Expect to deliver for card firm in new agreement
GREETING CARD retailer Card Factory has agreed a fiveyear contract, which will see the majority of the palletised distribution to its stores, being handled by Bradford-based transport company Expect Distribution.
Wakefield-based Card Factory has over 950 stores across the country. It distributes approximately 100,000 pallets a year through its stores.
The newly signed contract with Card Factory caps a successful year for Expect Distribution. The firm was named SME business of the year at the Bradford Means Business Awards. The partnership with the greeting card retailer began in February 2017.
Craig Miles, supply chain director at Card Factory, said: “We are delighted to be in partnership with Expect Distribution as we look to
We are delighted to be in partnership with Expect Distribution. Craig Miles, supply chain director at Card Factory
provide our ever growing store base with the best delivery service.
“During our first year of trading with Expect they have consistently demonstrated an appetite to understand our business and provide innovative solutions to improve service and executional efficiency.
“The management team have immersed themselves in understanding Card Factory ambitions and risen to the challenges we have set out.”
Neil Rushworth, from Expect Distribution, said: “The partnership with Card Factory will only continue to grow over the years and as their company expands we will be there to support them.
“We see it as our role to constantly put information and proposed operational improvements to the Card Factory management team and this will also continue.
“We very much feel a part of their business which also continues to go from strength to strength in terms of growth and market share.”