Aldi Specialists

Oakland has been working with Aldi for 8 years and in this time has gained a close working relationship with the Aldi team at all levels, developing a full understanding of their network and operating systems.

Aldi's strict supply chain requirements are mirrored with people and systems that Oakland has put in place to support suppliers who want to provide the very best service possible to Aldi.

These systems, unique from any other Aldi supply chain provider in the UK include:

• A dedicated Aldi Account Controller
• Standardised ordering system, developed by Oakland and our clients, customised to the Aldi ordering process so that orders may be easily converted from fax format to digital format, thus avoiding common manual errors.
• Oakland has been British Retail Consortium (BRC) accredited for the last 7 years at the highest levels of quality management. This gives you peace of mind that your products are being handled by trained food handlers operating to very exacting rules associated with UK retail food supply.
• We will be an ISO 9001 accredited company by November 2009, giving you the reassurance that our high standards of performance are repeated day in day out.
• 24 hour operating windows for deliveries into Oakland giving you flexibility to deliver your bulk Aldi stock into our depot when it suits you.
• We utilise Aldi Primary Transport for all deliveries into the 6 English RDCs. This gives us unrivalled delivery performance compared to other transport providers, Apart from providing a competitive distribution solution, this is also seen by Aldi as supporting their business model.
• Bespoke warehouse management system, controlling rotation and traceability in real-time recording using Radio Frequency technology through a paperless warehouse.
• All delivery notes are printed by Oakland on behalf its clients, incorporating all written requirements for Aldi intake paperwork.
• Video capture via digital motion detection cameras on all loading and unloading bays - records maintained for all stock movements for up to 90 days recording.
• Environmentally, Oakland is leading the way with its recycling initiatives and energy management overseen by an internal and external team

Oakland International performance levels for Chilled Distribution into Aldi Stores operate at over 99.9%.

Oakland International Ltd - Your Aldi Distribution Specialist for chilled, ambient and frozen goods.

Oakland has 10 years of successful experience as a logistics specialist in chilled, ambient and frozen storage, consolidation and distribution of food and consumer goods. This means that we are a company our clients know they can rely on. Our service to Aldi in particular is market leading and we have a strong operational relationship with them.