No one grows more garlic than China, which exports twice as much of the edible bulb as the rest world combined. Suppliers there begin putting garlic in cold storage in September to prevent garlic bulbs from germinating, preserving them for sales into the winter and spring months. While in cold storage, garlic is usually kept…
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At Washington Cold Storage, we understand the strict requirements related to the dating, tracking and tracing of the products we store in our facilities. Our online inventory is an important amenity to many of the customers who choose to partner with us. Many of our customers must have instant access to a real-time count of…
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Biotech companies are racing to push their candidates for a coronavirus vaccine through clinical trial stages. And, if successful, these companies have promised large scale supply rollouts. But, according to Fierce Pharma, two frontrunners for a vaccine may be have a difficult time generating the many millions of doses promised due to a need for…
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The sudden increase in online sales of essential goods in 2020 has caused suppliers to scramble for warehouse space and think again about how their supply chains need to be modified to meet growing demand, the real estate services company JLL said in a recent report on the changing landscape of industrial real estate. Online…
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When you think of goods being checked into cold storage, you typically think of chicken and cheese, berries and beef. We even devoted a blog post to the subject, where we revealed refrigerated warehouses like ours can be in demand to store everything from dairy to drugs. But did we forget anything? How about bees?…
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Beef is piling up in cold storage facilities across the nation despite processing slowdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service reported this month that cold storage stocks of beef reached 490 million pounds in April. That’s 13.9 percent higher than one year ago and 6 percent higher…
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to change the way we work and relate to one another around the world, business remains brisk here at Washington Cold Storage, and we have adapted the way we work and serve our clients to ensure health and safety is being prioritized first and foremost. For drivers who come into…
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While the coronavirus has slowed business activity — in many cases, to a halt — the food supply chain has been working overtime to get food to grocery stores as demand is clearing shelves. Agriculture producers and processing plants are putting in extra hours to get food to market, according to the Wall Street Journal,…
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Cold storage facilities in Shanghai, the world’s busiest port, can’t handle any more imports, having reached full capacity, according to multiple sources. Roadblocks, quarantines and driver shortages attributed to the coronavirus in China are largely responsible for the logjam. China’s trucking capacity is running at about 60 percent, according to The New York Times, keeping…
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As you might expect, working at a cold storage facility comes with its own unique challenges and hazards. Working in a warehouse environment is dangerous enough with pallets of product from floor to ceiling, a flurry of forklift activity and the ever-present need for workers to lift and stack heavy items. Add to that frigid…
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