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Old El Paso, Green Giant, Betty Crocker and Nature Valley move to Culina Port Salford

General Mills named as first client at Culina Port Salford tri-modal logistics facility.

The company responsible for a range of brands including Old El Paso, Green Giant, Betty Crocker and Nature Valley will move to Culina Port Salford.

It will be the first tenant at a new state-of-the-art distribution hub that will save 600,000 road haulage miles each year.

Culina Port Salford, developed by Peel Ports Group at its National Import Centre, is set to open in April 2016, with 280 jobs to be created and is a unique multimodal site, accessible by road, short sea shipping and rail.

General Mills UK & Ireland Supply Chain Director Dave Howorth, said: “We are very excited about this new distribution agreement as it reinforces our commitment as a company to finding solutions that are best for customers, consumers and the environment, and our move to Port Salford ticks all those boxes.”

CEO of Culina Group, Thomas Van Mourik, said: “We are absolutely delighted that General Mills, one of our long standing, world class customers, will be housed at our unique and game-changing logistics facility.

“Port Salford is a fantastic strategic development for Culina Group and the strength of the proposition is underscored by the fact that such an important customer is fully committed to the project, even at this very early stage.”

CEO of Peel Ports Group, Mark Whitworth, said: “This excellent news is a clear endorsement of the benefits to the UK supply chain that we envisaged when developing Port Salford and such investments are helping the North West to transform the UK logistics infrastructure.

“As well as excellent road and rail links, the area will soon be able to offer the unique route of the Manchester Ship Canal, connected directly to our new Liverpoool2 container terminal, enabling companies to get closer to their markets.”

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