• PCCs offer a viable warehouse solution for any supplier - whether you supply a handful of pallets a week, or thousands.
• PCCs provide a link between our suppliers and our Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) network.
• A shared user warehouse, a PCC, is usually located within 30 miles of a supplier's production facilities and holds product destined for Sainsbury's.
• Where viable, suppliers are encouraged to transfer Sainsbury's product directly from production into the PCC, replacing existing storage facilities.
• PCCs can store Sainsbury's own label and supplier branded products.
• There is no minimum drop; stock is consolidated between suppliers into full loads, at a fixed cost per pallet.
• Product held in PCCs remain the supplier's property until the goods are received at the RDC.

• PCCs enable suppliers to meet 7 day order placement and 24 hour leadtimes.
• PCCs allow customer availablilty to be increased with no additional supply chain costs.
• Operating round the clock, 364 days a year; PCCs can continue to process your orders when you are not there.
• Deliveries to the RDCs are our responsibility. So depot delays become a Sainsbury's issue.

UK & European Logistics Manager, Green Isle

"Our decision to move into Sainsbury's PCC proved to be a very successful one which has brought enormous benefit to both companies."

Distribution Manager, Princes Soft Drinks

"The logic behind PCC warehousing is both operationally sound and financially viable with achievable goals and mutual benefits for the 'partnership'."