AFN ®, a leader in freight brokerage, third party logistics and transportation management services, located on the web at www.LoadAFN.com, announces a new multi-year contract with Lawrence Foods, Inc.
Lawrence Foods is a broad-based manufacturer of premium bakery ingredients for in-store supermarket bakeries, foodservice operators, large commercial food manufacturers and wholesale bakeries. This 75-year-old family-owned business in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, produces an extensive product catalog that includes cream fillings, dry mixes, fondant, fruit fillings, glazes, icings, nutrition bar layers and savory spreads.
AFN began working with Lawrence Foods on a transactional basis in June of 2008. AFN typically moved 'less than truckload' shipments to various bakeries, foodservice and grocery retailers all over the United States. According to Marcus Weiss, the Customer Service Manager on the Lawrence account, "we demonstrated that we could provide more value by analyzing their freight spend on a cost-per-bound basis and providing other useful key performance indicators to make their business more profitable."
When asked why Lawrence Foods chose AFN, Mike Wrobleski, Director of Supply Chain, responded by stating: "In order to remain ultracompetitive, we needed to partner with a third party logistics company that is considered the expert in their respective field. We chose AFN® to fully outsource our transportation needs from a truckload, less than truckload and intermodal perspective."
According to Doug George, Director of Transportation Management Services for AFN®, "More and more of our customers are looking to us to manage critical parts of their supply chain while they refocus their efforts on their core competencies. Lawrence Foods is a prime example of a company that recognizes the need to outsource this strategic part of their supply chain in order to drive down costs and provide the value its customers are looking for."
ABOUT AFN
AFN, formerly known as Advantage Freight Network, provides freight brokerage, third party logistics and transportation management services for many clients in a number of industries, including consumer products, apparel, electronics, food & beverage, and paper & packaging. Co-Founder Ryan Daube adds, "Our biggest success stories have come from the vendors and suppliers in the food & beverage industry who have utilized our expertise in retail distribution management to look for new and more efficient ways of delivering their products to their retail customers." For more information visit our website at www.loadafn.com or call us at 877-Load-AFN ®.
Contacts:
AFN
Jared Palmer
224-515-7018
jpalmer@afnww.com