Warehousing and Distribution
Decades of Expertise
With multiple warehouses across North America and more than three million square feet of space, Bunzl Retail Services has the capability to support and enhance any type of warehouse operation needs.
Retail Goods-Not-For-Resale (GNFR) are essential for success and daily operations, so you need a partner you can rely on.
Advanced Warehouse Operations
Experience & Innovation
By utilizing Bunzl’s warehouse offerings you can save on hiring costs, overtime, and outside labor by saving your space for merchandise that adds to your bottom line.
Applying the latest technology in pick-and-pack, sorting, and fulfillment techniques, we can ensure success with a program built uniquely for your needs.
With an impressive employee tenure, our experienced team gets to know each customers’ specific needs, while also bringing continuous process improvements.
Our e-commerce platforms allow you to order on demand or on a scheduled release cadence, giving you the flexibility to adapt to evolving store needs. From sourcing to freight and logistics, let Bunzl Retail Services manage your warehousing and distribution services so you can save time and operate more efficiently.
Bunzl manages retail distribution through structured programs for goods-not-for-resale (GNFR), supported by programs like the Top Value Collection to help control costs and standardize products across locations. With centralized oversight and store-level fulfillment, Bunzl ensures each store receives the right supplies on time through scheduled replenishment and consistent delivery.
Efficiency & Personalization
Bunzl’s Spend Management Tools offer an online catalog and ordering platform that is uniquely tailored to each customer. This ensures every store has what they need when they need it.
Transparency & Tracking
Bunzl’s ordering portal provides detailed reporting, transparency, and organization on a major cost for retailers.
Optimized Geography
We create an optimized warehouse footprint that takes into account logistics and minimizes transit delays to improve speed to market.
Global Sourcing
Bunzl’s global sourcing capabilities help retailers access high-quality products through a trusted network of suppliers around the world. By leveraging this network, Bunzl can help reduce costs, improve product consistency, and simplify procurement across multi-location operations.
With global sourcing capabilities, retailers can consolidate vendors and streamline purchasing. Instead of managing multiple suppliers, businesses work with one partner that integrates sourcing directly into retail warehousing and distribution workflows.
This approach supports stronger retail supply chain solutions by reducing complexity, improving quality control, and ensuring products move efficiently from sourcing to storage to store-level delivery.
Top Value Collection
The Top Value Collection offers pre-negotiated, cost-effective products designed to support everyday store operations. This program helps retailers maintain control over GNFR spending while ensuring consistent product quality.
Standardization plays a key role in multi-location retail success. By using approved products across all stores, retailers can simplify ordering, reduce variability, and improve operational efficiency.
The Top Value Collection helps optimize budgets without sacrificing quality, making it easier to manage essential supplies across large store networks.
Warehouse Services
Bunzl provides flexible warehouse services designed to support both day-to-day operations and large-scale retail initiatives. Core services include storage, inventory management, pick-and-pack, kitting, and custom program support.
These solutions are built to scale with each retailer’s needs. Whether supporting store replenishment, new store openings, or seasonal rollouts, Bunzl helps ensure products are organized, managed, and delivered efficiently.
By integrating warehouse management with broader retail supply chain solutions, Bunzl helps improve inventory control, reduce operational strain, and support consistent store-level fulfillment.
Freight & Logistics
Bunzl’s freight and logistics network supports efficient transportation and delivery across retail store networks. By coordinating warehousing and distribution with transportation planning, Bunzl helps reduce transit times and improve delivery reliability.
Route optimization and shipment consolidation help ensure products arrive on schedule while minimizing delays and disruptions. This is especially important for retailers managing large, multi-location operations.
With logistics fully integrated into retail warehousing and distribution, Bunzl creates a more seamless supply chain that supports both routine deliveries and large-scale projects.
Reliable, Consistent Delivery
Not-for-resale goods are necessary for efficient store operations, but they don’t add to the bottom line. So, why should a retailer warehouse store supplies in their own warehouses when the space could be used for revenue generating product? They shouldn’t. Bunzl Retail Services designs and implements efficient supply chain flows to ensure that each retail store receives its shipments when it needs them.
This strategic approach to warehouse and distribution cuts down on “wildcat spending” by managers across a store footprint and creates consistency and reliability on operational goods.
Operational Differentiators:
- Secure asset management
- Facility upgrades
- Automations
- Management system upgrades
- Transportation capacity
Why Bunzl for Retail Warehousing & Distribution
Bunzl offers more than traditional 3PL services. As a retail-focused partner, Bunzl delivers end-to-end retail supply chain solutions that combine sourcing, warehousing, distribution, and logistics into one streamlined program.
This integrated approach helps reduce vendor complexity, improve visibility, and create more efficient operations. Retailers benefit from consistent processes, better cost control, and a supply chain that can adapt as their business grows.
Let’s Optimize Your Retail Supply Chain
Bunzl Retail Services helps retailers evaluate and improve their warehousing, distribution, and supply chain strategies. By identifying inefficiencies and consolidating processes, Bunzl can help reduce costs and improve overall performance.
Each solution is tailored to the retailer’s needs, whether the goal is expansion, optimization, or vendor consolidation.
Contact us to learn how Bunzl can support your retail supply chain.
Warehousing and Distribution FAQs
What are retail warehousing and distribution services?
These services involve storing, managing, and delivering GNFR supplies across multiple store locations to support smooth and consistent operations.
How does Bunzl support multi-location retail distribution?
Bunzl uses a national warehouse network, optimized logistics, and scheduled replenishment to ensure each store gets the right supplies on time.
What are Goods-Not-For-Resale (GNFR) and why are they important?
GNFR includes items like packaging, fixtures, and cleaning supplies that are essential for daily store operations, even though they are not sold.
How can outsourcing warehousing and distribution reduce retail costs?
Working with one partner helps reduce labor, limit excess inventory, and improve efficiency across the supply chain.
Why choose Bunzl over a traditional 3PL provider?
Bunzl delivers more than a traditional 3PL provider by combining sourcing, warehousing, and distribution into one integrated program. As a one-stop shop for retail supplies, BRS also offers demand planning, procurement, online ordering, logistics, customer support at both the store and corporate level, plus detailed reporting and analysis.
