The logistics of a salad...
Despite the fact that more and more of our fruit and vegetable produce in the UK is being sourced from inside our borders, there is still a significant portion that is soured from overseas. The journey some of your vegetables take to get to your salad bowls is truly astonishing and should make you really appreciate how hard people work to get you that perfect crunch.
So unless you have a back garden or allotment, what is the journey and how long does it take?
What is the journey?
Of course this depends on what fruit or vegetables you are having. Fruit and vegetables are grow in almost every country in the world and in a variety of locations so you may find that the person who is harvesting is a native forest resident who grows and harvest their own crop and then sells them on to a supermarket supplier, or you may find that your cucumbers are grown in a giant greenhouse in the south of Spain by a minimum wage worker who picks around 30 cucumbers a minute.
From there your fruit or vegetables will be dropped off at a factory via a tractor or lorry and sorted into appropriate packaging for shipping and delivery, and maybe even into packaging that sits on the supermarket shelves.
Normally from here it will be picked up by one lorry and dropped off at the nearest cargo airport. Each delivery of fruit or vegetables will be loaded into the appropriate airplane and flown off to your country. When it lands each delivery will either be picked up by a supermarkets own trucks or by a central perishables delivery service who will then drop loads at supermarket hubs.
At this stage distribution networks kick in with a range of logistics software and track and trace management systems that will ensure that deliveries get to exactly the right supermarket in exactly the right town at exactly the right time and be ready for you to buy while the fruit or vegetables or your cucumber is still fresh.
How long does it take?
Again this depends on where in the world your fruit or vegetables are grown and sometimes on the type of distribution software being used. If they are grown in Australia for example, it should be within 48 hours. This includes 10 hours to get them from field to airport. About 26 hours flying around the world, and less than 12 hours getting from airport to your supermarket depending on how far your supermarket is from the airport.
Enjoy your salad!
Despite the fact that more and more of our fruit and vegetable produce in the UK is being sourced from inside our borders, there is still a significant portion that is soured from overseas. The journey some of your vegetables take to get to your salad bowls is truly astonishing and should make you really appreciate how hard people work to get you that perfect crunch.
So unless you have a back garden or allotment, what is the journey and how long does it take?
What is the journey?
Of course this depends on what fruit or vegetables you are having. Fruit and vegetables are grow in almost every country in the world and in a variety of locations so you may find that the person who is harvesting is a native forest resident who grows and harvest their own crop and then sells them on to a supermarket supplier, or you may find that your cucumbers are grown in a giant greenhouse in the south of Spain by a minimum wage worker who picks around 30 cucumbers a minute.
From there your fruit or vegetables will be dropped off at a factory via a tractor or lorry and sorted into appropriate packaging for shipping and delivery, and maybe even into packaging that sits on the supermarket shelves.
Normally from here it will be picked up by one lorry and dropped off at the nearest cargo airport. Each delivery of fruit or vegetables will be loaded into the appropriate airplane and flown off to your country. When it lands each delivery will either be picked up by a supermarkets own trucks or by a central perishables delivery service who will then drop loads at supermarket hubs.
At this stage distribution networks kick in with a range of logistics software and track and trace management systems that will ensure that deliveries get to exactly the right supermarket in exactly the right town at exactly the right time and be ready for you to buy while the fruit or vegetables or your cucumber is still fresh.
How long does it take?
Again this depends on where in the world your fruit or vegetables are grown and sometimes on the type of distribution software being used. If they are grown in Australia for example, it should be within 48 hours. This includes 10 hours to get them from field to airport. About 26 hours flying around the world, and less than 12 hours getting from airport to your supermarket depending on how far your supermarket is from the airport.
Enjoy your salad!
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