Food transports forgive no mistakes: a broken cold chain, a missed delivery slot at the retail warehouse or mixed loading with odour-intensive goods can make an entire batch unsellable. Speed Logistics transports food as direct transport with continuously documented temperature control – from fresh produce through dairy products and beverages to canned goods, dry ranges and frozen food.
You state the goods, temperature range, quantity and deadline – we provide the right vehicle from the refrigerated Sprinter to the refrigerated articulated lorry and deliver to the slot at central warehouses, production sites or catering. The fixed-price offer arrives within a few hours.
Temperature ranges and vehicle choice
Depending on the goods, we assign the right temperature class:
- Frozen (−18 °C and colder): frozen goods in the refrigerated box body with load-space temperature recording
- Fresh (2–8 °C): dairy products, meat and sausage products, delicatessen, convenience
- Tempered (approx. 12–18 °C): chocolate, fruit and vegetable varieties, wine, sensitive dry ranges
- Ambient: canned goods, beverages and robust dry goods in a curtainside or box-body vehicle
The vehicles are food-suitable and cleaned, and the temperature is recorded during the journey – on request you receive the temperature curve as proof with the shipment.
Hygiene and an unbroken cold chain
We work to the HACCP principles of food hygiene: clean, odour-neutral load spaces, no mixed loading with contaminating goods, a closed cold chain from ramp to ramp. For cross-border refrigerated transports we deploy vehicles that meet the requirements of the ATP agreement for perishable foodstuffs. Because your goods travel as direct transport without transhipment, the greatest risk of cold-chain logistics is eliminated: transhipment at the hub.
Slot-precise delivery to retail and production
Central warehouses of the food trade work with tight time windows – anyone who misses the slot is turned away. Our dispatch team books the delivery appointments, plans buffers and notifies the consignee; via GPS tracking you always see where the shipment is. Within Germany, deliveries are usually possible within 24 hours; European direct transports reach most destinations in one to three working days – at night and at the weekend too, when freshness demands it.
Exporting food including customs clearance
For deliveries to non-EU countries – for example Türkiye, North Africa or the Gulf region – Speed Logistics handles the complete customs clearance: export declaration, trade documents and import clearance in the destination country, including the accompanying documents required for food such as certificates of origin and health certificates in coordination with you. Costs depend on temperature class, quantity, lane and deadline – depending on lead time you receive a binding fixed price door to door.
Batches, best-before dates and traceability
Food logistics does not end at the ramp: on delivery, the trade checks remaining best-before shelf life, batch allocation and pallet quality. We therefore agree before the journey what requirements the consignee sets – such as single-variety pallets, batch separation or exchange pallets – and pass the necessary information to the driver. In the event of complaints or recalls, the unbroken documentation supports you: loading time, temperature curve and signed consignment note are traceable per shipment. This means you can prove to your customer at any time that the goods were correctly received, transported and handed over. For regular scheduled runs between production and trade we agree fixed departure days – this makes your fresh-food logistics plannable across the year.