Express Dairies plans e-deliveries
2 June 2000
Express Dairies plans e-deliveries
EXPRESS Dairies plans to use its 4,000 milkmen and floats to deliver goods bought on the internet to provide a much-needed source of revenue.
This online initiative cannot come too soon for the company which saw profits fall 11% to 52.7m in the year up to March.
This is before a 42.7m charge related to the closure of Glanbia Dairies, acquired last year.
Overcapacity in the industry, higher packaging costs and a 6.6m increase in pension costs have added to problems, reports the Daily Express.
Express Dairies chief executive Neil Davidson promised an announcement on a deal with an internet company in the next few weeks.
Express shares closed down 9p at 77p.
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