Delivering Excellence 

December 8, 2014

Volume I, Issue 4
Energy and Coffee Drinks Influence Beverage Industry Trends
The product market segmentation of the beverage industry is changing rapidly. The explosive growth of energy drinks, increased coffee consumption, and other trends were presented by Michael Bellas, Chairman and CEO of Beverage Marketing Corporation. Gary Hemphill, Managing Director and COO also presented the comprehensive data results and analysis. Click here to see entire data findings. 
Delivery Systems Designed to Benefit Recipients
JOC.com recently reported there is a significant truck driver shortage. No container, straight truck, or trailer moves without, at some point, a truck driver. Even so, trucking companies, especially truckload carriers, often have great difficulty finding, hiring, and keeping drivers. Nearly every period of economic growth is accompanied by a driver "shortage," including the recovery that began in 2009. Today's shortage is truly a demographic lack of available qualified drivers, and trucking companies, logistics providers, and shippers must work together to finally resolve trucking's "driver problem," or transportation and logistics costs will rise substantially, putting supply chains at risk. Click here to read the full story.   
Ergonomic Delivery in Beverage Industry

Caroline Perkins authored a multi-part series for the IFDA (International Foodservice Distribution Association) News.  Perkins' third article in the series provided insights from thought leaders to help other distributors meet challenges in driver recruitment and retention. She profiled, Maines Paper & Food Service and Ben E. Keith Foods and shared some of their successful training strategies. A foodservice delivery driver commonly makes 15 stops on a daily route, lifts hundreds of cases of product during that route, rotates inventory at customer locations, adheres to rules of the cold chain, interfaces with restaurant staff, and drives a truck. The training for becoming a professional foodservice delivery driver is very different from that of becoming an over-the-road trucker. In the case of foodservice drivers, this add-on training is key to maintaining exceptional customer service. Click here to read the full story.

Dry Cleaning Franchise Growing Due to Same Day Delivery Demands
Dry cleaning and laundry services franchises are among the fastest growing, as busy professionals need to find time-saving efficiencies in their lives and lifestyles. Same day pickup and delivery demands are greater than ever before. These businesses often find efficiency comes in the final 100 yards of delivery and require a modified convertible truck designed to transport soiled and clean linens or other goods that require a bin for easier distribution. Beyond the individual dry cleaning customer, each day, companies with uniforms such as hospitals and hotels have thousands of pounds of soiled linen which create a logistic demand. Devising methods for personnel to load, unload, and manually transport dirty material from floors to the dock, and carts are often needed. A cost-savings is realized by eliminating associated repair, storage, and replacement costs. The result is managing heavy and dirty clothing and linen material efficiently. Entrepreneur magazine published a list of the top 11 franchises in the category. Click here to read the full story.

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