Reusable plastic pallets and asset tracking technology for chilled and fresh food companies
Deliver fresh | Deliver cool | 100% tracking visibility
Challenges of the fresh food industry supply chain
Chilled and fresh food is a complex and dynamic sector, operating under constant pressure:
Strict and short food manufacture and delivery times
Adhering to the latest food hygiene and safety regulations
Optimising production efficiency to reduce costs
Preventing food contamination, spoilage, or temperature issues
Reducing the environmental impact of the supply chain
How Digipal helps fresh food companies optimise their supply chains
Digipal helps fresh food manufacturers, distributors, growing and packing operations, processors and retailers resolve supply chain issues, working with fresh food items such as fruit, vegetables, meat, and ready-meals.
We provide them with complete visibility, reusable and sustainable plastic pallets, smart containers, and real-time asset tracking.
Operational efficiency
Overcome supply chain demand issues, and regulatory requirements, with data intelligence and full visibility of your assets.
Sustainability & waste reduction
Our plastic pallets are durable and designed to last, improving sustainability. Asset tracking in turn provides operational clarity, reducing food and drink asset loss.
Built for fresh
Our plastic pallets are built to meet the needs of fresh produce with asset trackers also built to withstand cold-storage environments needed for transporting chilled foods.
Our plastic pallets – built for fresh food manufacture, processing, and delivery
Digipal’s reusable plastic pallets are suitable for the safe and hygienic transportation and delivery of fresh produce and chilled items, mitigating the increasing demands on fresh food supply chains, and meeting its specific regulatory requirements.
Durability is a core aspect of the design of our pallets. They are built to last, to decrease transport costs, help reach sustainability targets, and eliminate splinters encountered when using wooden pallets.
Suiting your supply chain needs
Digipal offers a range of options for fresh food companies to use our resusable plastic pallets, and resusable plastic containers within their supply chain.
Whether you’re operating a multinational distribution operation or a small food service, you can incorporate our reusable plastic pallets and RPCs to suit your needs, without disrupting your existing workflows.
Pallet renting
Only pay for what you need. Digipal offers a scalable supply of pallets for food and produce, available on a short or long-term basis.
Pallet pooling
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Simply request the number of pallets needed and we handle the delivery and pick-up once you’ve finished with them.
Pallet purchasing
A suitable choice for fresh food companies who have consistent and high-volume pallet demands, with branding and colour requirements.
Benefits of tracking your produce
Real-time visibility of your assets
Reductions in lost assets and food wastage
Reducing costs, increasing sustainability
Cutting-edge digital asset tracking for fresh food
When you are delivering fresh food items, precision and visibility over your supply chain is key to meeting industry requirements.
Digipal offers versatile asset tracking solutions tailored to the specific needs of fresh food companies, providing actionable data directly from assets moving across your entire supply chain, in real-time. Our in-house designers can develop custom moulds to accommodate various asset types, ensuring that they are a perfect fit for your food items.
Our asset tracking ensures you to save time and reduce your costs, all whilst operating more sustainably.
Keen to find out more about how we can help your fresh food supply chain?
Download a copy of our brochure to discover how Digipal are revolutionising plastic pallets and RPCs, alongside cutting-edge asset tracking technology.
Frequently asked questions
Are Digipal pallets suitable for fresh food, including chilled items?
Yes, Digipal’s plastic pallets have been built to meet the needs of industries such as the fresh food sector. This includes items such as fruit and vegetables, as well as meat and ready-meal items.
Our plastic pallets are a hygenic and secure way of transporting fresh food, with their robust design reducing the risk of damage or contamination.
We offer a diverse range of pallet options, including rackable and nestable pallets, designed to meet different tracking and load capacity requirements. You can learn more about our range of reusable plastic pallets on our website.
Who is responsible for enforcing legislation relevant to fresh food supply chains?
In the UK, organisations such as the Food Standards Agency work alongside local authority environmental health and trading standards teams to ensure food operations comply with food safety, hygiene, labelling, and traceability requirements.
Food companies are responsible for maintaining compliant processes throughout their supply chains. The visibility and accurate asset tracking provided by Digipal helps them to meet these regulatory requirements.
How durable are Digipal's plastic pallets?
The Digipal pallet has been known to last well over 250 rotations before needing any repair, compared to a wooden pallet that is on average around 4 rotations.
Digipal’s Plastic Pallets are also far less likely to require maintenance, easier to clean and less susceptible to material degradation – which can lead to splinters and contamination to food and produce items.
How does Digipal's asset tracking work?
Digipal used different tracking solutions depending on the specific need of the food and beverage company, ranging from RFID all the way to the latest Cellular NB-IoT devices.
All data, regardless of what technology is being used, is funnelled and decrypted in our DigiPortal, where it is transformed into meaningful, actionable insights for our customers. This helps them make the smart, informed and correct business decisions relating to their food and beverage supply chain. Digipal is at the forefront of the latest technology developments, and as such we are the key partner and distributor of the Battery-free Bluetooth technology developed by Wiliot. We use our experience in supply chain and business improvement to transform your data into tangible and actionable insights.
You can learn more about our Asset Tracking Solutions on our website.
How accurately can you track our fresh food assets?
It depends on the specific requirements of your supply chain. With Cellular tracking, we can tell you what building – and, usually, which part of the building – your asset is in, all in real-time. Bluetooth solutions reduce this down to within a 15-metre radius.
Digipal always operates on the best ROI for your business.
What fresh food assets can Digipal Track?
Digipal can track both fresh food and chilled items, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, and ready-meals.
Our in-house designers can create a new mould to fit and suit different asset types, meaning we can meet your specific asset tracking requirements.
Digipal are already tracking pallets, roll cages, hyper cages, glitter boxes, magnums, dolav boxes, bulk boxes, bale arms, food crates, euro crates, attached lidded containers, liquid containers, vehicles and many more items, right now, for many fresh food brands.
Improve your fresh food supply chain visibility, increase sales & save costs
Get in touch and we’ll help you find the right solution for your supply chain.