Food and beverage logistics, built around what each case costs you.
NT has shipped food and beverage freight since 1999. We work with manufacturers, distributors, and private-label brands across fresh, frozen, ambient, and DSD, and we track cost per case as closely as on-time percentage.
- Serving F&B shippers since
- 1999
- Delivers to
- Every major U.S. grocery and club DC
- Key verticals
- Dairy, bakery & deli, ambient, DSD
- Measured by
- Cost per case or per pound
Where F&B freight costs accumulate
Tight delivery windows, frequent orders and time at the dock can drive up your cost per case. As customer requirements change, routes and delivery schedules can become more expensive to maintain. Those costs are difficult to see when you’re looking only at freight rates.
NTelligence™ connects shipment costs to the customers, locations and delivery patterns behind them. We use those findings to identify opportunities for consolidation, better routing and capacity that fits your operation.
What we do for F&B shippers
- Cost-to-serve analysis. We rebuild six months of your shipment history to show what each customer costs per case. Usually the bottom 20% of customers drive 60% of freight cost on a per-case basis.
- Cold Chain & Ambient Transportation. Fresh, frozen, and ambient freight to every major grocery retail and club DC in the U.S. Single- and multi-temperature, with appointments and dwell managed.
- Network Optimization. For manufacturers running their own routes or outsourcing DSD, we model stop sequence, load weight, and frequency to find where miles can come out without touching service.
- Managed transportation. We manage transportation planning, carrier coordination and daily execution, with consolidated billing and ongoing improvements as your volumes, delivery requirements and customer needs change.
- Inbound Freight Management. Raw material inbound is often where the real savings are. We take over the carrier relationships, run the appointments, and trace detention to its source.
F&B results
| Client | Challenge | Result |
|---|---|---|
| TriMark USA | Network analysis scoped at 7 months | Finished in 3–4 months |
| Reser’s Fine Foods | Inbound raw materials | $1.25M saved |
| Food manufacturer, private fleet | Routing efficiency | Up to 17% fewer miles |
| F&B manufacturer, 5 warehouses | Network consolidation | Case for running one facility |
| International beverage company | Own fleet vs. carrier allocation | Every load optimally sorted |
| Food distributor, 18 box trucks | Stop order | 8.7% fewer miles |
Common questions from F&B shippers
We already have a transportation manager and carrier contracts. Why would we need NT?
NT can work alongside your transportation team to identify costs and service issues that are difficult to see in daily operations. We analyze how order patterns, delivery requirements and network changes affect your cost to serve.
Do you work with DSD and multi-stop distribution?
Yes. We model DSD networks by stop sequence, frequency, and load weight, then identify where route consolidation or resequencing reduces miles without missing service windows.
Do you own trucks?
No. NT is non-asset, so we're not trying to fill our own trailers. Every carrier decision is based on what fits the lane and the load. How the two models compare.
Can you handle both refrigerated and ambient freight?
Yes. We run single- and multi-temperature refrigerated, ambient dry van, and intermodal on lanes long enough to support it. Most F&B shippers have a mix, and we handle the whole program.