Freight Handlers Hits the Ground Running in 2011

Fuquay Varina, NC - May 24, 2011

Freight Handlers, Inc. (FHI), one of the country’s leading providers of product handling and logistics services, announced that in today’s economic turbulence, retailers, suppliers and transportation companies are increasingly deploying the company’s solutions to boost financial and operational performance. The company, which is on the eve of its 20th Anniversary, is reporting solid gains in all of its service areas.

More retailers and wholesalers are deploying FHI solutions to improve the way product flows through warehouses by increasing appointment scheduling, receiving management and dock flow efficiencies. More retailers and manufacturers are looking to FHI to improve the way their product is handled at the retail store with innovative best practices on merchandising and in-store execution. More transportation units at both manufacturers and retailers companies are calling on FHI to control their logistics costs and improve on-time service.

With significant service expansions in the first quarter of 2011, FHI anticipates growth to continue as the company delivers on its vision “To Provide the Best Value in Product Handling Services through Innovation, Information and Execution.”

A few examples on companies seeing bottom line benefits from FHI during the past year include:

• A leading refrigerated and frozen food marketer has significantly improved their supply chain costs and the service provided to their direct store delivery retail customers. During a time when manufacturers are facing commodity price increases, FHI’s retail services are enabling manufacturers to mitigate price increases for consumers while providing in-store execution that better meets consumer demand during promotional periods.
• One of the country’s largest multi-line grocery manufacturers turned to FHI to provide a cost effective and highly reliable level of delivery service to one of their strategic customers in a challenging market.
• Several distribution services customers benefited from the extended service offerings the FHI team developed through their innovative customer engagement process. This process focuses on identifying opportunities within the supply chain to reduce costs, then customizing service offerings to provide sustainable solutions.

Ryan Wall, President & COO of Freight Handlers, Inc., said:

“We have assembled a first class team at FHI that begins with our front line associates and the leaders who serve them. We are constantly pursuing new ways to multiply even more value to our customers. We keep growing by understanding the industry’s challenges and then developing services that cost effectively help our customers better serve their customers.”

Freight Handlers, Inc, based in Fuquay-Varina, NC, is a leading distribution services provider for retailers, distributors, manufacturers and carriers. FHI’s core services are Unloading, Order Selection, Yard Management, Logistics and Retail merchandising/shelf stocking services for both DSD and distributed products. Established in 1991, Freight Handlers operates within 58 facilities, maintaining a service relationship with more than 400 vendors and carriers. Our vision to provide the best value in product handling services through innovation, information and execution has fueled consistent business growth. The company has been recognized as one of the “Top 50” leading privately held companies in North Carolina nine times since 1996. More information is available at www.freighthandlers.com.