For logistics sites

Smart fridge
for logistics and transport

At a logistics site, more people eat than are on the payroll. Besides your own shift there is the driver waiting an hour and a half at the dock, the outside unloaders and the technician who turns up at eleven at night. Something is usually arranged for your own shift. The others head for the chip van on the access road, or eat nothing. Yet they shape how your site comes across to everyone who only passes through.

For contractors too Open day and night Halal, kosher and vegan

Check your site For the warehouse itself

Who eats

Your food provision stops
at your payroll

A canteen, a sandwich round or a meal allowance is tied to whoever is employed by you. Drivers, agency staff from another agency, subcontractors and technicians automatically fall outside it. At a logistics site that is often half of the people around every day.

For a cabinet that distinction does not matter. Whoever stands in front of it buys what they need, with no registration or paperwork. That also makes it a service to your hauliers, because an hour’s wait at a dock is easier when there is something to eat within reach.

Drivers Night unloading Subcontractors

Typical of these sites

Loading and unloading also happens at night
Nothing on the estate within walking distance
Waits of an hour or more at the dock
Headcount that varies a lot by day
Contractors cannot enter the secure area
A break room that is open but empty

Placement decides the reach

Dock, break room
or weighbridge

Spot	Reaches	Strong when
Break room or locker corridor	Only your own shift	There is shift work and no canteen
By the dock area	Your shift and in-house unloaders	The floor keeps running during breaks
Drivers’ waiting room or weighbridge	External drivers too	Hauliers wait on your site every day
Two cabinets, inside and outside the area	Everyone	Large sites with continuous deliveries

Make that choice on site, together with access for restocking. At most sites it starts with one cabinet where the need is greatest.

What goes in

Food for
irregular hours

Proper meals

Hot dishes and bowls for those taking a real break, even at three in the morning. See fresh meals.

Quick and on the go

Sandwiches, salads, dairy and drinks for those with ten minutes between two runs or two unloads.

Usable for everyone

Halal, kosher, vegetarian and vegan options are part of the standard range. At a site with many contractors, a large group would otherwise miss out.

Frequently asked questions

About a cabinet
at a logistics site

Can drivers use the cabinet without a badge or registration?

Yes. Whoever is at the cabinet can buy. You do not need to arrange anything and no staff administration is involved. That is why it works for contractors, whereas a canteen or meal allowance is tied to the people on your payroll.

Where should it go: inside the secure area or by the drivers’ waiting room?

That depends on who you want to serve. Inside the secure area it is there for your own shift and for contractors who are allowed in anyway. In the drivers’ waiting room or by the weighbridge, you also reach the hauliers who do not come onto the site. At sites with many waiting drivers, that second spot is often the better choice. Look at it on site.

Our busiest hours are at night. Is that a problem?

No, those are exactly the hours when a cabinet is most useful. Between ten at night and six in the morning nothing is open on a logistics estate, while loading and unloading carries on. The chilled cabinet simply stays available, without anyone having to stay with it. There is more on our page about 24/7 food at work.

We have several sites. Can we do them all at once?

You can, but we rarely recommend it. Sites differ a lot in headcount, hours and what is nearby, and that decides whether a cabinet sells. Usually it is best to start at the site where the need is greatest, often the one with night work or no break room, and only expand based on what actually leaves the cabinet there.

Who pays: us or the user?

In most set-ups the user pays for their own product, including the external driver. If you want to contribute for your own people, for example only for the night shift, that can be targeted. Who buys the stock depends on how you organise restocking: your own team, or a caterer or operator who fills the cabinet for their own account.

Smart fridgefor logistics and transport

Your food provision stopsat your payroll

Dock, break roomor weighbridge

Food forirregular hours