At ALTALE, logistics is not an afterthought — it is the invisible backbone that ensures every bean and every leaf travels efficiently from farm to factory, warehouse to market, Uganda to the world.
Whether it’s coffee grown in the highlands or tea cultivated on lush estates, our logistics system is designed to handle the unique demands of agricultural supply chains. We manage the full logistical journey, ensuring timeliness, quality preservation, traceability, and cost-efficiency across the board.
🛤️ 1. First-Mile Transport: From Farm to Processing
This is where it all begins — and time is critical.
- Fresh Coffee Cherries & Green Tea Leaf Collection: ALTALE coordinates pickups from smallholder farms and estates, often located in remote rural areas.
- Regional Collection Points: Strategically placed aggregation centers to reduce travel time and ensure product freshness.
- First-Mile Fleet: Trucks and motorbike fleets suited for rural terrain and perishable load types.
🧺 2. Internal Movement Between Facilities
Once the raw materials are collected, they must be transported between ALTALE facilities for sorting, processing, and packaging.
- Coffee: Movement of beans between washing stations, drying yards, hulling facilities, and grading centers.
- Tea: Transport of green leaf from farms to processing factories for withering and fermentation, then to grading and packaging lines.
- Controlled Handling: All internal transport is optimized to minimize spoilage, contamination, and delay.
🧊 3. Warehousing & Storage Logistics
Quality control extends beyond processing — proper storage is key to maintaining shelf life and market readiness.
- Climate-Controlled Warehousing: Located near key processing hubs and distribution centers to store coffee beans and processed tea.
- Bulk and Packaged Storage: From sacks of parchment coffee to boxed tea cartons, we handle all formats.
- Inventory Management Systems: Real-time tracking and batch monitoring ensure traceability, accurate stock levels, and efficient dispatch.
🛣️ 4. Domestic Distribution
Uganda’s roads connect rural farms to major towns, and ALTALE ensures that supply moves fast and predictably.
- Retail & Wholesale Delivery: Coordinating deliveries to supermarkets, cafés, hotels, and distribution partners within Uganda and East Africa.
- Last-Mile Logistics: We provide delivery services for both B2B and DTC (direct-to-consumer) customers — including cafes, restaurants, and boutique stores.
🌍 5. Export Logistics & Global Shipping
Getting Uganda’s finest coffee and tea to the world requires precision, compliance, and coordination across borders.
- Export Documentation & Clearance: Handling all legal, sanitary, and customs requirements for both commodities.
- Freight Coordination: Sea and air freight services through Mombasa and Entebbe for global shipping.
- Global Delivery Fulfillment: From bulk container loads to branded packages delivered to shelves in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America.
📦 6. Packaging Logistics
Logistics also includes the flow of packaging materials, essential for both product protection and brand presentation.
- Inbound Logistics for Materials: Coordinating the supply of labels, boxes, bags, and eco-friendly packaging components.
- Co-packing & Fulfillment Centers: For partners seeking white-label or private label fulfillment.
📡 7. Digital Coordination & Tracking
We leverage technology to streamline logistics and offer real-time oversight.
- GPS & Route Optimization: For efficient fleet management and reduced delivery time.
- Inventory Software: Tracks coffee and tea from lot numbers to final destinations.
- Order Management Systems: Smooth coordination between sales, production, and logistics teams.
Why Our Logistics System Matters
- Preserves Quality: Fast, appropriate handling prevents degradation of coffee flavor and tea freshness.
- Ensures Traceability: Every batch can be traced from farmer to final export document.
- Drives Cost Efficiency: Internal control of transport, warehousing, and distribution means better margins and fewer delays.
- Supports Scale: Whether fulfilling 1-ton wholesale contracts or 1,000 individual orders, our system is built to scale seamlessly.
At ALTALE, we don’t just move products — we move trust, value, and Uganda’s reputation for world-class coffee and tea across continents.