• HGAPS - Dairy Industry
• HGAPS - Bakery Industry
• HGAPS - Beverage Industry

Who’s minding the dairy returnable and reusable assets? Unfortunately, it may be someone who is costing the food industry Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a year in stolen goods.

Organized returnable and reusable asset crime is not a new issue, but a growing one, which has attracted the attention of food industries across the country as well as local and federal law enforcement agencies. It takes a unified effort to combat this growing epidemic that threatens the food industry’s profitability and survival.

By way of analogy, when a patient is hemorrhaging badly, the first principle of triage is to stop the bleeding. We must collectively take every measure necessary to stop the unrestrained loss of dairy returnable and reusable assets.

We know that the issues of: lack of accurate information, routine disregard for existing data, failure to communicate, lack of standard operating procedures, and just plain not paying attention, are common causes of serious recurring mistakes that lead to profitability losses.

The Dairy Industry is losing the following returnable and reusable assets to theft and extortion:

1. Dairy Crates
2. Dairy Plastic Pallets
3. Dairy Wood Pallets
4. Dairy Load Bars
5. Dairy Racks
6. Dairy Totes
7. Dairy Hand Trucks
8. Dairy Bossy Carts

Who’s minding the bakery returnable and reusable assets? Unfortunately, it may be someone who is costing the food industry Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a year in stolen goods.

Organized returnable and reusable asset crime is not a new issue, but a growing one, which has attracted the attention of food industries across the country as well as local and federal law enforcement agencies. It takes a unified effort to combat this growing epidemic that threatens the food industry’s profitability and survival.

By way of analogy, when a patient is hemorrhaging badly, the first principle of triage is to stop the bleeding. We must collectively take every measure necessary to stop the unrestrained loss of bakery returnable and reusable assets.

We know that the issues of: lack of accurate information, routine disregard for existing data, failure to communicate, lack of standard operating procedures, and just plain not paying attention, are common causes of serious recurring mistakes that lead to profitability losses.

The Bakery Industry is losing the following returnable and reusable assets to theft and extortion:

1. Bakery Crates
2. Bakery Roll Trays
3. Bakery Multi-Level Trays
4. Bakery Double-Level Baskets
5. Bakery Single-Level Baskets
6. Bakery Bread Baskets
7. Bakery Peel Boards
8. Bakery Rackable Pallet Trays: Bread Trays, Bun Trays, & Snack Cake Trays
9. Bakery Dollies
10. Bakery Carts

Who’s minding the beverage returnable and reusable assets? Unfortunately, it may be someone who is costing the food industry Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a year in stolen goods.

Organized returnable and reusable asset crime is not a new issue, but a growing one, which has attracted the attention of food industries across the country as well as local and federal law enforcement agencies. It takes a unified effort to combat this growing epidemic that threatens the food industry’s profitability and survival.

By way of analogy, when a patient is hemorrhaging badly, the first principle of triage is to stop the bleeding. We must collectively take every measure necessary to stop the unrestrained loss of beverage returnable and reusable assets.

We know that the issues of: lack of accurate information, routine disregard for existing data, failure to communicate, lack of standard operating procedures, and just plain not paying attention, are common causes of serious recurring mistakes that lead to profitability losses.

The Beverage Industry is losing the following returnable and reusable assets to theft and extortion:

1. Beverage Crates
2. Beverage Pallets
3. Beverage Can Trays
4. Beverage Merchandiser Crates
5. Beverage Castle Crates
6. Beverage Wave Crates
7. Beverage Bag-in-Box Totes
8. Beverage Specialty Crates: Half-Depth Crates, 20 oz. Half-Depth Compatible, One-Liter Trays, Full- Depth Crates
9. Beverage Bottled Water Crates
10. Beverage Bottled Water – Transportation Racks
11. Beverage Beer Kegs