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Ice weight inflates every shipment
Gel packs and dry ice are non-negotiable. They also push every box into a higher rate tier than the food alone would.
Industries · Food & Beverage
Perishable shipping, cost-controlled.
Food and beverage shipping pays a premium for speed, weight (ice), and damage exposure. Carriers know it. We negotiate inside the SLA and audit the surcharges other categories never trigger.
Where the money leaks
Three problems we see in every food & beverage audit.
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Damage rates are 3–8x other categories
Carriers know perishables fail more. Damage claims are often denied without a paper trail.
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Time-definite tiers eat margin
Two-day and overnight rates are the highest-margin services carriers sell. You're stuck on them — the question is the price.
Our playbook
Four levers, specifically for food & beverage.
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Express-tier renegotiation
We benchmark your 2-day and overnight rates against other food shippers and renegotiate without changing service.
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Damage claim automation
Photo and packaging documentation captured at the warehouse, claims filed weekly with the right evidence package.
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Dim-divisor for ice-included boxes
Renegotiate divisors against your actual gross weight, not a generic factor.
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Lane routing for cold-chain
Some carriers handle perishables better on specific lanes. The rate-shop respects which lanes win on damage history, not just dollars.
Best fit if you are
- ✓Meal kit and prepared-food brands
- ✓Specialty coffee, chocolate, baked goods
- ✓DTC meat, seafood, and produce
- ✓Beverage brands shipping nationally
Probably not for you if
Local-only delivery operations — we work on national parcel networks.
Other industries
Different verticals, same audit-first approach.
E-commerce & DTC
Shopify, BigCommerce, Amazon, multi-channel — we cover the full carrier stack you're juggling.
Open playbook →Third-Party Logistics (3PL)
Carrier rates are the second-biggest line on your bid sheet. We negotiate them as one consolidated book.
Open playbook →Distribution & B2B Wholesale
B2B parcel is a different problem from DTC. We treat it that way.
Open playbook → Want the food & beverage playbook on your invoices?
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