FROZEN food storage and distribution business Reed Boardall Group has extended its cold store at its 55-acre site in North Yorkshire.

The new store building, which is 142 metres by 67 metres, can hold up to 142,000 pallets and adds 14 new loading docks, bringing the total to 54 at its site in Boroughbridge, where it employs 600 people.

Reed Boardall has a fleet of more than 160 refrigerated lorries and stores and delivers more than 3,000 frozen foods product lines every day from manufacturers across Britain, Europe and further afield to supermarkets in the UK.

Keith Boardall, group chief executive, said: “Even in the current economic climate, where all investment has to be minutely considered, we are committed to a long-term future – and that means maintaining unrivalled performance levels.”