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American Cold Storage Frialsa Frigorificos Great Lakes Cold Storage Henningsen Cold Storage Imperial Freezer Services Merchants Terminal NOCS Trenton Cold Storage U.S. Growers Cold Storage |
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING
THE WORLD GROUP
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What Is The Mission Of
The World Group?
The mission of The World Group, in addition to promoting a national identity,
is to continually evaluate and improve standards of refrigerated logistics among
our members and within our industry, and to provide our customers with competitive,
value-added services.
What Are The Requirements For World Group Membership?
World Group members must meet stringent criteria for operational excellence,
as well as demonstrating leadership in the market and their industry. In additional,
World Group members must be independently owned, active in the International
Association of Refrigerated Warehousemen (IARW) and World Food Logistics Organization
(WFLO), and must participate in the National Frozen Food Association's Certificate
of Excellence Sanitation program.
Is There Joint Ownership Among The Members?
No. Each World Group member is an independent company. Unlike large real estate
trusts, whose future may lie in their ability to provide a good return for their
shareholders, The World Group members are committed to providing world class
refrigerated logistics services. Our future lies in our ability to perform to
customer expectations.
Why Form A Network?
There are certain synergies in value-added services such as transportation, international
freight management, and processing and pool distribution created by the network
of World Group members. What's more, customers can work through the closest World
Group member to establish cost-effective warehousing and distribution systems
in other markets.
What Advantage Does The World Group Offer?
It's a well-known fact that customers want to buy the best refrigerated logistics
suited to their needs in specific geographic markets. What's needed in the northwest
is not necessarily what's required in the southeast . . . or Midwest. . . or
northeast. Consequently, each World Group member offers customers this regional
expertise without the risk of "putting all of one's eggs in one basket."
What About Industry Involvement?
The World Group is active in all industry associates, including the IARW, WFLO,
AFFI, NFRA, SCMP and many regional organizations, and often holds customer seminars
and workshops for educational purposes. Ask your World Group representative for
additional information.
Does The World Group Offer Dry Logistics Services?
Absolutely. We promote ourselves as the Alternative Refrigerated Logistics Network,
but we do provide our clients with ambient temperature or dry services.
Is The World Group Strictly International?
No. Most of The World Group members offer comprehensive import and export services
from container loading/unloading to freight forwarding and customs clearance
to Foreign Trade Zone services. The majority our business, however, is providing
temperature-controlled logistics within North America.
How Do I Get Started?
Simply contact your nearest World Group member or e-mail us at admin@theworldgroup.com.
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The
World Group members are independent refrigerated and frozen logistics
and warehouses serving the food industry with supply chain solutions,
including blast freezing, warehousing, cold storage, consolidation,
distribution, truckload, LTL, rail transportation, ocean shipping, import,
export, dedicated warehousing and dedicated transportation. World Group
members are: American
Cold Storage, Frialsa
Frigorificos, Great
Lakes Cold Storage, Henningsen
Cold Storage, Imperial
Freezer Services, Merchants
Terminal, NOCS, Trenton
Cold Storage, and U.S.
Growers Cold Storage. Professional associates include IARW, AFFI, CSCMP, WERC, WFLO.
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