We hope you’re staying warm and surviving our recent snow as we take a little break from the norm and provide a few quick updates on various cold storage topics of interest. Pfizer freed from deep-freeze The Food and Drug Administration announced this week that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine no longer needs to be stored at…
As much as America loves its cheese, there are approximately 1.4 billion pounds of excess American, cheddar and other kinds of cheese piling up in cold storage facilities across the country, breaking records since federal record-keeping began nearly a century ago, according to NPR. Producers fear the stockpile could continue to grow unless the market…
Occasionally in this space, we take a look at the cold storage stock numbers provided each month by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service. But this month, we thought it would be interesting to get a slightly different take, in video form, from Michael Nepveux, an economist with the American Farm…
Ever wonder what kind of refrigerated and frozen foods are being trucked and held for transport throughout the United States? Turns out, cold storage facilities ended 2017 with record levels of cheese, vegetables and poultry in stock. A end-of-year record 1.28 billion pounds of natural cheese, 2.63 billion pounds of frozen vegetables and 1.2 billion…
Washington Cold Storage offers both FIFO and LIFO inventory control in an effort to meet the demands of individual customers. FIFO (first-in, first-out) is the most traditional form of inventory control, ensuring that the oldest product is the first shipped out with newer product taking its place. It also means that the cost of all…