The Way To Be More Socially Responsible

Sustainability

CUBE REDUCTION INITIATIVE – FREIGHT

Sustainable Impact:

  • 2,000 fewer trucks per year (pick up and delivery)

Financial Impact:

  • $3,000,000 dollars in savings per year across all companies (Average truckload is $1,500 dollars per load)

CUBE REDUCTION INITIATIVE – PACKAGING

Label sizes reduced (Reduced label sizes to smaller sizes. Some items went from labels to UPC only)

Sustainable Impact:

  • Roughly 50% reduction in labels, fewer truckloads delivered, reduction in packaging
  • Estimate 2,000,000 lbs. of paper labels per year
  • Almost 50 trucks of paper per year out of landfills

Financial Impact:

  • $1,000,000 dollars in savings per year

REDUCED CARDBOARD

Handi-foil uses a tray for merchandising aluminum pans versus traditional boxes which competitors use

Sustainable Impact:

  • Roughly 50% less cardboard packaging per pallet (120,000 lbs. in savings per year)

Financial Impact:

  • $500,000 dollars in savings per year

ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTING

Sustainable Impact:

  • 165,000 watts saved

Financial Impact:

  • $57,000 dollars in savings per year

 

REINFORCED TECHNICAL DESIGN

Made a much stronger design in our pans which enables gauge reduction

Sustainable Impact:

  • Uses roughly 5,000,000 lbs. less per year

Financial Impact:

  • Depends on the price of aluminum but roughly $7-8 million dollars per year

 

HANDI-FOIL USES INNOVATIVE SHRINK BAND

Competitors use the traditional bulky bag

Sustainable Impact:

  • Over 50% reduction in plastic

Financial Impact:

  • Difficult to estimate in financial terms. We would need some time to evaluate.