With food, the cold chain decides marketability and shelf life: even a brief temperature deviation can devalue a whole batch. Speed Logistics drives fresh goods, frozen food and ambient ranges as a temperature-controlled direct transport without transhipment – from the production plant to the retailer's central warehouse, to the large-scale caterer or processor, across Europe and to non-EU countries including customs clearance. Every journey runs without transhipment – the most common weak point of broken cold chains is thus eliminated by design.
You receive your fixed-price quote within a few hours, including CMR insurance and live GPS tracking. Our dispatch team works according to the HACCP principles, knows the delivery conditions of food retail and is available 24/7 – even when best-before-critical goods have to go out at short notice or an early-morning delivery needs confirming.
Temperature ranges and product ranges
- Fresh logistics at +2 to +7 °C for dairy products, meat and sausage products, convenience
- Frozen transports at −18 °C and colder for frozen baked goods, vegetables and ready meals
- Temperature-controlled ambient range – such as chocolate and confectionery, protected from heat and frost
- Canned goods, drinks and raw materials as a full or part load in the curtainsider truck
- Express direct runs for best-before-critical goods and production bottlenecks
Whether a palletised full truckload, part load or urgent small quantity in the refrigerated van: we provide the vehicle to suit the quantity and temperature range – from the 3.5-tonner to the articulated truck.
Seamless cold chain – documented and verifiable
We use refrigerated vehicles to ATP standard whose units are set to the agreed target temperature and monitored throughout the journey. The temperature recording documents the profile from loading to unloading; on request you receive the temperature record with the shipment. Pre-cooling of the load space, closed doors until the ramp is cleared and checked previous loads are part of the standard process – with us the cold chain does not break at the loading ramp.
Multi-temperature shipments – such as fresh and ambient goods for the same recipient – we plan with separate vehicles or coordinated tours so that each product group stays within its target range. That avoids compromise temperatures that in the end suit no product group.
HACCP-compliant processes in food transport
Hygiene begins before loading: clean, odour-neutral and dry load spaces, documented cleaning, clear separation of incompatible product groups. Our processes follow the HACCP principles and the industry-standard requirements as also assessed in IFS Logistics audits. Delivery notes, batch and temperature records stay complete with the shipment – important for your traceability.
If a deviation occurs, you hear it from us first: temperature alarm, delay or damage we report actively with all the facts – so that your quality assurance and your customer can decide immediately instead of complaining later.
On-time delivery to retail and to non-EU countries
Food retail central warehouses work with fixed time windows and strict goods-inwards checks. We book the slots, provide punctually and hand over signed – delays we report before they become a problem. For exports, such as shelf-stable food to the Gulf region or North Africa, we additionally handle the complete customs clearance from EXW to DDP including the goods-accompanying documents. Costs depend on the temperature range, quantity, lane and time window. Send us your shipment data – the binding fixed-price quote follows within a few hours – including temperature control, time-window booking and all required records.