The PackIt Fresh team has been busy mining its grocer partner data over the past couple weeks. We’re seeking to quantify the answer to a single question: what kind of savings is the PackIt Fresh mobile refrigeration solution delivering to its current grocery partners?
When the PackIt Fresh Innovations team commenced development on our commercial refrigeration system for online grocery order fulfillment back in 2018, we were eager to bring innovation to a then nascent yet estimated $20 Billion marketplace. That figure represented roughly 2.5% of the then $1 Trillion food and beverage retail market.
Online grocery ordering experienced another record year in 2021 and PackIt Fresh EcoFreeze™ totes were there! We rolled out pilot programs inside major grocery chains, as well as smaller retail operations both here in the U.S. and abroad. As we look ahead to 2022, a few members of the team and I thought it would be a good idea to share our perspectives on what these use cases have taught us and can teach our current and future PackIt Fresh partners.
The bigger the grocery chain, the more complex the picking-and-packing applications — especially when it comes to refrigeration. During the generally inefficient and extremely costly final mile of the cold supply chain, refrigeration is often the stumbling block that keeps food-related retailers up at night. Redundant processes, expensive buildouts and even more expensive transportation are all regularly employed to ensure perishables stay fresh.
What if we could solve for refrigeration in a nimble, cost-effective, mobile way? What if, from the moment perishables are picked to the moment they are received by the customer, there were an easy way to control for the crazy-expensive refrigeration portion of the equation? Well, we did, and there is.
The PackIt Fresh team has been busy mining its grocer partner data over the past couple weeks. We’re seeking to quantify the answer to a single question: what kind of savings is the PackIt Fresh mobile refrigeration solution delivering to its current grocery partners?
When the PackIt Fresh Innovations team commenced development on our commercial refrigeration system for online grocery order fulfillment back in 2018, we were eager to bring innovation to a then nascent yet estimated $20 Billion marketplace. That figure represented roughly 2.5% of the then $1 Trillion food and beverage retail market.
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Online grocery ordering experienced another record year in 2021 and PackIt Fresh EcoFreeze™ totes were there! We rolled out pilot programs inside major grocery chains, as well as smaller retail operations both here in the U.S. and abroad. As we look ahead to 2022, a few members of the team and I thought it would be a good idea to share our perspectives on what these use cases have taught us and can teach our current and future PackIt Fresh partners.
The bigger the grocery chain, the more complex the picking-and-packing applications — especially when it comes to refrigeration. During the generally inefficient and extremely costly final mile of the cold supply chain, refrigeration is often the stumbling block that keeps food-related retailers up at night. Redundant processes, expensive buildouts and even more expensive transportation are all regularly employed to ensure perishables stay fresh.
What if we could solve for refrigeration in a nimble, cost-effective, mobile way? What if, from the moment perishables are picked to the moment they are received by the customer, there were an easy way to control for the crazy-expensive refrigeration portion of the equation? Well, we did, and there is.
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