Logistics provider Christian Salvesen has been awarded a contract with Asda to provide warehousing facilities for frozen products.

The deal see the company handling receipts and storage for up to 3,000 pallets per week, across 700 different product lines.

Christian Salvesen will be picking a minimum of 95,000 cases a week, serving the entire frozen range, including produce, for up to 30 Asda stores in the Midlands.

Mike Rice, general manager for Christian Salvesen, said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with Asda and look forward to the challenge of providing a solution to its frozen warehousing needs.

“Our professionalism, expertise, and “can-do” attitude obviously impressed Asda and enabled us to respond to this major retailer’s need in a very short timescale. ”