Eight years at Glastonbury

Expo Hire has been an approved supplier at Glastonbury Festival for eight consecutive years. The site covers hundreds of acres, runs for five days, and operates dozens of food and drink concessions alongside backstage catering, artist hospitality and production facilities.

Why hire from Expo Hire

• The only hire company in the UK that delivers and collects on Sundays. Morning and afternoon windows available every day of the year, including Bank Holidays.
• Live GPS tracking on every delivery and collection. A tracking link and SMS ETA are sent on delivery morning. No other UK hire company offers this for both directions.
• Every order 100% guaranteed before you pay. Stock and logistics are confirmed at the point of booking. No substitutions or shortfalls on the day.
• No security deposit on any order. No damage deposit, no money held back — ever.
• Free Minor Damage Waiver on every order. Accidental breakages during normal event use are covered at no extra charge.
• Choose morning or afternoon for delivery and collection independently. Your schedule, your venue, your window.
• 11 regional depots across England and Wales. Orders route automatically from the nearest depot to your venue.

The organiser's requirement: reliable cold storage for food vendors, display chillers for beverage sales, walk-in cold rooms for high-volume units, and LPG to run cooking equipment and water heaters across the site.

What we supplied

• Commercial upright fridges for food and drink vendors
• Display chillers and bottle coolers for bar and beverage areas
• Walk-in cold room units for high-volume catering
• LPG supply and cylinder exchange throughout the festival
• Temporary heating for backstage and hospitality areas

How we handled the site

Glastonbury's logistics are unlike any urban venue. Access roads flood after rain. The festival runs across multiple fields with different ground conditions and access points. Our team planned delivery routes and collection windows before the site opened and maintained contact with site teams throughout.

LPG supply runs continuously during the festival. Expo Hire managed cylinder exchanges across the site so traders didn't run out during service. Refrigeration faults happen — our team stayed reachable to respond without disrupting a vendor's trading day.

The eight-year relationship reflects consistency more than anything else. The site changes from year to year — different vendor mixes, different layout, new infrastructure requirements. We adapted our supply to match each year's brief while keeping the same standard of delivery, maintenance and collection.

What festival refrigeration hire needs

A festival site needs a supplier who can plan for difficult access, keep equipment running across multiple days, and respond quickly when something goes wrong. Cold storage failures cost traders a full day's stock. A reliable LPG supply is the difference between a kitchen that trades and one that stops at noon.

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