In the consumer goods industry, availability on the shelf decides: if a delivery misses the booked time window at the central warehouse, contractual penalties, delayed listings and empty shelves in the promotion week loom. Speed Logistics drives FMCG, drugstore and household goods as a direct transport without transhipment – from the production plant to the retailer's central warehouse, to cross-docking points or straight to the store.
You receive your fixed-price quote within a few hours, including CMR insurance and live GPS tracking. Our dispatch team knows the requirements of retail – from time-window booking through pallet exchange to punctual provision at goods inwards. That protects your supplier rating – and thus your terms and listings with your retail customers.
Transport solutions for consumer goods and FMCG
- Full and part loads from the plant to the retailer's central warehouse – on time for the booked time window
- Promotional and seasonal goods with a fixed deadline, as an express or weekend run on request
- Displays and sales units – tip-sensitive, with adapted load securing
- Direct store delivery from van to 40-tonner, notified and signed
- Food-related ranges observing the HACCP principles: clean, dry, odour-neutral load spaces
Every journey runs as a direct transport without transhipment – less handling means less damage to sales packaging and displays, which still have to look good on the shelf.
Time windows, central warehouse, cross-docking
Retail central warehouses work with booked time windows and clear delivery rules. We book slots in the common time-window portals, observe delivery requirements on pallet height, labelling and papers, and report delays proactively before a slot expires. In cross-docking we deliver goods sorted by type and pre-picked to store level to the transfer point – so your range flows into the field without a storage stage.
If waiting times do occur at the ramp, we document arrival and processing cleanly – a solid basis for demurrage questions and for discussions with the retail partner about realistic slots.
Promotional logistics: when the deadline is fixed
Flyer goods have to be on the shelf on Monday – not Wednesday. For promotional business we dispatch with reserve capacity, drive at night or at weekends if needed and time multiple unloadings across several central warehouses. Via live GPS tracking your sales and key account management can see at any time whether the promotion is on schedule – store by store, central warehouse by central warehouse.
Seasonal peaks such as Christmas, Easter or back-to-school business we plan with you in advance: coordinated capacity for the peak weeks, fixed loading windows at the plant and an escalation chain that kicks in before a date slips. That way your peak weeks don't get lost in the market's general capacity bottleneck.
Process and costs
- Enquiry with quantity, number of pallets, loading and unloading points and time window or deadline
- Fixed-price quote usually within a few hours – express and weekend options itemised separately
- Time-window booking, notification and punctual provision at goods inwards
- Signed CMR consignment note and pallet note as proof for your accounting
Costs depend on the number of pallets, weight, lane and time window. For exports – such as to Türkiye or North Africa – we additionally handle the complete customs clearance from EXW to DDP. Send us your shipment data: the binding fixed-price quote follows within a few hours – on request as a framework condition for recurring lanes, so your purchasing can calculate with fixed freight rates.