Bidfood opens Cornwall depot

Foodservice provider Bidfood has opened a 15,000 sq ft depot on the Cooksland Industrial Estate in Bodmin.

The new site will help to connect the south west and ease some of the seasonal pressures on Bidfood’s Lee Mill depot in Devon, as well as reduce delivery miles and enhance the customer experience for those furthest away from Lee Mill.

Bidfood’s Bodmin site has already implemented a bespoke service which allows existing and new customers to order online and via telesales up to 10pm each day, for next-day delivery.

The food and drink wholesaler will be operating the new unit for van routes to complement the road network in Cornwall and north Devon, with the aim to migrate some HGVs to it once an ‘O’ licence for the site is secured.

Richard Dow, Bidfood’s business unit director for Chepstow, Swansea and Lee Mill, said: “As part of our strategy to grow sales and deliver service excellence to our customers we’re always reviewing our infrastructure and where we can expand the local depot network.

“With that in mind, we recognised the opportunity to improve in the south west and I’m incredibly excited to assemble this new team to provide an even better service to the Devon and Cornwall area.”

Earlier this year, Bidfood revealed the first suppliers selected in its SME acceleration scheme.

The firm’s parent company Bidcorp UK recently bought out Leeds-based Northern Bloc Ice Cream.