Question to Retail workers/Supermarket people.

[Efour]

What are these "technically" called in the UK? (Dont say grey box)
Does the word "kolle" refer to them in anyway?

Im pretty sure tesco uses them at least.....
I assume they are standard among Food shipping across Europe?

 

[dlockers]

Crate

 

[slinxy]

what did you google to find the image? supermarket crate?

 

[new boy]

I worked for a year full time at Sainsbury's in the produce department handling those bad boys every day, and I can tell you that not once did it cross my mind to ask what the technical term for those is.

 

[Efour]

lol

SRS Låda (Swedish return system box/crate)

 

[Efour]

#Cheesefest save me

 

[paradigm]

Bale arm crate?

 

[SpellowHouse]

After it's stolen, it's a general purpose garage storage box.

 

[Beans on toast Dave]

tote

EcoTote | Supermarket Crate | Totebox

• Available in 4 sizes from stock • Our Eco Totes are robust recycled plastic containers ideal for heavy duty environments. • Manufactured from recycled plastic, the EcoTotes range are exempt from the new UK Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT). • Not only are these cheaper than their virgin-plastic...

totebox.co.uk

 

[Derek W]

#Cheesefest save me

She'll be too busy working up the next moaning topic on boxing day sales / new year sales chaos!

Buy Supermarket Crates - Low Everyday Prices | Onit Direct

www.onitdirect.co.uk

 

[Uther]

I worked for a year full time at Sainsbury's in the produce department handling those bad boys every day, and I can tell you that not once did it cross my mind to ask what the technical term for those is.

'That plastic thing'

 

[Minusorange]

Nesting crate makes sense

 

[Armageus]

I assume they are standard among Food shipping across Europe?

I work for a transport company (and previously worked in a packhouse) and all I've ever heard them called is Trays.
There are several different variations (including half size variants) and different colours, but they are just referred to as "Tesco Trays" or "Aldi Trays".

Don't try and return the wrong Trays to a different customer/supermarket as they get a bit upset

Normally 45 to a pallet or 90 half trays

Plastic trays are however in decline, as obviously due to plastic being in the news then cardboard is becoming more common. Cardboard also only needs to travel one way as then is just recycled rather than being transported back, cleaned and the reused.

 

[cheesefest]

Crate, tote.

Handle several dozen each day. Always one of the bars - which move either to stack full ones or nest empties is broken when it has 20kg of spuds in.

Have collapsible ones for bananas.

 

[Adam_151]

I work for a transport company (and previously worked in a packhouse) and all I've ever heard them called is Trays.
There are several different variations (including half size variants) and different colours, but they are just referred to as "Tesco Trays" or "Aldi Trays".

This. Also Just noticed you are in spalding, seem to remember there is a traywash place down that way on. [years ago when in sixth form, I used to do some work in the office of CCD at newark - but thats a name thats long gone now!]

Also seem to remember much furore from customer sites about empty Chep Blue pallets and not being delivered enough of them, or very occasionly too many of them (after they'd complained about lack of them a lot)

 

[Quartz]

Plastic trays are however in decline, as obviously due to plastic being in the news then cardboard is becoming more common. Cardboard also only needs to travel one way as then is just recycled rather than being transported back, cleaned and the reused.

I suggested to the supermarket delivery drivers that they use cardboard crates but it fell on deaf ears.

 

[Armageus]

Also seem to remember much furore from customer sites about empty Chep Blue pallets and not being delivered enough of them, or very occasionly too many of them (after they'd complained about lack of them a lot)

Yep Chep pallets are essentially rented and you are charged for them, hence wanting to get some empties back when you deliver full pallets in, to ensure your balance remains constant

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

(Dont say grey box)

I've never seen them in grey. The 3 main supermarkets, Asda, Sainsbury's and Tesco have theirs in green, red and blue respectively. Dark primary colours, like wheely bin colours. I think 'pallet' would be the right word as it's to do with shipments and it's larger than a box.

 

[mid_gen]

Giving me horrible flashbacks to the 4 hours I spent in a traywash place when I was a kid. Noped out of that job at lunchtime!

 

[adam cool dude]

I work for a transport company (and previously worked in a packhouse) and all I've ever heard them called is Trays.
There are several different variations (including half size variants) and different colours, but they are just referred to as "Tesco Trays" or "Aldi Trays".

Don't try and return the wrong Trays to a different customer/supermarket as they get a bit upset

Normally 45 to a pallet or 90 half trays

Plastic trays are however in decline, as obviously due to plastic being in the news then cardboard is becoming more common. Cardboard also only needs to travel one way as then is just recycled rather than being transported back, cleaned and the reused.

Cardboard is still not recycled on site in the vast majority of cases and is still sent to a proper place to be recycled.

Plastic trays are a lot better in that regard as they can be used over and over. Plastic trays carry far less than what you can squeeze in cardboard however as the product is never designed to fill the tray to the brim.

There are many different companies that do them. I think they rent out the use of the trays a bit like pallet companies like chep. IFCO are ones I deal with although I normally just pick up clean ones to be delivered to a company.