Wawa’s Warehouse Keeps 580-Store Milk Run on Schedule

A high-bay chilled warehouse serviced by 16 automated mini-load stacker cranes and a warehouse management system keeps convenience stores stocked with liquid milk, teas and juices at a rate of 42,000 crates a day.

Wawa’s dairy convenience stores are seemingly on every major thoroughfare in the mid-Atlantic states. With 400 million customers annually, keeping the chain’s 580 stores stocked is a serious logistics challenge. Nowhere is this challenge more critical than with the warehousing and distribution of its fresh liquid milk products, as performed by the chain’s high-volume distribution center in Wawa, Pa. Few consumer food products require as many time and temperature ...

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