Sara
Lee’s distribution network has been
in a growth mode for several years, and less
than two years after Tippmann Group completed
an expansion to their freezer facility in
Rochelle, Illinois, Sara Lee came back to
Tippmann ready to expand again.
This
time, they were adding another 131,000 square
feet with convertible rooms, and they also
had some quick freezing needs. Tippmann’s
new alternative to blast freezing, the QFR
Zone™, proved to be the perfect
solution for those quick freezing needs.
Tippmann
Group installed 10 QFR
Zones™ in the new portion of the
facility, giving Sara Lee the capability to
freeze up to 200,000 pounds of product per
day. The faster freezing times and lower labor
costs associated with easier loading and unloading
product into and out of the QFR
Zones™ has improved Sara Lee’s
efficiency in the warehouse.
The
QFR Zone™
is also significantly more energy efficient
than a traditional blast freezer would have
been, so it has been a win-win situation for
Sara Lee on all levels.
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