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P ro d u c e S h o w D a i l y Fri d a y, O c to b e r 1 7 , 2 0 1 4 4 REDUCING BANANA COSTS WHILE INCREASING SALES MEANS MILLIONS FOR 'TOP TEN' SUPERMARKET CHAIN Saving $1 per box on bananas may not sound like much, but if you're one of the largest, fastest-growing supermar- ket chains in the United States, it can add up to millions. That's what prompted one of the nation's largest- volume retailers to install their own bank of TarpLess ® ripening rooms. Before the new rooms were installed, the chain had been ordering bananas pre-ripened from the grower. As banana sales and store locations grew, meeting the ripening demands of over a thousand stores spread across multiple states became an increasingly difficult challenge. Corporate wanted to ensure that every store had quality bananas ripened to the exact color stage they needed when they needed it. They decided that building their own ripen- ing rooms would provide the best long- term solution and that the projected savings in ripening fees of $1 per box would more than justify the invest- ment. After an e x t e n s i v e r e v i e w p r o c e s s , including visits to a number of ripening facilities, they contracted Thermal Technologies to build the rooms. "This client had really done their home- work," said David Byrne, Vice President of Thermal Technologies. "They had a firm handle on volume and turnover and knew exactly how many rooms they would need to manage their CARGO IN MOTION Seaonus is an asset-based logistics com- pany with organizations that operate in multiple points of the logistics network, including stevedoring, dry and tempera- ture controlled warehousing and freight services. Headquartered in Jacksonville with additional operations in Mobile and New Orleans, it is equipped to handle a wide array of cargoes from temperature sensitive, to bulk, to heavy lift. Its priori- ty is you and its commitment is keeping your cargo in motion. Multi-temperature on-port facility features include: 444,863 square feet of temperature controlled warehouse space ranging from -10°F to +45°F located in Jacksonville, Florida and 115,218 square feet of -10°F temperature-con- trolled warehouse space in Mobile, Alabama; 690,183 square feet of dry space in Jacksonville, Florida and 125,310 square feet in New Orleans, Louisiana; shrink wrapping, blocking and bracing, and HHG handling capabil- ities, blast freezing, order picking con- solidation services and experience; warehouse Management System (WMS) designed for automated shipping and receiving, recording and reporting pack- age and size information, distribution and various commodities; warehouse services include USDA Import/Export s e r v i c e s , f u m i g a t i o n and flexible shipping and r e c e i v i n g hours; ware- house facili- ties approved by the FDA; outside storage available at each portside location; real time internet based cargo tracking system; and all facilities have rail capabilities. Stevedoring and terminal services include: trained staff of over 200 employees including master riggers, IMO certified managers and supervi- sors and port qualified container crane Continued on Page 73 Continued on Page 72 Lee M. Oser CEO and Editor-in-Chief Kim Forrester Paul Harris Associate Publishers Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director JoEllen Lowry Dave Bernard Jeanie Catron Associate Editors Yasmine Brown Vicky Glover Graphic Designers Caitlyn Roach Customer Service Manager Lynn Hilton Marcos Morhaim Account Managers Enrico Cecchi European Sales Produce Show Daily is published by Oser Communications Group ©2014 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 www.oser.com European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy. AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH PMA

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