Your freight knows what day it is.
Date-code protocols, cold-chain awareness, and WSIB-verified operators — built by people who've watched a DC reject a load over an expired best-before scan. We don't let that happen twice.
What actually goes wrong in food logistics.
We built this list from the floor, not a market research report.
The DC scans a pallet and kicks it — wrong rotation, unlabeled carton, mixed codes. Clock starts the moment the door opens.
Your refrigerated load sits on a warm dock while someone tracks down the right door assignment. Temperature excursion report follows.
A 40′HC of mixed ambient F&B, floor-loaded, no slip sheets. Palletizing it correctly for a food DC takes people who do it every day.
A reefer of dairy sat on a warm dock for forty minutes because the door it needed was buried behind two ambient loads nobody had cleared. By the time we got it cold the temperature log had a hole in it — and a hole in the log is a rejected load whether the product is fine or not. So on every Vexus floor the cold appointment is staged before the trailer backs in, the door is confirmed open, and the chain is logged gate to rack — because with food the paper is the product.
Every facility that touches your load has earned The Standard.
WSIB current, insurance on file, equipment verified on the floor — before the first pallet, not after. A named floor lead on every shift, at every certified facility.
Certified operators earn their wings
The services that matter most for your freight.
Food & beverage logistics, answered straight.
Do you have food-safe certified facilities?
Our certified facilities are operator-warehouses that handle ambient and near-ambient F&B freight. We verify each facility's capability before a food and beverage load goes in — including temperature control capability, pest management protocols, and applicable certifications. Ask us what applies to your specific load and we'll tell you what we can and can't do before you book.
How do you handle date code sorting?
Date code rotation (FIFO) and labeling requirements are confirmed before your load arrives. For destuffing runs, cartons are sorted by code as they come off the container — photos document the result. Any anomalies (mixed codes, missing labels) are reported before the pallet leaves the floor.
Can you handle a rejected perishable load?
Speed is the whole answer here. Tell us the situation — DC refusal, wrong paperwork, mislabeled cartons — and we'll tell you if we can close the window. Perishable rescues are time-boxed by definition; the desk gives you a straight yes or no, not a maybe.
What does a destuff-and-store quote look like?
One number: destuff tier + pallet storage rate, in writing, before work starts. If carton counts are over allowance or you need SKU sorting, that's on the quote too — no line items added after the container doors open.
Held to the Vexus Standard