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Retail Grocers

Strengthen Your Grocer Operations with PLM

Maintaining temperature integrity from distribution center to store is critical for protecting product quality, reducing shrink, and ensuring food safety compliance. At the same time, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, seasonal demand fluctuations, and rising operating costs place additional pressure on retail grocers.

Partner with PLM to improve cold chain performance with flexible refrigerated fleet solutions, scalable capacity, real-time visibility, and nationwide maintenance support.

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Peak Season Demands

Accuracy at Point of Delivery

Highly Dependent on Temperature Control

Sustainability Demands from Consumers

FSMA 204 Traceability

Multi-Temperature Trailers

Deliver More Products with Fewer Assets

Transport fresh, frozen, and refrigerated products within a single trailer while maintaining precise temperature control throughout every delivery.

  • Consolidate store deliveries and reduce transportation costs
  • Support mixed-product deliveries with multiple temperature zones
  • Improve route efficiency and trailer utilization
  • Reduce fleet complexity across retail networks
  • Protect product quality from distribution center to store
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Lease Solutions

Refrigerated Fleet Strategies Built for Growth

Acquire the refrigerated trailer capacity to support store operations without the capital investment of fleet ownership.

  • Preserve capital for strategic business investments
  • Scale capacity alongside store growth and expansion
  • Access modern refrigerated equipment
  • Improve flexibility across multiple locations
  • Reduce fleet administration and maintenance burdens
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Telematics

Real-Time Visibility Across the Retail Cold Chain

Gain actionable insights into trailer location, temperature performance, dwell times, and fleet utilization.

  • Monitor trailer location in real time
  • Protect temperature-sensitive inventory
  • Improve asset utilization
  • Increase operational efficiency through data insights
  • Support compliance and reporting requirements
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Sustainability

Supporting More Efficient Retail Operations

Reduce waste, improve asset utilization, and support sustainability initiatives through smarter refrigerated fleet management.
  • Reduce unnecessary equipment miles
  • Improve trailer utilization rates
  • Minimize product loss and food waste
  • Utilize newer, more efficient equipment
  • Support corporate environmental objectives
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Zero Emission on road

Delivery Visibility

Greater Confidence from Distribution Center to Store

Monitor equipment, protect inventory, and quickly address issues before they impact store operations.

  • Improve network-wide visibility
  • Respond proactively to disruptions
  • Protect product quality during transit
  • Enhance communications between transportation and store teams
  • Reduce operational risk
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Why Retail Grocers Choose PLM

More Than Equipment. A Partner in Retail Cold Chain Performance.

PLM helps retail grocers increase fleet flexibility, maintain inventory integrity, and support growth through scalable refrigerated fleet solutions.

  • Deep expertise in food retail cold chains
  • Flexible lease and rental solutions
  • Nationwide maintenance and support network
  • Advanced telematics and visibility tools
  • Consultative fleet planning and optimization

Customer Success Story

Helping a Regional Retail Grocery Chain Improve Cold Chain Performance

A growing regional grocery retailer was experiencing increasing pressure on its refrigerated distribution network. New store openings, expanding fresh food offerings, and seasonal demand spikes were creating challenges with trailer availability, inventory protection, and delivery consistency.

The retailer needed a solution that could provide scalable refrigerated capacity while maintaining temperature integrity across its network of stores.

PLM partnered with the retailer’s transportation and supply chain teams to evaluate delivery patterns, fleet utilization, and refrigeration requirements. Through a consultative assessment, PLM developed a tailored refrigerated fleet strategy that improved operational flexibility while supporting long-term growth objectives.

The Challenge

The retailer’s existing trailer fleet struggled to keep pace with changing delivery requirements and seasonal fluctuations. Limited access to additional refrigerated capacity resulted in inefficiencies, increased operating costs, and concerns around maintaining product freshness during peak periods.

Additionally, leadership sought greater visibility into fleet operations and trailer utilization across multiple distribution locations.

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The PLM Fleet Solution

PLM implemented a scalable refrigerated fleet program designed to support both everyday store deliveries and seasonal demand surges.

Key components included:

  • Multi-temperature refrigerated trailers for mixed-product store deliveries
  • Flexible lease and rental capacity for peak periods
  • Real-time fleet visibility and utilization monitoring
  • Nationwide maintenance and service support
  • Strategic fleet planning and optimization services

Customer Impact

By aligning refrigerated capacity with store demand, the retailer improved fleet flexibility while maintaining the temperature integrity necessary for fresh and frozen food products.  Enhanced visibility, scalable capacity, and proactive maintenance support helped strengthen operational performance and improve supply chain reliability across the retail network.

Today, PLM Fleet continues to support the retailer through a flexible refrigerated fleet strategy designed to adapt to changing customer demand and future growth opportunities.