Benefits

Advantages for Retail:

Advantages in goods procurement

• Optimum transport packaging that guarantees maximum freshness and quality of the goods across all stages of the supply chain
• Significant reduction of damage to goods in transportation and storage
• Availability throughout Europe
• 10 different RPC types, which can cover the entire range of fruit and vegetables

Advantages in goods logistics

• Standard packaging with the basic dimensions 60 x 40 cm and 30 x 40 cm
• Compatible with all current pallets (Europallets, ISO pallets)
• All RPC types are mutually compatible
• Optimum stacking properties for segregated and mixed dispatch units
• Highly suited to the use of jaw loaders as well as the use of materials handling technology and automatic storage systems
• High level of transportation safety in loader and truck transportation
• Very impressive ergonomics for manual handling (handles on all four sides, stability)

Advantages in sales

• Enhances sales through outstanding display properties
• Increased attractiveness of fruit and vegetables department through standardised containers
• Usable for chilled and humidified display counters
• Fast and easy exchange of empty RPCs in the fruit and vegetables department takes less time and reduces staff costs
• Branding with advertising inlays or inserts possible

Advantages in removal

• Fast, space-saving removal through simple folding of the empty RPCs, no waste disposal
• Protection of the environment and natural resources through multiple reuse

Economic advantages

• Significant reduction of damage to goods in storage and transportation
• Reduction of staff costs through improved handling
• Reduced costs for warehousing
• No costs for waste disposal
• Total cost savings of 23% compared with cardboard (Fraunhofer study)