The Way To Be More Socially Responsible
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.