTEMS N.V.
Tel: +49 89 744 91 121
Fax: +49 89 744 91 239
Email: Michael.Nimtsch@ifco.de
Additional Information
IFCO is an international logistics service provider with more than 210 locations worldwide. IFCO operates a pool of over 112 million Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) globally, which are used primarily to transport fresh produce from growers to leading grocery retailers. In the United States, IFCO also provides a national network of pallet management services. IFCO is the market leader in this industry with almost 200 million pallets sorted, repaired and recycled annually.
WORLDWIDE RESPONSIBILITY is an IFCO initiative, under which IFCO not only continues to assume its social and environmental responsibility but, working with strong project partners, expands its sphere of responsible activities. With the initiative's first social-engagement project, IFCO supports Food Banks worldwide in their honorable effort to provide food to the needy through the provision of reusable containers and by co-financing delivery vehicles.
