Just recently I have been noticing reports of all sorts of small improvements in business operations which collectively are bringing substantial cost savings. It is not clear whether these have been prompted by the need for carbon saving or financial stringency, or if for some reason I am just noticing them more
One such story really caught my imagination: joint distribution of cornflakes, nappies & toilet rolls. All bulky but relatively lightweight, needing the same kind of lorry to travel in
A deal between Kellogg’s & Kimberly-Clark will save 10 round the world trips by lorry per year
Other fascinator facts:
On any Friday evening 1 in 5 large supermarkets is out of stock of Andrex toilet rolls (perhaps they should employ puppy catchers)
Shops could pack a lot more toilet paper into the space available if there were 1½ times as many sheets per roll as there are now – the diameter of each roll would increase by only 10%
