28 January 2026
In summary Nearly 20 years of a sustainable partnership 240 producers supported 50,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables marketed each year A circular logistics model combining performance and sustainability For almost 20 years, IPP Pooling and Le Marché de Phalempin have built a partnership based on logistics performance, transparency, and the circular economy. A long-term collaboration that demonstrates how logistics can become a true lever for competitiveness and sustainability in the fruit and vegetable sector.
A key player in the fruit & vegetable sector of Hauts-de-France
For over 30 years, SCA Le Marché de Phalempin has played a central role in structuring and promoting the fruit and vegetable sectors of Hauts-de-France. Founded in 1994, the cooperative was created to bring together two historic production areas, the Weppes and Pévèle plains, before expanding its scope in 2018 through the merger with Sipenord.
Today, Le Marché de Phalempin brings together 240 member producers, including 30 certified organic, and sells nearly 50,000 tonnes of local fruits and vegetables each year: endives, onions, cauliflower, strawberries, and many other emblematic products of the region.
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One objective guides the entire cooperative: to sustainably defend producers’ income while meeting the growing demands of markets and customers in terms of quality, traceability, and logistical performance.
Logistics: a strategic lever for performance
In an agri-food sector facing strong constraints — rising transport costs, raw material volatility, and increasing customer requirements — logistics is a key factor for competitiveness.
For Le Marché de Phalempin, the challenges are multiple:
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Ensuring operational excellence
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Maintaining smooth and reliable flows
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Staying agile in response to seasonality and changing packaging formats, especially with the increase in shipments on intermediate pallets
Digitalization of processes plays a central role. Order management, precise tracking of movements, and reduced processing times allow teams to manage flows efficiently and calmly while securing daily operations.
Choosing the IPP circular model
It is in this context that Le Marché de Phalempin, as early as 2007, chose the circular pallet rental model offered by IPP Pooling: Discover our story. Discover our story.
This choice was driven by concrete and sustainable benefits:
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Cost optimization, thanks to no initial investment
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Total flexibility, adapted to production volumes and seasonality
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Simplified management, with pallet tracking, collection, and reuse handled by IPP
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Waste reduction and a lower carbon footprint, fully aligned with the cooperative’s environmental commitments
This model allows Le Marché de Phalempin to secure its logistics flows while supporting the increasing environmental requirements of the agri-food sector.
The pallet thus becomes more than a simple logistical tool: it is a true instrument for economic performance and sustainability.
IPP Pooling & Le Marché de Phalempin: a long-term partnership
For nearly 20 years, the relationship between IPP Pooling and Le Marché de Phalempin has been built on shared values and solid fundamentals: transparency, reporting, and responsiveness.
Through the IPP portal, Le Marché de Phalempin’s teams can anticipate their needs, order pallets suited to their on-site or direct-to-producer flows, and easily report their shipments.
A smooth organization that reinforces trust and secures daily operations.
"With IPP, transparency, reporting, and responsiveness have transformed our logistics management."
Sébastien Lejosne, Director of Le Marché de Phalempin
Sought after by many market players, the cooperative has chosen to continue this collaboration as part of a sustainable partnership, focused on tomorrow’s challenges.
A partnership focused on the future
Logistical performance, traceability of flows, and environmental responsibility: these are the challenges that Le Marché de Phalempin and IPP Pooling have been addressing together for nearly two decades.
IPP Pooling’s solutions support agri-food sector players in optimizing their logistics flows, contributing to more efficient and responsible logistics.
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