CHEP Equipment Pooling Systems Signs Contract Extension With Coca-Cola Refreshments

Atlanta: CHEP has signed a new multi-year contract with Coca-Cola Refreshments, a division of The Coca-Cola Company.

"We are very pleased that Coca-Cola Refreshments will continue to rely on CHEP to help ensure its products get to its loyal consumers in the most efficient and environment-friendly way possible."

Coca-Cola Refreshments is now transporting select Coca-Cola products from more than 400 processing and distribution facilities to supermarkets, club stores, wholesale distributors and foodservice operators across the USA on CHEP pallets.

CHEP has a long-standing commitment to sustainability. Based on third-party life-cycle inventory analysis, the CHEP pooling program will help CCR reduce solid waste generation by up to 3,944,000 lbs., decrease greenhouse gas emissions by up to 2,976,000 lbs. and save up to 85,500 BTUs of energy each year as compared with alternative pallet management systems.*

CHEP USA senior vice president and chief customer officer Brian Malloy said: "We are very pleased that Coca-Cola Refreshments will continue to rely on CHEP to help ensure its products get to its loyal consumers in the most efficient and environment-friendly way possible."

^{*Savings based on Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis of CHEP USA pallet pooling program conducted by Franklin Associates. The calculation is based on Franklin Associates, "Solid Waste Analysis And Life Cycle Inventory Of Pallet Systems," 2009 Update.}