Fairfax Meadow has replaced its first Daily AGiles with 15 new Daily models featuring the proven six-speed automatic AGile transmission.

They represent some of the first new model Dailys to enter operation since the revised range was launched in the UK in January 2010 and have been supplied on a four year full service contract hire agreement with Fraikin.

The order replaces 10 Daily AGiles and five standard Daily 3.5 tonners based at the catering butcher’s production and distribution centre in London, where they have been in service since December 2005.

Mike Reid, group national transport manager of Fairfax Meadow, said: “Our decision to replace like-for-like is based wholly on the performance of the Daily AGiles over the last four years.

“Despite each clocking up 200,000 miles on roads where the average speed is just 8mph, downtime has been absolutely minimal and we’ve not had to replace any gearboxes. That in itself speaks volumes, especially when you consider we were the first fleet to operate Daily AGiles in the UK.”

The new vehicles join a fleet of 35 Dailys in Kentish Town, distributing chilled and frozen meat across the South East of England. Previously the AGile models were used solely for deliveries in the heart of London, but their remit has been expanded to cover all Fairfax Meadow deliveries made inside the M25.