Costco Wholesale UK has awarded a contract to Digi Solutions and Invatron via their UK fulfilment partner Herbert, who is managing a roll-out of software and hardware to 26 warehouses in the UK, including the new flagship Costco in Hayes, Middlesex. A mixture of Digi scales and wrappers including the SM5500 with linerless labelling capability, and the AW4600 AET wrapper with printing capability will be rolled out, to replace the incumbent hardware estate.

The cash and carry membership warehouse club operates a variety of weighing, labelling and wrapping solutions throughout its warehouses. The majority of these solutions were being provided by a single vendor, with not all meeting forecasted legislative changes, such as for bovine traceability and consumer allergens doding. Costco UK were therefore looking for a software platform that would be hardware-agnostic, allowing for a mixed multi-vendor hardware estate, allowing them to pick and choose the best possible equipment, both aesthetically and functionally.

The new equipment will be primarily used within in-store butchery and bakery departments, as well as for roadshows, where Costco take their products to the market for sampling. Paul Landen, projects & equipment buyer at Costco Wholesale UK, comments: “Herbert provided a solution that not only meets our current and future requirements, but crucially, a software layer that allows us to be adaptive in the hardware that we offer in our warehouses. We are delighted to have worked with the Herbert team on such an important infrastructure project."

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