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While traditionally understood as the software division of the Allen Lund Company, the ALC Logistics team in Charlotte does have extensive experience in food supply chain activities. Our participation is quite unique in contrast to that of our counterparts who work directly with perishables at ALC. I often marvel at the number of attributes required to successfully coordinate a single refrigerated truckload of blueberries. Meanwhile, our team has seafood shipments traversing the United States year-round without any temperature control. Startling? How is it done? Consider, it is canned seafood like oysters and sardines or pouches of fish such as tuna and salmon. It may surprise you to learn these can have a shelf life of up to five years.

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