Unilever Press Release
Contact: Ken Johnson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel.214/381-5050 February 28, 2013
Email: [email protected]
SHIPPERS WAREHOUSE ONCE AGAIN IS NAMED AS “QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE DRY DC OF THE YEAR” BY UNILEVER, N.A.
Dallas, Texas – Shippers Warehouse, Inc. is pleased to announce that for the second year in a row it has been recognized by Unilever, N.A. as the “Quality and Excellence Dry DC of the Year” for the facility that they manage for them in Wilmer, Texas. This is an annual award given to the DC that achieves high performance in the following measures; On Time Loading, Productivity, Inventory Case Accuracy, Safety, NSF Audit Scores, Cost/Case, and VIP. Shippers Warehouse, Inc. has earned this distinction in 4 of the last 8 years in which this award has been presented.
Unilever is a multi-national consumer goods company with annual sales exceeding 67 billion dollars (US). Its brands include Axe/Lynx, Ben & Jerry’s, Dove, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Lipton, Tony & Guy, TRESemme’, VO5, and Wishbone. Based both in Rotterdam and London, Unilever is the world’s third-largest consumer goods company and the world’s largest maker of ice cream.
Shippers Warehouse, Inc. is a Texas based provider of supply chain services (3rd party logistics or 3PL). Operating over 4.3 million square feet with 6 facilities in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, 500,000 square feet in Atlanta, Georgia, and 310,000 square ft. in Itasca, Illinois, Shippers Warehouse, Inc. was recently named a “Top 100 3PL Provider” by Inbound Logistics magazine for the year 2012, and was cited as the 93rd largest privately held business (based upon gross revenues) in the Dallas area by The Dallas Business Journal.