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CONTENTS
• Letter from President
• Multi-Vendor Consolidation
• Can't Get Enough Berries
• Gridlock On The Lake
• "Night Wind" Project
The Common Problem is Also The Common Solution
Multi-vendor consolidation, building mixed SKU truckloads to optimize transportation and order fulfillment, is an increasingly important service in the temperature-controlled supply chain. Click on the below link to learn more about consolidation and how frozen food manufacturers share the same problem . . . and the same solution.
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Public Can't Get Enough Berries, Despite Rising Prices
Raspberries and blueberries are the bonanza fruit of the day, flying out of supermarkets in teeny boxes at super prices. The market is so hot that both domestic production and imports are growing and - in defiance of usual market economics - supply, demand and price are all at record highs.
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Letter From The President
Our Teammates Make It Happen
My role as President of Hanson Logistics is rewarding for many reasons, most notably because I see firsthand how our teammates are the defining value in supply chain management. There was a day when facility location and the numbers on the rate sheet made the difference. Today it's service, and service is people.
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Sounds Like A Lot Of Hot Air. Right?
Who knows what the future will bring: scientists in Europe are exploring the concept of using refrigerated warehouses as giant nighttime batteries. "Night Wind" project studies how electrical power harvested by wind turbines can, in effect, be stored in warehouses during the off-peak night hours.
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Chicago Construction Picks Up Pace
Construction of the new Chicago Consolidation Center is on schedule for a late summer Phase 1 opening. The 14,500,000 cu. ft. facility will be used primarily as a collaborative consolidation point for refrigerated and frozen foods distributed via Hanson’s growing Multi Vendor Consolidation Program. For more information on Hanson facilities, click here.
Or email Andrew Janson, VP of Business Development, ajanson@hansonlogisticsgroup.com
Register for updates on this new facility!
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Gridlock On The Lake
By neglecting its transport system, Chicago is gambling with its future
As a thriving midwestern city, Chicago is still the beating heart of much of America's industry. But its arteries—both road and rail—are increasingly clogged. A report released earlier this month by Illinois's auditor, William Holland, highlighted some chronic glitches in the network of buses and commuter trains. The region also needs a better approach to highways and rail freight.
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