Food & Beverage Logistics
Maintain safety and freshness for your food and beverage items—whether they’re starting their journey or arriving at their destination.
Adapt your food and beverage transportation strategy for changing markets
Preserve the quality of your fresh, frozen, temperature-sensitive, and processed foods and beverages throughout the supply chain. Delivering on time, as planned has never been more important.
When food safety, profits, and your reputation are on the line, your products need to arrive fresh and fast. Secure vetted, high-quality capacity and cold storage when you need it most, backed by real-time visibility and market-leading technology. Work with us to create a supply chain focused on maintaining the integrity of your products through proven, food-safe processes.
What sets our food and beverage logistics services apart
Reliable service
Reduce the need for multiple logistics providers with our seamless, multimodal set of global services, including temperature controlled capacity for ocean, air, and surface transportation.
Shipment visibility
Know where your food and beverage shipments are and when they’ll arrive with the combination of our Navisphere® technology and food and beverage center of excellence.
Food-safe processes
Meet or exceed even the most stringent food safety and compliance protocols through proven processes developed especially to preserve quality and meet food safety regulations.
Food and beverage logistics services for every segment
Know your products are as fresh and nourishing as possible with efficient, customized logistics strategies designed to avoid waste and maximize shelf life. Access transportation and logistics service options as broad as your portfolio of product offerings.
Alcoholic beverages
- Breweries
- Wineries
- Distilleries
Agricultural
- Crop Farming
- Vineyards
- Groves
- Orchards
Leverage our team of dedicated food and beverage experts
Whether your food and beverage items require simple solutions or complex ones, trust our experts to deliver exactly what you need—from transportation and crossdock capabilities to pick and pack services and final delivery.
Get more foods to consumers through smart supply chain decisions based on shipping data and market insights. Have confidence our experience with the largest, most sophisticated shippers in the world can bring faster, meaningful improvements to your food and beverage supply chain.
What can our food and beverage experts do for you?
Success story: Bloomin’ Brands
Challenge
When faced with globalization, increasing competition, and logistical complexities, casual dining company, Bloomin’ Brands, recognized they needed to manage their global foodservice supply chain more effectively.
Solution
With C.H. Robinson’s help, Bloomin’ Brands implemented supply chain processes that addressed both current challenges and could scale up as business needs grew and changed.
Result
Supplier and distributor invoices are now all managed through C.H. Robinson's managed procurement technology, reducing the time, energy, and resources once spent on these tasks.
Connect your food and beverage supply chain with a single platform
Automate, optimize, and manage every aspect of the shipment lifecycle across multiple vendors with Navisphere®, our single, global, multimodal transportation management system. It’s a complete digital ecosystem that streamlines complexity and improves efficiency up and down your supply chain.
- Gain connectivity for every step of your shipment journey, from purchase order management and quoting to tracking and invoicing.
- Drive smarter solutions for your supply chain with an unmatched information advantage—you’ll have access to the most shipment, routing, and carrier data in the industry.
- Increase your speed and efficiency with capabilities in our system or in your own TMS or ERP—from bids to billing.
Related industries
Retail logistics
In a world where in-store experiences must compete with the breadth of online shopping options, getting the right inventory in the right place at the right time is critical to success.
Learn more
Food and beverage logistics
When food safety, profits, and your reputation are on the line, work with us to create a supply chain focused on maintaining the integrity of your products through proven, food-safe processes.
Learn more
Chemical and plastic logistics
Apply the deep expertise of ChemSolutions®, our dedicated chemical logistics team, to your supply chain. Secure the specialized equipment and qualified carriers you need to help minimize hazards for your chemical and plastic shipments.
Learn more