FIELD TO FORK
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN Daily Updates at FoodLogistics.com
ManpowerGroup Survey Underscores Strongest Hiring Outlook in U.S. Since 2000
Getty Images
The great rehiring is beginning in the United States with more than 7,300 employers reporting the most optimistic outlooks since 2000 for the three months ahead, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. “Employers are ready to bring their workers back as restrictions lift and America gets ready to for the ‘New Next’ and ‘In Real Life’ connections resume,” says Becky Frankiewicz, ManpowerGroup president, North America. “Yet childcare challenges, health concerns and competition mean demand still outstrips supply, which is dampening the ‘big return’ of the American workforce. It’s a worker’s market and employees are acting like consumers in how they are consuming work, seeking flexibility, competitive pay and fast decisions. Now is the time for employers to get creative to attract talent, and to hold onto the workers they have with both hands,” she adds. Employers in all 12 U.S. industries report positive outlooks, including wholesale and retail trade (+29%); transportation and utilities (+26%); and durable and non-durable goods manufacturing (+25%). Go to page 16 to learn more about the labor shortage. Read more: https://foodl.me/yj6fw2
RLS Logistics to Build New Cold Storage Warehouse
Kloosterboer Group
RLS Logistics, through its affiliate RLS Partners and its new warehouse partner, RLS Complete, announced plans to build a new cold storage warehouse in Sturbridge, Mass. Tippmann Innovation (Ti) will be leading the construction, with the facility set to open Q1 2022. The facility will provide refrigerated and frozen food manufacturers, distributors, processors and importers in the Springfield, Mass., and Boston region with public cold storage warehouse capacity relief and access to RLS’ temperature-controlled less-than-truckload shipping programs. “With all of the acquisitions we have seen in the past few years, coupled with tight capacity, the addition of RLS Complete will give refrigerated and frozen food customers more choices to work with a strong family run cold chain storage company that has a national footprint. Additionally, we bring a lot of experience and knowledge for customers looking for fully integrated cold chain solutions for warehousing and transportation,” says John Gaudet, VP, business development, RLS Logistics.
Lineage Logistics Acquires Kloosterboer Group
Read more: https://foodl.me/ksdfjv
6
FOOD LOGISTICS | JULY 2021
FLOG0721_06-11_FieldToFork.indd 6
Pe ar 19 Th acq “ thr we Lar ow the ou
Re
Read more: https://foodl.me/ausaqv
vu Tom Tas
RLS Logistics
Lineage Logistics announced plans to acquire Kloosterboer Group, a European-based integrated platform for temperature-controlled storage, logistics and value-added services in Europe. “Welcoming Kloosterboer into the Lineage family marks a monumental step toward achieving our vision to become the world’s most dynamic temperature-controlled logistics company with the capability to serve customers in different countries around the world,” says Mike McClendon, Lineage’s president of international operations and EVP of network optimization. “Kloosterboer’s strong entrepreneurial culture and management team, combined with their state-of-the-art, strategically located facility network perfectly complement Lineage’s international footprint and innovative spirit, which will deliver incredible value to our combined customers.”
Pe Te
Re
www.foodlogistics.com
6/18/21 1:48 PM
ww
