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CONAGRA
FOODS SELECTS NEW ES3 FACILITY AS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
FOR NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC
REGION
Keene,
NH; August 21, 2002 - ES3, LLC announced today that it has entered into a
long-term agreement with ConAgra Foods, Inc. under which ConAgra Foods will utilize
ES3's York, Pennsylvania facility as a distribution center for shelf stable products
supplied to retail and food service customers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
regions.
"We
are pleased to partner with one of the largest food manufacturers in the country
to improve and streamline its supply chain," said Geoff Davis, Executive
Vice President of ES3. "The scale and scope of ConAgra Foods product offerings
coupled with ES3's ability to fill consolidated orders within 24 hours creates
a powerful, customer-focused relationship. This is another important step forward
in our pursuit to make the packaged goods supply chain more efficient."
"This
collaboration with ES3 will help ConAgra Foods better serve our customers and
more effectively respond to their changing supply chain needs" said Doug
Knudsen, President Retail Sales.
ES3
has redesigned the consumer packaged goods supply chain by fundamentally changing
the way that products move from manufacturer to market. ES3 provides the industry
with the scale, technology and expertise necessary to realize savings from a collaborative,
just-in-time distribution solution. ES3's state-of-the-art automated facility
in York will deliver multi-manufacturer consolidated orders to customers throughout
the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions within 24 hours by utilizing electronic
information exchange (EDI, XML or direct machine-to-machine communications) and
automation. Manufacturers and their customers have real-time visibility to inventory
and are able to monitor shipments from end-to-end through ES3's web-based reporting
and proprietary supply chain systems. For more information on the company, visit
ES3's website at www.ES3.com.
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