Railex picks up produce from farmers up and down the West Coast in refrigerated trucks and stores it in the 212, 000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse in Walulla.

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Five days later, it pulls into a similar refrigerated warehouse in Rotterdam, where it is then sent by trucks that bring produce north into New England and eastern Canada, and south as far as North Carolina.

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And the biggest benefit, according to Pollak: Having West Coast produce sitting in a refrigerated warehouse on the East Coast will allow grocery stores on the East Coast to shorten their order times, increase their inventory turns and reduce inventory costs.

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