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ConAgra Grocery Products, Formerly Hunt-Wesson, Improves Customer Satisfaction With Move to CHEP.


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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000

ConAgra Grocery Products Company, formerly Hunt-Wesson Inc., has launched the CHEP CHEP Cricohyoidoepiglottopexy
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CHEP Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pooling (CHEP Inc.) 
 pallet pool program. The company, one of the largest divisions of food marketing giant ConAgra, made the move to CHEP pallets to provide improved customer service. Products from all of the ConAgra Grocery Products divisions will be delivered on CHEP pallets to the supermarket and wholesale club classes of trade.

Product lines marketed by ConAgra Grocery Products were previously delivered via pallet exchange or slipsheets with slipsheets being utilized for most interplant movements. Limited trials on CHEP began at two distribution centers in 1998 and expanded to production a year ago. ConAgra Grocery Products has a total of 15 plants and 10 distribution centers and several co-packers throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . They will be utilizing the CHEP system at production for canned good lines and at dispatch for all other lines.

"We believe the move to CHEP will enhance our service offering to our customers across all trade channels we sell to. In addition, CHEP is a key component in an initiative to improve ConAgra Grocery Products' operational efficiencies. Our goal is to reduce handling and dwell time The time cargo remains in a terminal's in-transit storage area while awaiting shipment by clearance transportation. See also storage.  on deliveries, which is a win-win for our customers and us. Also, CHEP offers us one standard platform throughout the supply chain which will reduce product touches resulting in less exposure to potential product damage" said Chris Grayson, Vice President Logistics, ConAgra Grocery Products Company.

CHEP executives added that the decision by ConAgra Grocery Products to use the CHEP program completes a major piece in the CHEP network of manufacturers offering the high quality pooled pallet solution.

"We now have nearly every major grocery producer offering its customers the many benefits of the CHEP pooling program somewhere around the world, and most have offerings in several regions," added Cliff Otto, Senior Vice President of Food Industry Sales, CHEP.

"We further believe that visionary manufacturers like ConAgra Grocery Products Company and its corporate parent, ConAgra Inc., will get even bigger benefits from the CHEP global network as cross-border activity continues to increase in the coming years."

ConAgra Grocery Products well-known brands include Hunt's Tomato Products (ketchup, sauce, paste, tomatoes, pasta sauce & BBQ BBQ barbecue  sauce), Manwich, Wesson Oil, Peter Pan peanut butter, Orville Redenbacher For the brand of popcorn, see .

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 popcorn, Swiss Miss cocoa & puddings, Snack Pack puddings, La Choy La Choy is a brand name of canned and prepackaged Chinese food ingredients. The brand is currently owned by ConAgra Foods.

La Choy was founded in 1922 by Dr. Ilhan New (유일한), later founder of Yuhan Corporation in Korea and Wally Smith, from the
 / Chun King Chinese foods, Healthy Choice soups & pasta sauces, Van Camp's beans, Rosarita Mexican products, and Knott's Berry Farm's jams, jellies and syrups syrups,
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ConAgra Grocery Products Company is based in Fullerton, CA. They are a division of Omaha-based ConAgra Inc. a $25 billion food company which is the largest supplier of products to Foodservice channels and the second largest supplier to retail chains.

CHEP is an international pallet and container pooling company servicing manufacturers and distributors in the consumer goods consumer goods

Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and
 industries; grower/shippers and receivers in the produce industry; packers, processors and distributors in the meat industry; home improvement, hardware & housewares house·wares  
pl.n.
Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen.
 manufacturers and distributors and suppliers and assembly plants in the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. . CHEP service in the Americas spans the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, supplying customers with high quality pallets and reusable containers from a comprehensive depot network. The company is part of the worldwide CHEP organization, which operates in more than 30 countries on six continents Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. The hotels and soft drinks business of Six Continents PLC is now known as InterContinental Hotels Group PLC.  and controls more than 122 million pallets and 15 million containers. CHEP operating principles, service organization and computer tracking systems give participants a simple solution and improved efficiency in product delivery. Additional information on CHEP is available at www.chep.com.
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