Franglais:
If it is “common or garden” chocolate such “Snickers” do you really need temp controlled transport?
In high summer or depth of winter sure, but the rest of the year isnt ambient OK? I dont know the regs on this.
Ambient would be cheaper and easier.
If it is “common or garden” chocolate such as Snickers, I wouldn’t even bother on such a small scale as a 4 pallet load.
If it’s very high quality Belgian Chocolate, with a niche market, then that could work economically.
Common or garden chocolate is moved in full trailer/container loads, for economy of scale. One set of paperwork, for one consignment of 20+ tonnes.
Specialist Belgian Chocolate, for a specialist niche market, in small quantities.
There would be less interest from the big logistics companies, so less competition I would think. It would be too much hassle for a small profit margin for them.
Multi small consignments, each needing their own full set of paperwork. As was said, one missed tick box or other error on one set of paperwork will cause a delay for the whole load.
You’ll want to be familiar with all the required paperwork before you start, so you can hopefully spot an error and get it corrected before you even leave the manufacturers premises.
An occasional short delay for a consignment of specialist goods wouldn’t be a major problem. But too frequently and you could be looking at a poor reliability score, even if the source of the delay isn’t you, which could hurt your business.