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Culina goes tex-mex with Old El Paso.

Culina Logistics has secured a major two-year contract renewal with General Mills This article or section may contain a proseline.

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, owners and manufacturers of the leading Mexican food brand, Old El Paso Old El Paso is a brand applied to a range of Mexican-style foods, including dinner kits, tacos and tortillas, sauces, condiments, rice and refried beans.

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, burrito, enchilada and taco, along with cooking sauces, chillies, dips, refried beans, seasoning and taco shells.

In addition to Old El Paso, multi-temperature grocery specialist Culina stores over 170 SKUs (stock keeping units) for General Mills covering Betty Crocker, Green Giant and Nature Valley product lines at its central UK site in Wolverhampton.

Additional services include stock management, online tracking and POD (proof of delivery) that provides key management information.

Culina receives orders by EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect.  (electronic data interchange See EDI.

(application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce.
), which are picked, packed and despatched to the UKs leading supermarket retailers and wholesalers via the companys shared-user network. Around 12,800 deliveries are made a year.

Daniel Woodhead, ambient logistics manager at General Mills, says: "Since we entrusted our logistics operation to the company in 2000 it has provided a very effective supply chain solution.

"As a result, we're delighted to renew our contract and look forward to developing our relationship further to meet retailers demanding delivery requirements."

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Contact Culina Logistics on tel 01902 404525 or visit www.culinalogistics.co.uk
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