Sainsburys Waltham Depot

Foodstuffs progress through real-time ordering and delivery technology at Sainsbury's 700,000 sq ft distribution depot

Filename

sainsburys_depot086-09-05-2007.jpg

Copyright

© Richard Baker. No copying, screen grabbing, transmission or publication without permission.

Image Size

5315x3543 / 4.2MB

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Contained in galleries

iMechE exhibition, Reach Marketing (warehouses and landscapes), The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (large edit)