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Fewer transport miles - case studies (2008)

• Cadbury is avoiding 4.7 million road miles per year.

• Danone Waters UK now use rail for 83% of its food transport miles between factories and warehouses.

• General Mills now sends 80% of its shipments to the UK by sea.

• Kellogg's UK has plans in place to avoid 310,000 road miles.

• Mars UK is achieving significantly fewer and friendlier transport miles.

• Müller Dairy have implemented FDF's 10 Point Checklist and Clause for Greener Food Transport..

• Nestlé is avoiding 870,000 road miles per year.

• PepsiCo UK is saving about 1 million road miles.

• Premier Foods is avoiding 2.6 million road miles per year and saving 3,200 tonnes of CO₂ emissions.

• Ryvita has achieved a 40% reduction in average road miles.

• United Biscuits has avoided 3.1 million road miles since 2005.

• Young's Seafood from 2008 to 2009 across their fleet our haulier has achieved a 7.2% improvement in fuel efficiency

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