Albert Heijn, Ahold Delhaize’s market-leading Dutch supermarket, uses vacuum-insulated reusable boxes from va-Q-tec for home delivery of groceries. By using the passive boxes, home deliveries of fresh and frozen products become more sustainable and cost-efficient. The boxes enable constant temperatures without an external energy supply during transportation until they are received by the customer.
The family-owned bakery Raisch from Calw in Baden-Württemberg has been using va-Q-tray boxes to transport its baked goods since 2020. Whether cream cakes, snack items or food from the cold kitchen – with the passive transport solution from va-Q-tec, delivery to the 28 branches runs much more efficiently and smoothly than before with conventional EPS boxes.
The “Bakery Peter Schmitt”, a regional, medium-sized family business from Reiterswiesen in Lower Franconia, is now using the new and innovative va-Q-tray. The managing director, Johannes Schmitt, previously looked for a long time to find a solution for maintaining constant cooling when transporting frozen baked goods. Although the entire baking industry is struggling with this problem, there is no solution that meets all requirements.
Hofpfisterei, a traditional bakery company with roots in the heart of Munich, has always stood for quality craftsmanship, sustainable business practices and the responsible use of resources. With over 140 branches, it is one of the most important bakeries in southern Germany. In order to meet these high standards in the area of logistics, Hofpfisterei has been relying on a pioneering solution since January 2022: the innovative, vacuum-insulated va-Q-tray boxes from va-Q-tec.
Kullman’s Diner restaurants located in Würzburg use the innovative transport box va-Q-tray for their catering services. Due to the optimal insulation with high-tech vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) the thermo-system box is able to hold temperatures in the range of -30 °C to +70 °C for several hours – perfect for catering at sports events or other events where temperature holding time, flexibility and easy handling is crucial. Higher temperatures are also possible for shorter periods of time.
Whitepaper: “Solutions for safe and efficient food supply chains”
Legal requirements concerning material and cold chain and practical benefits through design and size – the demands on means of transport in food logistics are increasing. Conventional transport solutions, however, have hardly been developed further in recent years and offer little security. At the same time, the issue of sustainability is becoming increasingly important: emissions and waste are to be reduced without causing additional costs.
This whitepaper provides information on the following aspects of food logistics:
