Huel, a prominent producer of nutritionally complete food products, has made an important stride in enhancing environmental sustainability by acquiring an electric heavy goods vehicle (eHGV).
Utilized for transporting Huel products from its new manufacturing facility in Milton Keynes to the GXO Wellingborough warehouse, this Renault electric truck is projected to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 8.5 tonnes annually.
From Wellingborough, Huel efficiently ships products directly to consumers through its e-commerce platform while also distributing to major retailers across the UK, such as Tesco, Boots, and Holland & Barrett.
For the past six years, GXO, a specialized contract logistics provider, has delivered essential warehousing and transportation services to Huel, contributing significantly to the latter’s business growth.
Since launching its products in UK supermarkets in 2019, Huel has expanded its global presence to 25,650 stores, marking more than a two-fold increase from 11,250 stores last year.
To accommodate the rising demand for Huel products, GXO has strategically increased its operational footprint from 9,500 square feet to an impressive 111,000 square feet. This remarkable 1100% expansion has been facilitated by GXO’s flexible warehousing solutions, supporting Huel’s growth trajectory and allowing the company to meet escalating customer demand worldwide.
Neville Dobson, head of global freight and logistics at Huel, stated: “At Huel, we are growing globally at a rapid rate, and it is essential all our logistics operations keep pace with our customer demand.”
He further emphasized, “Our partnership with GXO continues to strengthen and together, we’re building a resilient and scalable supply chain that will support our expansion and ensure even more Hueligans can enjoy our nutritionally complete products.”
In addition to expanding the operational footprint, GXO has significantly increased the workforce supporting Huel’s logistics operations. What began with 43 team members in 2019 has now grown to 120 employees, reflecting the growing scale and triumph of the partnership.
Martin Cooper, managing director of technology and consumer goods at GXO, remarked: “Our partnership with Huel is six years strong. We’re proud to have enabled Huel to meet the rapidly growing global consumer demand that is fueling the amazing growth of this British company.”
He added, “By using the right adaptive technology to drive efficiencies of scale and monitoring sales and forward planning with the Huel team, we’ve kept pace with the company’s rapid domestic and international growth while transitioning Huel into a dedicated warehouse to continue to support their long-term growth.”
