Food & Beverage

Seamless inbound and outbound logistics solutions with complete supply chain integrity from source to destination.
TEU reefer <br /> and dry

10k

TEU reefer
and dry

Kilos <br /> Chilled

200K

Kilos
Chilled

Kilos <br /> Frozen

200K

Kilos
Frozen

Multimodal

  • Air, Sea and Road
  • Ambient and temperature controlled
  • Special equipment (e.g flexitanks)

Handling

  • Bonded & secure
  • Fresh & perishable
  • Full temperature controls

Compliance

  • Customs compliance
  • Product & health safety
  • Veterinary certificates & licensing

Food & Beverages News & Insights

  • Red Sea Crisis insurance withdrawals – fact or fiction?

    In addition to fast-rising ocean freight rates and extended transit times, as the container shipping lines divert around Africa, shippers have been... Read more

  • Economic impact of Suez Canal diversions

    For the UK and Europe fears are growing that any prolonged denial of access to the Suez Canal could impact faltering economies and derail plans to... Read more

  • General Red Sea Update

    The US and UK carried out eight strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday, as the Iran-aligned armed group continues to target commercial shipp... Read more

  • Red Sea Crisis; Situation Report, Wednesday 17th Jan

    Despite coalition military action, Houthi rebels continue to attack commercial shipping and with container shipping line’ schedules showing Cap... Read more

  • Retailers warn of delays after Red Sea attacks

    Leading retailers including IKEA and NEXT have warned that the diverting of vessels aways from the Suez canal and around southern Africa will resu... Read more

  • Metro’s new LCL guru

    With over 20 years' experience in freight and logistics, the majority of which has been in the ocean freight environment and specifically the LCL ... Read more

  • Sea freight shippers opt for air and sea/air alternatives

    With the container shipping lines diverting around Africa until the Red Sea maritime security situation improves, the uncertainty and unpredictabi... Read more

  • The real impact of diverting ships round Africa

    Following the sharp escalation of attacks on container ships in the Bab-al-Mandeb strait off the coast of Yemen last week, major container shippin... Read more

  • 2nd January; Suez Crisis Update

    In our 2023 supply chain review we said that we were hopeful that the formation of a coalition naval task force to patrol the southern Red Sea and... Read more

Case Study

A recipe for success

Metro plan and manage international transport and logistics for ambient and temperature-sensitive food products, for leading global brands, including the world’s best known cereal brand owner.

Metro is responsible for exports from the UK, Belgium and other mainland European factories by sea and air, with over 100000 containers moving in the last year.

Metro also manage the bulk movement of raw ingredients and production machinery, with the account team recently developing supply chain solutions to support the successful launch of new manufacturing facilities in Turkey and Egypt.