Thermo King keeps the “Cream of Cornwall” cool

Rodda, famous for its delicious Cornish clotted cream, has recently taken delivery of a new temperature controlled Mercedes 18 tonne vehicle fitted with Thermo King’s TS 500 refrigeration unit, supplied by Marshall Thermo King.
Rodda, a family-owned business based near Redruth in Cornwall, has been producing Cornish clotted cream since 1890. The creamery now employs 80 people and produces several tonnes of clotted cream a day, supplying to all the major supermarkets as well as most major airlines and other food manufacturers.

The new Mercedes will join Rodda’s fleet of 15 delivery vehicles - ranging in size from four and a half tonne trucks to tankers - and will be used primarily on Rodda’s multi-drop operation delivering pre-packaged Cornish clotted cream to Heathrow and other UK airports, and supplying Cornish clotted cream for wholesalers in the Southeast of England. The vehicle, with bodywork by Reeps of Saltash, has 14-pallet carrying capacity.