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A few years ago we took a look at how we went to market with our deliveries (mostly rural area) and decided to pull order by account and deliver with a bulk trailer delivery system. The plan was, in doing this, we would put some labor in the warehouse and eliminate some of the need for extra helpers on the trucks. Plus, this would speed up the delivery process in the market.
After doing this for a couple of years, we noticed all the expense of having to purchase shrink wrap, which was coming back on the truck balled up or stuffed between pallets. The plastic ended up in our dumpster and eventually the landfill. We were spending about $15,000 annually on shrink wrap and all we were doing was throwing that money away. It wasn't but a couple of weeks later that we were at a trade show in Las Vegas and we ran into Rich Sklena and REUSA-WRAPS. This was exactly what we were looking for!
After we returned, we sat down and figured out how many and what sizes of Wraps we needed. We figured to have a cost saving over the next couple of years of $25,000 -$30,000. There was some trial and error when we first started…but now we are 100% into using REUSA-WRAPS and our drivers and warehouse workers absolutely love them.
I don't see us ever going back to throwing money away for shrink wrap. If anyone out there is looking for a solution to getting rid of shrink wrap, wants to save money and go green, REUSA-WRAPS reusable pallet wraps are the way to go.
Rich Schwartz
General Manager, Three Rivers Distributing, LLC.