Because of the nature of our food safe practice, we're able to ship full truckloads directly to retail customers because they themselves have distribution centers for that product. Companies like Walmart or Costco, they have distribution points that we ship to directly. What that does is it reduces the cross-stocking facility fees that we have to pay to unload a truck and then rebuild it. And it also reduces the amount of transport we pay, the amount of mileage that that produce has to travel first to the cross-stocking facility and then out to the retail customer. Instead, we ship direct to the retail customer.

May 10, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Tony, other | earnings call 2023-05-10 | transcript da3d2b30-626e-4e1c-abfd-75531d3af4ac | chars 51455-52074 | segment 51

We have successfully completed our food safety audits at the Moorhead, Somerset, and Richmond farms. That means we've been able to increase the number of direct shipments, reduce transportation costs, and the number of food miles traveled so our fruits and vegetables arrive on the shelves fresher and with less waste.

May 10, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Tony Martin, COO | earnings call 2023-05-10 | transcript da3d2b30-626e-4e1c-abfd-75531d3af4ac | chars 5030-5348 | segment 5