Three million 事例/患者s, four miles of conveyor belts... and enough food to fill 267 tennis 法廷,裁判所s: The gigantic supermarket 倉庫/問屋 gearing up for Christmas

  • 乗り物s leave Sainsbury's biggest 倉庫・駅 every 2 minutes to 在庫/株 83 蓄える/店s
  • 1,800 配達/演説/出産s made a week
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Britain may be in the 支配する of a credit crunch, but 商売/仕事 is buzzing at this 倉庫・駅 to 会合,会う the 需要・要求するs of festive 顧客s.

From crackers and cranberry sauce, to turkey and tinsel, Christmas has arrived 早期に for these staff, as it does every year, because the 大規模な 倉庫/問屋 is Sainsbury's 配当 centre in Essex.

Waltham Point, which was built 近づく the M25 outside the historic town of Waltham Abbey, stands at a 抱擁する 700,000sq ft? - the 同等(の) of 267 tennis 法廷,裁判所s.

Staff move among the goods stored at Sainsbury's Waltham Point distribution depot in Essex

Staff move の中で the goods 蓄える/店d at Sainsbury's Waltham Poi nt 配当 倉庫・駅 in Essex

Pallets of goods ready for delivery from the warehouse, which makes 1,800 deliveries a week

Pallets of goods ready for 配達/演説/出産 from the 倉庫/問屋, which makes 1,800 配達/演説/出産s a week

Goods move along miles of conveyor belts in the chill warehouse

在庫/株 move along miles of conveyor belts in the 冷気/寒がらせる 倉庫/問屋

The 倉庫・駅 is the largest of 23 operated by the supermarket to service its 蓄える/店s.

Surrounded by crates stacked to the 天井, 1,200 労働者s scurry around to make sure they 会合,会う their 1,800 配達/演説/出産s a week.

And while many are dreaming of a white Christmas, snow-clogged roads are the last thing they need - because a 乗り物 出発/死s every two minutes to 在庫/株 83 蓄える/店s i n London, Hertfordshire and Essex. Twenty four hours a day.

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