The Exciting Life of a Pallet WhoKnew!

Rental Pool (Chep and Loscam) : are used for transferring goods between ourselves and our onshore trading partners. These pallets are charged by the day and last year we had over ten million rental days.

Everything we do at Casella Family Brands depends on pallets. Without pallets the production stops. The only thing worse than running out of pallets would be running out of wine.

From empty bottles, cartons and labels coming in, to finished goods leaving the warehouse and everything in between the number of pallet movements at CFB runs into millions every year.

Pallets have been very high focus for the company over the past 6 months with a lot of energy surrounding working smarter. We have implemented better approaches to managing pallets, with costs, usage and sustainability all in the focus. We are now starting to see the benefits of these improvements across our sites.

In fact just about the only thing that does not move on a pallet are the grapes during vintage!

Casella Export : Used to store finished products prior to being loaded into containers. With up to forty containers a day leaving the site and the amazing stock held in the warehouses the number of these pallets held on site is in the tens of thousands.

Deposit Scheme (Visy, Ausperl, Koala etc.) : Which come from our suppliers and are returned when empty to get our deposit back. This year we will handle in excess of 16,000 pallets . That ’s over $600,000 in deposits to track. If we lose the pallet we lose the deposit.

Non returnable : Which come from a variety of suppliers but have no return value. There will be somewhere near 5,000 of these to process this year. Historically these have had to be disposed of as waste and as we all know waste is a bad thing ...which brings us to the NEW addition to the Family...

Reconditioned for Re-Use : The whole of CFB works hard to reduce waste and recycle and Pallets are no different. Pallets are now being repaired, repurposed and reused in surprising numbers.

There are five main types of pallet we have on site here in Yenda; and the numbers are quite extraordinary.

We are busy repairing and painting pallets from the Non returnable pool for three main areas of use.

Deposit Scheme (Visy, Ausperl, Koala etc.): Which come from our suppliers and are returned when empty to get our deposit back. This year we will handle in excess of 16,000 pallets . That’s over $600,000 in deposits to track. If we lose the pallet we lose the deposit. Non returnable: Which come from a variety of suppliers but have no return value. There will be somewhere near 5,000 of these to process this year. Historically these have had to be disposed of as waste and as we all know waste is a bad thing ...which brings us to the NEW addition to the Family...

Rental Pool (Chep and Loscam) : are used for transferring goods between ourselves and our onshore trading partners. These pallets are charged by the day and last year we had over ten million rental days.

Everything we do at Casella Family Brands depends on pallets. Without pallets the production stops. The only thing worse than running out of pallets would be running out of wine.

Casella Export : Used to store finished products prior to being loaded into containers. With up to forty containers a day leaving the site and the amazing stock held in the warehouses the number of these pallets held on site is in the tens of thousands.

The Cooperage, which will have up to 800 bright green pallets for the transport and long term storage of Barrels. Waste Management which will have 600 blue pallets for the collection and storage of Plastic and Cardboard bales from around the winery site prior to the bales going for recycling; and then there will be 400 Yellow Pallets for every body to use, whenever they need a pallet for what ever purpose. The introduction of these pallets will reduce wastage by 1800 pallets and reduce rentals by 648,000 pallet days. Well done and thankyou to everyone for helping introduce these changes. It makes a difference!

Deposit Scheme (Visy, Ausperl, Koala etc.) : Which come from our suppliers and are returned when empty to get our deposit back. This year we will handle in excess of 16,000 pallets . That ’s over $600,000 in deposits to track. If we lose the pallet we lose the deposit.

Reconditioned for Re-Use: The whole of CFB works hard to reduce waste and recycle and Pallets are no different. Pallets are now being repaired, repurposed and reused in surprising numbers. We are busy repairing and painting pallets from the Non returnable pool for three main areas of use.

Non returnable : Which come from a variety of suppliers but have no return value. There will be somewhere near 5,000 of these to process this year. Historically these have had to be disposed of as waste and as we all know waste is a bad thing ...which brings us to the NEW addition to the Family...

Reconditioned for Re-Use : The whole of CFB works hard to reduce waste and recycle and Pallets are no different. Pallets are now being repaired, repurposed and reused in surprising numbers.

From empty bottles, cartons and labels coming in, to finished goods leaving the warehouse and everything in between the number of pallet movements at CFB runs into millions every year. In fact just about the only thing that does not move on a pallet are the grapes during vintage! There are five main types of pallet we have on site here in Yenda; and the numbers are quite extraordinary.

Rental Pool (Chep and Loscam): Used for transferring goods between ourselves and our onshore trading partners. These pallets are charged by the day and last year we had over ten million rental days.

We are busy repairing and painting pallets from the Non returnable pool for three main areas of use.

The Cooperage, which will have up to 800 bright green pallets for the transport and long term storage of Barrels. Waste Management which will have 600 blue pallets for the collection and storage of Plastic and Cardboard bales from around the winery site prior to the bales going for recycling; and then there will be 400 Yellow Pallets for every body to use, whenever they need a pallet for what ever purpose. The introduction of these pallets will reduce wastage by 1800 pallets and reduce rentals by 648,000 pallet days. Well done and thankyou to everyone for helping introduce these changes. It makes a difference!

Casella Export: Used to store finished products prior to being loaded into containers. With up to forty containers a day leaving the site and the amazing stock held in the warehouses the number of these pallets held on site is in the tens of thousands.

The Cooperage, which will have up to 800 bright green pallets for the transport and long term storage of Barrels. Waste Management which will have 600 blue pallets for the collection and storage of Plastic and Cardboard bales from around the winery site—prior to the bales going for recycling; and then there will be 400 Yellow Pallets for every body to use, whenever they need a pallet for what ever purpose. The introduction of these pallets will reduce wastage by 1800 pallets and reduce rentals by 648,000 pallet days.

Well done and thank you to everyone for helping introduce these changes. It makes a difference!

Bryan Doyle – Pallet Controller