RM2 pallets accepted into supply chain of Canada’s largest retailer

Program includes further pallet deployment in coming years.


RM2, a provider of sustainable composite pallets, has announced that Loblaw Companies, Canada’s largest retailer, has begun accepting RM2 pallets in its supply chain network.

RM2 will continue to work with Loblaw, which employs approximately 192,000 full­- and part-­time employees, to further implement a program of pallet deployment in the coming years.

“We are very pleased to begin accepting RM2 pallets in our distribution centers, and we look forward to working with selected vendors to support this important sustainability and efficiency initiative,” said Rob Wiebe, Loblaw executive vice president of supply chain.

John Walsh, chief executive officer of RM2, said, “Loblaw is greatly respected as an innovative retailer with a deserved reputation as a champion of environmental responsibility. We are delighted to be chosen to partner bring cost efficiencies, greater sustainability and innovation into the supply chain.”


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