American Foods Group & WarehouseQuote: Managed refrigerated warehousing

Company overview

American Foods Group is a team of 4,500+ employees that has been independently owned and family operated for over 70 years. They are a vertically integrated family of companies that provides products from the farm to the table. American Foods Group has divisions including fresh meats, retail, food service, and international divisions with seven meat processing facilities across the United States.

Commitment to food safety and quality assurance

American Foods Group is committed to providing customers with the highest quality products with food safety and quality assurance program. This program includes extensive and continuous training on industry best practices and food safety requirements and is overseen by a team of PHDs, senior leaders, and quality experts. For the team's international division, USDA and export compliance is top of mind for American Foods Group as they look to expand into new markets and grow sales.

The solution: A multi-location, refrigerated warehousing solution to support their growing exports business

American Foods Group partners with WarehouseQuote for custom-built refrigerated warehousing solutions to support their growing exports business. With WarehouseQuote's operational support, American Food Groups can expand their commitment to food safety and quality assurance to their 3PL facilities with expanded USDA inspections, labeling, and SOP development and training for consistent execution. With WarehouseQuote's network, American Foods Group was able to secure refrigerated storage capacity in historically tight markets. As their exports business grows, our vetted network allows for their business to increase throughput while consolidating vendors to a single point of contact.

Results

• 2 Facilities supported
• 1 Partner managing warehousing and fulfillment

Voice of the customer

“With WarehouseQuote’s network of cold storage facilities we are able to outsource our USDA compliance efforts as needed, helping add resources and control our labor spend across our international export program.” - Katie Flaig, Export Coordinator at American Foods Group