Video about Homebase's depot in Swindon - the central distribution depot for all house plants, garden plants, bulbs and the majority of bedding plants for Homebase stores.
Includes footage of: lorry leaving depot; staff at work; views of various parts of the depot; inside a Homebase store with plants; hard goods store; deliveries arriving. The commentary discusses matters including details of the numbers of lines; changes at different times of the year; range of hard goods (plants pots, dried and plastic flowers etc) also dealt with; deliveries to the depot; throughput fluctuating through the year; stock control including DISCO system; quality of product; stock maintenance - watering and plant care.
Duration: 4 minutes.
Homebase public relations and corporate videos
"Swindon Depot" video
- Ref. No: SA/SUB/SGB/GEN/55/3/2
- Date: [c. 1993]
- Level: File
- Extent: 1 file
- Access: Open
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