After seeing their crop pile up in cold storage facilities due to oversupply, cranberry growers in Washington, Oregon and other states are asking the federal government for help in balancing out the surplus as cranberry prices have fallen and remain below production costs. The US Department of Agriculture is considering a 25 percent reduction in…
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Cold storage facilities are slowly beginning to make industry shifts toward using automated systems and even robots to streamline the traditional storage and retrieval methods used for decades. This implementation of automation and use of advanced robotics is seen by many to be a perfect fit for an industrial system that has strict temperature requirements…
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At Washington Cold Storage, we’re pretty good at keeping products fresh on our end before they get to market. But what about after you’ve bought and bagged your groceries and brought them home? The modern convenience of the refrigerator has allowed individuals and families to be able to buy ahead and keep fruits, vegetables, dairy…
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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…
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With snow on Christmas Eve at our facilities and throughout Western Washington, we want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas — and safe travels whether you might be working this weekend or traveling to spend time with friends and family. As we wrap up 2017 and begin to reflect on the…
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It’s the holiday season once again. Has it snuck up on you too? At Washington Cold Storage, we want to wish everyone happy holidays and give our partners a heads up about the days we will be closed and unavailable for pickups and deliveries this year. Washington Cold Storage will be closed the following days…
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For businesses that rely on trucks to move their product, gas prices are always a point of concern. And while summer travel season is behind us and this time of year is typically associated with declining gas prices, this fall we are seeing gas prices start to climb due to a number of factors. Gas…
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Whether you are a grower or consumer of fruits and vegetables, at some point you will probably be concerned about the optimal temperature at which to store your produce. Since we are in the cold storage business, we thought a handy guide would be fun to share with our readers. There are many benefits of…
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Businesses in the logistics and supply chain industry are responding across the country to bring relief to areas in Texas and Louisiana devastated by Hurricane Harvey. While we naturally think of the actual food, clothing and other supplies that victims impacted by natural disasters need, what often gets lost in calls for relief and media…
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With technology advancing and no limit in site to the impact these advances will continue to have on our lives, more and more people are asking whether self-driving trucks could turn the shipping industry on its ear within the next 5-10 years. Technology companies and automobile manufacturers are already testing a variety of self-driving vehicles,…
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