Many food shippers and retailers are diversifying their sourcing locations, attempting to add resilience to their supply chains.

This is to prepare for external shocks such as delayed shipping times due to current global crisis, which as a result will keep inflation and costs elevated.

Of course, this is a global issue that we have little control over so other strategies need to be formulated to increase operational efficiency.

Consider increasing your temperature-controlled storage capacity. Reduce number of deliveries by ordering more at once, contribute to waste mitigation and maintain different temperature-controlled environments to increase shelf life and maintain quality of produce.

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