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Filtering by: Creator Kuchler, Fred Resource Type Technical Report Subject Physical distribution of goods -- United States

Food distribution channel overview : a guide for new manufacturers

Creator:

Oregon State University. Extension Service, Beaman, Jill A., and Johnson, Aaron J.

Abstract:

The food distribution system in the U.S. is complex. Many players—including middlemen—produce, manufacture, transport, distribute, market, and sell every type of food product imaginable. By the time a product is placed on a grocery store shelf, it has traveled countless miles and has been handled by many people. Each person...

Resource Type:

Technical Report

Full Text:

customers. Self-distributing retailers are large retailers, such as Albertsons, Fred Meyer, Safeway, and