ATLANTA, Jan. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tosca, a global
leader in reusable packaging and pooling announced their
partnership with NAFCO, one of the largest seafood suppliers based
out of the northeast. NAFCO is currently shipping large finfish in
Tosca's 6419 crate into over 350 stores located on the
East Coast. In January, Tosca's new, smaller 4319 seafood
crate will begin shipping in the NAFCO supply chain as well,
transporting other products such as smaller filets of
fish.
Tosca, a global leader in reusable packaging announced their
partnership with NAFCO, a large seafood supplier.
NAFCO is Tosca's
first seafood supplier partner to go into
multiple retail banners, allowing Tosca RPCs to generate a broader
impact on the seafood market. Seafood RPCs offer several
benefits to the seafood supply chain. They are more
sustainable than single use packaging alternatives such as
foam and corrugated. Tosca's foldable RPCs also reduce the
need for storage trailers of foam at facilities. Lastly,
RPCs cost less than EPS foam. On average, the switch to
RPCs generates an estimated 40-50% reduction in packaging
costs, allowing partners to save up to a dollar
a box.
Jeff Pearlman, Vice President at
NAFCO, is especially excited about
the sustainability benefits RPCs bring to the NAFCO
supply chain. "Sustainability is important to
our business and we are always looking for ways to
make our supply chain more sustainable. RPCs offer the
opportunity for us to reduce the use of harmful EPS foam, while
still preserving our ability to ship the highest quality products
to our retail partners."
During the trial process at the beginning of their
relationship with Tosca, NAFCO wanted to make sure
that the product held temperature throughout the supply
chain. Tosca tested
this by inserting temperature
devices into different RPCs in various segments of the
supply chain, tracking internal temperature of RPCs
carrying seafood as they traveled from the DC to the
store. Throughout each trip, the inside of the RPCs and the
seafood they carried maintained an average temperature of 34.86
degrees.
Jon Kalin, Chief Commercial
Officer at Tosca, is excited about the NAFCO partnership.
"NAFCO works really hard to deliver the best quality products
they can to their partners. RPCs truly offer them a win-win-win
solution by offering their supply chain more
sustainability, more efficiency, and more savings without
risking product quality in any way."
About Tosca
Tosca (www.toscaltd.com) is a global leader in reusable packaging
solutions and pooling for food supply chains. Our unique end-to-end
pooling capabilities offer growers, suppliers, and retailers a
smarter and more sustainable way to move their products from source
to shelf. With reusable containers and pallets that preserve
product quality and reduce shrink and labor cost, we help these
customers build higher performing supply chains.
Tosca's recent acquisition of Polymer Logistics
and Contraload now creates one stronger partner with
expanded global reach and a more robust product portfolio of
reusable assets including crates, pallets, bulk containers, dollies
and more, capable of serving both upstream and downstream
markets.
For more information visit: www.toscaltd.com.
Media Contacts
Tosca: Laura Hardeman, toscamkt@toscaltd.com
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