Yesterday, we took a field trip to US FOODS which is ISU's primary food vendor. There we got a tour of all of their facilities. We saw the receiving docks in their dry storage, cooler, and freezer. We did not go back into the ice cream freezer because it is below ten degrees. Something interesting I learned was that the edges of the storage building were painted white, this was to help detect rat or cockroach droppings. It also deterred rats from living in dark corners because there has been studies that rodents like dark places. We also toured office and saw their customer service people, tech people, and transportation people. The transportation people tracked and planned all the routes for the trucks. Very cool!
Some things I learned while on that tour was that when buying products cheapest is not always best. You need to pay for quality. For example if you pay for a thin low quality plastic glove and end up throwing away 1 of 5 because they keep breaking it is well worth paying the higher cost for better quality gloves. Also when considering what products to buy do not look at the cost of the case but at the plate cost. Case cost is irrelevant, what you need to look at is your plate cost.
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