JUNE 2020
Logistics of the Tafel
The expansion of Tafel Dortmund as one of six distribution centres in North Rhine-Westphalia is picking up speed. Additional storage space and new logistics support enable larger quantities of goods to now be handled at once.
At the end of 2019, the regional association of food banks and pantries in North Rhine-Westphalia decided to expand and build six distribution centres. The aim: Larger storage facilities for donated frozen, refrigerated and dried goods in Dortmund, Coesfeld/Münster, Aachen, Wuppertal, Dormagen and Cologne.
Large reloading point in the Wickede industrial park
"Since we can now transport larger quantities of goods, it is of course also necessary for us to have the appropriate storage space," explains Ansgar Wortmann, operations manager at Tafel Dortmund. And there is now also a solution for this. Hendrik Schabsky, CEO of ATLAS, has provided a truck-trailer reloading point, storage space for 150 euro-pallets and, together with Bloedorn Container GmbH, two 40-foot refrigerated containers on the premises of the ATLAS shoe factory. Three more refrigerated containers on the site are being planned. Approximately 20 euro-pallets of frozen goods fit into one of these refrigerated containers. The reloading warehouse on the ATLAS site offers a total storage space for eight to nine long-distance trains, i.e. large truck loads.
JULY 2019
TAFEL EQUIPPED WITH OUTFITS
On the occasion of the 15th birthday of Tafel Dortmund ATLAS provides the Tafel employees with outfits. At the beginning of July Hendrik Schabsky, CEO of ATLAS, handed over 40 embroidered softshell jackets with the Tafel logo to the transport service of Tafel Dortmund. The drivers with their new outfits become brand ambassadors for the Tafel and were delighted with this support.
MARCH 2018
A COLOURFUL TAFEL PROGRAMME IN THE SHOE FACTORY
A special event took place on Saturday 17th March at an unusual location: ATLAS had converted the warehouse into an impressive function room in order to be able to give a benefit evening to Tafel Dortmund.
There was a varied stage programme with music ranging from classical and flamenco through to jazz, and the Duisburg political satirist Kai Magnus Sting set off a linguistic fireworks display during which he introduced the around 250 guests to the peculiarities of the Ruhr area language.
The Formula 1 presenter Heiko Waßer presided over the gala evening and also told a number of stories from the world of sports.
After Emma the Bee, BVB's official mascot, had already welcomed the guests at the beginning of the event, another BVB celebrity took to the stage in the course of the evening: Patrick Owomoyela had a special present with him which he auctioned off together with Heiko Waßer for the benefit of the Tafel: a whole matchday together with stadium announcer Nobby Dickel.
The chairman of Tafel Dortmund, Dr. Horst Röhr, expressed his gratitude for the great commitment of Hendrik Schabsky, the managing partner of ATLAS, who had the idea for the benefit evening.
This evening was a complete success: both for the guests, who could enjoy a varied evening, and for Tafel Dortmund, which in addition to the financial contribution of €30,000 has also gained many new supporters.
FebruarY 2017
ATLAS and TAFEL DORTMUND
start working together
Since mid-February, the ATLAS shoe factory has made part of its storage space in Dortmund-Wickede available to Tafel Dortmund free of charge. As the number of people in need in Dortmund is on the increase, the Tafel has to keep more and more food available. Fortunately, the number of donations has also increased at the same time: Tafel Dortmund currently uses 11 vehicles to collect food from up to 174 suppliers and donors every day. In one week that adds up to between 84,000 and 108,000 kg. The Tafel has to sort them and in some cases put them into temporary storage, for example when supermarkets remove non-food items from their range at short notice or food producers dispose of excess stocks. The ATLAS shoe factory will in future keep approximately 30 pallet spaces permanently free in its warehouse: “In this way, the Tafel does not have to spend precious donations to rent a hall and we can contribute to helping those in need in Dortmund even better,” says the CEO of ATLAS, Hendrik Schabsky, who is himself an active member of the advisory board at Tafel Dortmund. However, the fact that the Tafel needs storage space does not mean that enough food donations are received every week, emphasises Dr. Horst Röhr, chairman of the Tafel. "We are still in urgent need of every donation because demand is also growing at an ever-increasing rate," says Röhr. "We are very grateful for the possibility to be able to temporarily store large, short-term donations at ATLAS and hope to encourage other companies to follow suit."
