How storage is booked
Storage demand arrives with the harvest, in a rush, and growers phone around looking for free capacity at the right temperature. Rates are negotiated individually, which means everyone spends the busiest weeks on the phone. Once stored, clients cannot see their own inventory, so every question about what remains becomes a call to someone who has to go and look.
What we build for a cold store
First, capacity, temperature regimes and rates published by pallet and duration, which is the comparison being made. Second, booking with availability by period, so the harvest rush is handled by a calendar rather than a phone. Third, client stock visibility — what is stored, where, how much, with movement history — which is the feature that decides renewals. Fourth, handling capability: sorting, packing, loading, since many growers need more than space.