New Tesco distribution centre in Middlesbrough will take more than 12,000 lorry journeys off the road each year.

http://www.retail-week.com/News/2009...brough_dc.html

supermarket lorries
 

I seem to remember the news saying that supermarket trucks do the equivelent mileage each day as two trips to the moon and back each day.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3545245.stm

Bring back the Arkwrights of this World (though I suppose they would be Patels nowadays . . . )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkwright_(Open_All_Hours)