Tag: supply chain

Playing to its strengths in supply chain support services, the Castellini Group of Companies implemented the final phase of its plan to transform the 125-year-old produce company into an indispensable asset in the temperature-controlled supply chain industry.

Given the environmental sensitivity and short shelf-life of perishables, talent is a critical need in fresh produce warehouses.

A key to successful investment in warehousing is alignment of warehouse and distribution strategy with organizational priorities. That is, warehousing must be part of the strategic planning process and embedded into supply chain processes—this requires senior leaders to better understand the function.

Throughout the pandemic, supply chains have struggled to stay aligned with customer needs.

This week there were a couple of important initiatives by the U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Agriculture designed to help alleviate ongoing workforce and supply chain challenges.

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., one of the world’s leading vertically integrated producers, distributors and marketers of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, is currently harvesting a variety of melons including cantaloupe, honeydew, specialty Harper and Tara melons and watermelon just in time for prime melon season.

The Federal Trade Commission is ordering nine large retailers, wholesalers, and consumer good suppliers to provide detailed information that will help the FTC shed light on the causes behind ongoing supply chain disruptions and how these disruptions are causing serious and ongoing hardships for consumers and harming competition in the U.S. economy.

Today, Carlos Castro, owner of Woodbridge, Va.-based Todos Supermarket, joined other major retailers at the White House for a roundtable discussion with President Biden on America’s supply chain challenges. Castro, a member of the National Grocers Association Board of Directors, represented the more than 21,000 independent community grocers across the country.

Everybody is concerned with the supply chain, and, like the Devil in the Middle Ages, it is supposed to be responsible for all current misfortunes.