Lowering our logistics footprint

First, we bake. Then, we transport our bakery products to our customers. But every mile we make, is in fact a mile too many for our planet. So lowering our logistics footprint is an LLBG priority.

To reduce the environmental impact of our transportation, we brought several ideas into practice. In our own organization and fleet, as well as with our logistic partners:

Customer proximity

LLBG has invested in a decentralized production platform and a dense local distribution network, so that we are close to the customer and we can deliver fresh products with optimal taste. In Belgium, LLBG is able to limit the order-to-delivery lead time to 15 hours. An LLBG truck in Belgium covers on average about 40,000 km per year, giving them an average lifetime of 11 years.
 
Customer proximity

Low emission trucks & eco-driving

LLBG recently bought two CNG-fueled vehicles (which brings the total to 4) to prepare for the future and to be able to deliver customers in low emission zones.
 
The LLBG truck drivers are trained in safe eco-driving. To ensure results, fuel consumption (and accidents) are monitored closely.
 
Low emission trucks & eco-driving

Well-selected partners

LLBG prefers to work with a fixed set of forward-looking transportation partners that have a fleet of modern trucks. In Belgium, 75% of all transportations to customer centers and wholesalers, as well as between the production sites is done through external partners. Direct supply to the 3,000 points of sale in Belgium is mainly done with own trucks (60% own fleet – 40% external).
 

Reducing internal transports

Until 2018, the Belgian frozen products were stored at the Erpe-Mere site in Belgium and in two external warehouses in Oostkamp and Gullegem. This resulted in lots of internal transport. Hence, LLBG invested in a more sustainable solution, the High Bay Warehouse. In 2019, the frozen products that are stored in the two external warehouses were moved to the High Bay Warehouse in Erpe-Mere. Thus avoiding 36 trucks per week (9.100 km/month) on the road.
 
Reducing internal transports