@article{Mongelli:312119,
      recid = {312119},
      author = {Mongelli, Robert C. and Lederer, Bruce E. },
      title = {An Evaluation of Five Systems for Handling Frozen Food  from Processor to Wholesale Warehouse   },
      address = {1975-09},
      number = {2393-2021-1815},
      series = {Marketing Research Report No. 1048},
      pages = {30},
      year = {1975},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  Very little research has been  conducted to evaluate the ever-enlarging and complex  marketing system for frozen food.  Today there are many  ways of handling and marketing frozen food through the  distribution network, and some may be more efficient and  less costly than others.  The purpose of this study was to  examine and analyze five systems for handling frozen food  products between processing plants and wholesale  warehouses.  These systems include products (1) handstacked  in trailers at the processing plant and unloaded by hand  onto pallets at the wholesale warehouse; (2) palletized,  moved directly from freezer storage by forklift truck,  placed in the trailer at the processing plant, and unloaded  at the warehouse; (3) clamp-loaded, removed from freezer  storage pallets by forklift truck with clamp attachment,  loaded in the trailer at the processing plant, and unloaded  by hand onto pallets at the warehouse; (4) clamp-loaded,  removed from freezer storage pallets by forklift truck with  clamp attachment and clamp-unloaded onto pallets at the  warehouse; and (5) slipsheeted, removed from freezer  storage pallets by forklift truck with clamp attachment,  placed on slipsheets, loaded into the trailer at the  processing plant, and unloaded onto pallets at the  warehouse.  Costs of five systems for handling frozen food  were developed.  A system included (1) product assembly,  checking, and loading transport vehicles at the processing  plant, (2) transporting, and (3) unloading, checking, and  storage at the wholesale warehouse.  Models were  constructed to reflect costs for transporting frozen food  products between southern Florida and Washington, D.C., a  distance of approximately 1,200 miles.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/312119},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.312119},
}