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Redbridge Goes To The Top Of The Class
At The Start Of Term With Another National Fruit Scheme Contract Win

January 2003

Redbridge, one of the UK's leading suppliers of produce solutions today announces winning the North East distribution contract for the National School Fruit Scheme.

Redbridge will be supplying 118,000 children, in 950 schools across the North East with 600,000 pieces of fruit and vegetables per week from a dedicated centre at its Gateshead depot. Apples, pears, easy peel citrus, bananas and now carrots will be supplied to school children aged four to seven to ensure they receive a free piece of fruit or vegetables on each school day.

This latest win adds to the company's current National Fruit Scheme contracts in the West Midlands and the North West bringing the total number of schools in the country served by Redbridge to almost 2,500.

Steve Harrison, business development director says; "At Redbridge we're committed to supporting the National Fruit Scheme and the Five a Day drive and can't wait to start making the deliveries to thousands of North East school children who will benefit from this scheme. The success of our two existing contracts in the West Midlands and the North West is a major factor in helping us to win this new contract."

The Gateshead branch of Redbridge Produce and Flowers, which has STS accreditation for food safety and traceability, will start deliveries from March 2004 and will be devoting a new driver team and management to the contract. Specialist routing software helps determine a delivery schedule that minimises the impact on the environment whilst ensuring regular supplies of fruit and vegetables to even the most rural school locations.

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