Globally, cold storage facilities play an important part in the perishable goods market, especially the food industry. They provide suppliers with a location to store their products in optimal condition until they're needed at restaurants, grocery stores, and other food service establishments. However, finding reliable and customer-focused cold storage services can be challenging for most businesses.
(more…)Whenever temperature-sensitive products need to move from warehouse to warehouse or warehouse to retailer, multiple elements along the chain must be perfectly dialed in to reduce the odds of lost product.
(more…)In the third of our multipart series, we will continue discussing the impacts of the pandemic from a 3PL cold storage company’s vantage point. In this post, we will be covering the pandemic and safety changes in the 3PL cold storage industry.
(more…)Close to one billion people struggle to feed their families, while farmers produce enough food to feed 10 billion people. Clearly, food distribution is the problem, and the global cold chain has the answer.
The Global Cold Chain involves regulated actions to store and distribute perishable products under temperature-controlled conditions. It ensures the safety of food products at the point of consumption. The cold chain directly impacts billions of lives and the world economy through the following:
(more…)We live in a world where innovation is considered a big deal. People are always trying to come up with new inventions and new ways of doing things. So it's easy to lose track of how previous inventions and developments in technology are still helping us every day. And the food cold chain is one of those inventions which keeps food fresh all the way from the source i.e. the place where it was farmed to the destination i.e. your home. It's one of those things that we just can't do without. (more…)
Food security and cold storage. The outbreak of COVID-19 caused distress in the food chain supply in the US. Often people went to their favorite grocery store and went back home empty-handed. The sight of empty store shelves in the supermarkets and unfulfilled online orders filled many people with fear. (more…)
