Heinz Makes Supply Chain More Sustainable

H.J. Heinz Company announces the extension and expansion of its contract with CHEP, the pallet and container pooling company. The company now ships the majority of products from more than 50 plants and distribution centers to supermarkets, wholesalers, foodservice distributors and wholesale clubs across the United States and Canada on CHEP pallets. The new contract will result in the growth of this program at both Heinz facilities and contract packagers.

 

"CHEP's high-quality pallet strengthens our supply chain operations and enables us to provide our customers what they want," says Wayne Skinner, vice president of Logistics and Distribution at Heinz. "The CHEP program also supports our global sustainability efforts and will help us move closer to a number of our sustainability goals."

 

Through its use of the pooling system as opposed to limited-use whitewood pallets, Heinz expects to reduce solid waste generation by more than 30 million pounds per year, decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 58 percent and save enough energy to power about 2,500 homes with electricity every year.