Food retailer Loblaw raising handling fee for its largest suppliers
VANCOUVER — The largest suppliers of Loblaw Companies Ltd. will have to pay a new handling fee, the company said.
Suppliers using Loblaw’s distribution centres will pay 0.79 per cent on the cost of goods they sell to the company, while those shipping directly to stores will pay 0.24 per cent, said spokesman Kevin Groh in an email, adding the fee doesn’t apply to the company’s small suppliers.
“We have always had handling fees,” he said. “We have simply held them flat for nearly a decade, as we’ve invested billions to create a highly efficient supply chain.”
Groh could not immediately provide information on existing fee rates, however said this fee is in addition to existing ones.