Spanish retailer Ahorramas has announced a €2.7 million investment in a new frozen-bread warehouse.
Located in Mercamadrid, the 1,045-square-metre facility will offer Ahorramas customers ‘better quality and freshness,’ the group noted, while also improving energy efficiency.
The group has teamed up with Körber to develop the new facility.
‘Quality Of Distribution’
“This effort is complementary to our objective of further improving the quality of distribution, ensuring that our products maintain the highest standards of freshness and quality,” commented Daniel Dieste, Ahorramas’s director of operations.
“Thanks to our alliance with Körber, we focus on guaranteeing the cold chain and ensuring that products reach stores in the shortest-possible time from their departure from the frozen warehouse.”
The new warehouse offers a storage capacity of 572 pallets within 4,500 cubic metres, marking a 186% improvement in storage optimisation, the retailer noted.
Solar Energy
Sustainable energy is obtained from a network of solar panels at the facility, which are projected to produce 450 MWh annually, offsetting 112 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year – equivalent to planting over 2,200 trees. The solar panels will cover approximately 25% of the warehouse’s energy needs.
In developing the new facility, Ahorramas has also prioritised employee training, preparing its team for the transition to automated operations. This initiative seeks to enhance operational efficiency while reducing staff exposure to sub-zero working conditions.
“One of our main objectives at Ahorramas is to reduce, as much as possible, the exposure of our staff to working conditions in negative temperatures, optimising operations and investing in technologies that improve both efficiency and safety in our facilities,” Dieste added.
