Drivers make toast of the weather

There’s been no freeze on bread deliveries as drivers from Warburtons in Shaw battled through extreme weather conditions to make deliveries.

Employees from the Glebe Street bakery have been working around-the-clock to keep the region’s supermarket shelves stacked with fresh bread.

Mark Platt, business developer at the Bolton-based company, said: “We have been bowled over by our employees’ dedication, determination and commitment to getting products to our customers.

“On an average day our drivers leave the bakery at 4am. Due to the snowfall some of our vehicles have not left until 7am and journey times have at least trebled in many cases due to the conditions on the roads.

“We’ve heard some heart-warming tales of drivers going above and beyond the call of duty to meet their deliveries. One of our drivers, David Kenyon who delivers to customers in Liverpool, battled for seven hours in the conditions to make his first drop-off, a journey that in normal circumstances would have taken 40 minutes. Despite this, he still managed to make all his deliveries but had to book into a bed and breakfast in Liverpool as he couldn’t make it back due to road closures.”

Paul Aspen went out to rescue a fellow driver 20 miles away from the bakery in Bolton despite already having being delayed on the roads by five hours.

Warburtons serves customers from the Scottish islands and Highlands to Southampton with an average of over two million products a day.