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Magnavale Easton Nears Completion with Installation of Monorail
As we prepare for the launch of our new 101,000-pallet cold store, Magnavale Easton, we are excited to share the installation of high-speed monorails. Installation began in July 2023, with the monorail system being one of the most technically challenging aspects of...
Expanded Contract Packing Lines at Magnavale Easton
We are pleased to announce we have invested in new contract packing lines at our Easton cold storage facility. Allowing for a huge increase in our packing, labelling and date-coding output, these new lines are suitable for a variety of ambient, chilled, and frozen...
A Guide to Batch Thawing: Microwave Up-Tempering
As a food processor, ensuring your frozen ingredients are properly thawed and ready for further processing is crucial for efficiency and quality. However, thawing large volumes of frozen foods can be time and labour intensive. At Magnavale, we have specialist...
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Service-Related Articles
Cold Chain Efficiencies: De-topping & Handballing
At Magnavale, alongside temperature-controlled storage, we provide a vast portfolio of cold chain services aimed to create simplified and more sustainable supply chains. Due to rising inflation and climate issues, there is an ever-increasing interest and need for food...
Magnavale Chesterfield Expands Cold Storage Facility Adding 23,000 Pallet Locations
We are extremely pleased to announce that we have broken ground on the construction of a significant expansion to our Magnavale Chesterfield facility, adding a further 23,000 pallet locations to the existing 40,000 currently on site.Having now broken ground, we’re...
How a D2C Pick and Pack Operation Works
At Magnavale, we provide a number of bespoke food contract packing services in line with our standard warehouse services that we offer. One of which is a pick and pack service where, on behalf of food manufacturers or distributors, we pack a food product into various...
What is a Blast Freezer?
A blast freezer is a large, sealed unit that uses super-cooled forced air to rapidly freeze pallets of perishable food products. Unlike a household freezer, blast freezers can freeze food products much more quickly and efficiently. The blast freezer is designed to...
Benefits of a Frozen Supply Chain
At Magnavale, we are huge advocates of freezing solutions and frozen warehousing. While not all chilled supply chains can be frozen, we have worked with many clients that have made the switch to a frozen cold chain and have benefited greatly in terms of reductions in...