Whois & Analysis for foodlogistics.com

A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in.

Distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of the marketing mix.

Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user that needs it.

This can be done directly by the producer or service provider, or using indirect channels with intermediaries.

Retail markets and shops have a very ancient history, dating back to antiquity.

Retailing involves the process of selling consumer goods or services to customers through multiple channels of distribution to earn a profit.

Retailers satisfy demand is identified through a supply chain.

Retailers typically make a variety of strategic level decisions including the type of store, the market to be served, the optimal product assortment, customer service, supporting services and the store's overall market positioning.

Once the strategic retail plan is in place, retailers devise the retail mix which includes product, price, place, promotion, personnel and presentation.

In the digital age, an increasing number of retailers are seeking to reach broader markets by selling through multiple channels, including both bricks and mortar and online retailing.

Digital technologies are also changing the way that consumers pay for goods and services.

Retailing support services may also include the provision of credit, delivery services and a range of supporting services.

Food processing is the transformation of raw ingredients, by physical or chemical means into food, or of food into other forms.

Food processing combines raw food ingredients to produce marketable food products that can be easily prepared and served by the consumer.

Food processing typically involves activities such as mincing and macerating, liquefaction, emulsification, and cooking (such as boiling, broiling, frying, or grilling); pickling, pasteurization, and many other kinds of preservation; and canning or other packaging.

(Primary-processing such as dicing or slicing, freezing or drying when leading to secondary products are also included).

Food storage allows food to be eaten for some time (typically weeks to months) after harvest rather than solely immediately.

It is both a traditional domestic skill and, in the form of food logistics, an important industrial and commercial activity.

Food preservation, storage, and transport, including timely delivery to consumers, are important to food security, especially for the majority of people throughout the world who rely on others to produce their food.

Food is stored by almost every human society and by many animals.

Storing of food has several main purposes: