Scottish seafood firms signs' green' deal

Published: 06 April, 2010

SCOTTISH fish company has boosted its carbon footprint credentials following a new distribution deal with a major transport company.

Peterhead-based Thistle Seafoods, which supplies frozen fish products to retailers and food service companies, has just sealed the agreement with Reed Boardall, a specialist frozen and chilled food consolidator.

Thistle Seafoods is one of the top fish processing companies in the UK, specialising in frozen fish fillets and added value fish product, currently employing more than 300 people at its state-of-the art facility at Boddam on the Aberdeenshire coast. It has the capacity to produce around 100 tonnes of product a day and, including its export business to Europe and North America, sales are in excess of £60m per annum.

Given their involvement with the fisheries, sustainability is a high priority at the family owned business so the fact that Reed Boardall transports around 90 percent of Thistle Seafoods produce in double deck trailers is a significant bonus.

“These refrigerated giants carry 40 pallets rather than the usual 26,” explains Tony Scatterty, managing director at Thistle Seafoods. “This equates to almost double the load for the same carbon footprint.”

In addition, Reed Boardall’s ability to consolidate orders at its single site in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire is seen as a distinct advantage by Thistle Seafoods for the distribution of its products.

“Everyone is striving to be green and the frozen food market is no exception,” said Tom Cassells, managing director of Reed Boardall Transport Limited. “We are the only single-site consolidator within Britain’s frozen food industry and this is helping food manufacturers and retailers meet their environmental targets in many ways including minimising vehicle journeys."

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