School food supplier, penalized for unauthorized use of bread baskets

 
Bakers Basko announced that North Yorkshire schools food supplier, Gilmoor Foods Limited, has been made the subject of a restraining injunction to stop it using bread baskets to put meat in.

GPS tracking technology, deployed by Bakers Basco, assisted with the investigation, leading to the Harrogate-based food wholesaler being sued over the conversion and misuse of the bakery equipment, resulting in costs and damages in excess of GBP 6,000 being imposed against it, alongside the injunction for an indefinite period. The Judge ruled in support of Bakers Basco over the misappropriation of the equipment.
The company was found to be misusing bakery baskets for the storage and transportation of its meat products to Gilmoor Foods customers.
Gilmoor’s customers include a number of local primary and secondary schools within the Yorkshire area as part of a large contract with the local council.
“Our recovery team tracked a sizeable amount of our equipment to Gilmoor Foods, using GPS technology,” explained Steve Millward, General Manager, Bakers Basco. “Gilmoor Foods had previously signed a voluntary agreement in November 2015 to refrain from using misappropriated equipment, for the display, storage or transportation of meat. They paid a concessionary sum in damages, levied as a goodwill gesture on our behalf. However, our recovery officers found further evidence of unauthorized bread basket use in December. What’s more, it was clear they had been used to transport and store Gilmoor’s own produce.”
Together with additional recovered damages relating to an earlier incident the amount paid by Gilmoor Foods was in excess of GBP 7,000.
Bakers Basco was set up by five of the UK’s leading plant bakers in 2006 to buy, manage and police the uses of a standard basket for the delivery of bread to retailers and wholesalers. The company currently manages a pool of approximately four million Omega Baskets, which are used by over 20 bakers, including Allied Bakeries, Fine Lady Bakeries, Frank Roberts & Sons, Hovis and Warburton’s, to deliver bread to their customers.