Logistics Plus adds SQF certification at Chino warehouse

Logistics Plus said its Chino, California warehouse has earned SQF certification, extending food-safety credentials across its West Coast network. The move gives food and beverage customers more food-grade storage capacity and adds another independently audited site in Southern California.

Why it matters: - SQF certification gives food and beverage brands a retail-ready, food-grade warehouse option that is independently audited for food safety and quality. - The certification can reduce customer audit burden and speed product movement to market. - Logistics Plus now has SQF-certified major West Coast warehouses in both California and Arizona.

What happened: - Logistics Plus announced that its Chino, California warehouse earned Safe Quality Food certification. - The certification follows SQF approval for the company’s Phoenix, Arizona warehouse earlier this year. - The Chino site is now part of Logistics Plus’s SQF-certified West Coast warehousing network.

The details: - SQF is recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative. - The standard covers sanitation, storage conditions, traceability, employee training and recall readiness. - The Chino facility offers more than 565,000 square feet of food-grade storage and fulfillment space. - The site includes 140 trailer storage spaces and 107 dock-high positions. - The warehouse has heavy-lift forklift capability. - Logistics Plus provides complete pick, pack and ship services at the Chino facility. - The Chino warehouse is in California’s Inland Empire and serves the Los Angeles basin and West Coast ports. - The facility is also licensed to handle warehousing and distribution of alcohol products. - Combined with the Phoenix warehouses, Logistics Plus now offers more than 3 million square feet of West Coast warehousing space across California and Arizona. - More information is available in the company's announcement.

Between the lines: - The certification expands Logistics Plus’s appeal to food and beverage brands that need compliant storage and fulfillment close to major ports and consumer markets. - The company is signaling that food-grade warehousing is becoming a bigger part of its West Coast growth strategy. - Logistics Plus also used the announcement to underscore its broader scale and operational depth in supply chain services.

What's next: - Logistics Plus said it will continue growing its West Coast warehousing network. - The company is likely to lean on SQF certification as a differentiator when courting food, beverage and alcohol customers. - More certified capacity in California and Arizona could help the company win additional fulfillment and distribution work across the region.

The bottom line: - Logistics Plus now has SQF-certified food-grade warehousing at two major West Coast facilities, giving it a stronger pitch to regulated brands that want audited storage and faster distribution.