12/05/2008
BREWERS Daniel Thwaites are cutting their carbon hoof print by returning to horse-powered deliveries.
The leading northern brewery’s world famous Shire Horses are back in harness on the streets of Blackburn for the first time in more than five years.
Thwaites are keen to do their bit to help save the planet … and the switch to greener deliveries with oat-fuelled drays is back underway.
“As a company, we are always looking for ways to reduce our carbon footprint,” said transport operations manager Emma Green. “It is great to see the Shires out again on the roads around town.”
The Thwaites horses have spent the last few years winning awards on the show circuit and doing promotional work.
The public appearances will continue, but the company hope the Shires will also be able to do their day jobs inbetween.
“We are aiming to get them out delivering within a mile or two’s radius of the stables when we can fit it in to their busy schedule,” explained Emma. “Deliveries by horse-drawn dray finished about five years ago when we moved distribution off-site.”
Thwaites ended horse deliveries in the 1920s when the company switched to motor transport. They were reintroduced in 1960 and will celebrate their 50th anniversary in two years time.