Parcel company floats new delivery scheme_2
17 August 2012
Business Express, the home-delivery division of retailer Littlewoods, is considering a novel alternative to lorry and rail for delivering its catalogues and orders - the humble milk float.
In a pilot deal with Express Dairies over the Christmas period, milk floats have been trundling around the streets of Stoke-on-Trent and Merseyside.
The contract could now be extended nationwide to include some of the 65 million parcels Business Express delivers each year. “There is no reason why Express Dairies could not deliver some of our small, lighter items...